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Selected Secular & Non-Christian Cultural Influence

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Selected Sources For a Better Understanding of the Received Secular and Non-Christian Traditions

An Introduction to the Classical Period

     •     Plato

     •     Aristotle

     •     ACI Summary Essay, "A Brief Summary of Platonic and Aristotilean Thought"

     •     Cicero

     •     Ancient History Sourcebook

An Introduction to the Medieval Period

     •     Avicenna

     •     Averoes

     •     Maimonides

     •     Medieval Sourcebook

An Introduction to the Renaissance and Modern Period

     •     Machiavelli's The Prince

          •     Good Read Quotes from The Prince

          •     Medieval Source Book: Nicolo Machiavelli

          •     The Prince (audio)

          •     Yale Courses: Introduction to Political Philosophy (Lecture 11-Machiavelli's The Prince)

     •     Thomas Hobbes: "The Leviathan"

     •     Rousseau: "The Social Contract"

     •     David Hume

     •     Immanuel Kant

     •     ACI Summary Essay: "Survey of Key Figures in the Enlightenment and Modern Period of Philosophy"

     •     Alexis De Tocqueville

Selected Contemporary Sources

     •     Eugen Weber's (Program 1 and following) - The Western Tradition (video)

     •     Michael Sandel's Harvard University's Course on Justice (video)

     •     Milton Freeman's Video Series: Socialism and Freedom to Choose (video)

     •     Billington, James. Fire in the Minds of Men. New Brunswick: Transaction Publisher's, 1999