Course Schedule

Introduction	Jan. 30th	Introduction to the course
	Feb. 1st	Who was Spinoza?: SR, pp. 3-6; SEI, pp. 1-34; SP, pp. 1-24
	Feb.6th	Spinoza’s influence: Assorted readings (ERES)
Theological-Political Treatise	Feb. 8th	Religion and politics: TTP, Preface, pp. 3-12
	Feb. 13th	No classes
	Feb. 15th	Critique of revelation: TTP, Chs 1, 2, 4, 7, pp. 2-39, 57-67, 97-117; [TTP, Chs. 5-6, pp. 68-96]
	Feb. 20th	No classes—Tuesday follows a Monday schedule
	Feb. 21st	What Scripture is for …: TTP, Chs 12-15, pp. 163-194; [SP, pp. 25-49]
	Feb. 22nd	Politics vis-à-vis: TTP, Chs. 16, 17:1-9, 19, 20, pp. 195-215, 238-259; First essay assigned
Ethics	Feb. 27th	A rough draft: TDIE, §1-32; [SEI, Ch. 2]
	Feb. 29th	A rough draft: TDIE, §33-45; First essay due
	Mar. 5th	A true idea of God, or Nature: 1D1-P11, pp. 85-93; [SEI, Ch. 3]
	Mar. 7th:	The “nature” of God: Ethics, 1P12-P20, pp. 93-100
	Mar. 12th	Things “natured”: 1P21-P33, pp. 101-109; [SEI, Ch. 4]
	Mar. 14th	Critique of teleology: 1Appendix, pp. 109-115
	Mar. 19th	Mind and body: 2D1-2P7, pp. 115-120; [SEI, Ch. 5]
	Mar. 21st	True ideas of the body: 2P7-2Post.VI, pp. 119-128; Second essay assigned
	Mar. 26th	Mind as the idea of the body: 2P14-2P39, pp. 128-139; [SEI, Ch. 6]
	Mar. 28th	Kinds of knowing: 2P40-2P49, pp. 139-152
	Apr. 2nd	Actions, passions and conatus: 3D1-3P6, pp. 152-159; [SEI, Ch. 7; SP, Ch. 4]
	Apr. 4th	Images and striving: 3P7-3P27, pp. 159-169; Second essay due
	Apr. 9th-11th	Spring recess
	Apr. 16th	Images and striving: 3P28-3P48, pp. 169-179
	Apr. 18th	Hope and fear …: 3P50-3Defs., pp. 179-197
	Apr. 19th	Last day to drop with a grade of ‘W’
	Apr. 23rd	Finitude: 4Preface-4P27, pp. 197-213; [SEI, Ch. 8]
	Apr. 25th	Affects and reason: 4P28-P52, pp. 213-227
	Apr. 30th	Civil society, free men: 4P53-4Appendix, pp. 227-244; [SP, Ch. 5]
	May 2nd	Ordering affects: 5Preface-5P10, pp. 244-252; [SEI, Ch. 9]; Third essay assigned
	May 7th	Love of God:5P11-5P23, pp. 252-256
	May 9th	Blessedness: 5P24-5P42, pp. 256-267;
	May 14th	?
	May ??th	Third essay due