Fall / Tradition
Readings during the Fall semester begin with the foundations of Western literature, and include early church fathers, medieval, Renaissance and Reformation thinkers.
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A Student's Guide to Liberal Learning, by James V. Schall (ISI Books)
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Leisure, the Basis of Culture, by Josef Pieper (St. Augustine's Press)
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Gorgias, by Plato (Penguin Classics)
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Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle (Hackett)
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Confessions, by Saint Augustine of Hippo (Penguin Classics)
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The Rule of St. Benedict, by Saint Benedict of Nursia (Image Books)
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Divine Comedy: The Inferno, by Dante Alighieri (Modern Library)
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Personal Writings, by Saint Ignatius of Loyola (Penguin Classics)
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Othello, by William Shakespeare (Folger Shakespeare Library)
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Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan (Penguin Classics)
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Paradise Lost, by John Milton (Penguin Classics)