Honors Program Digital Library
Introduction
The Honors Humanities Seminar is part of the Honors Program's core curriculum. It is an interdisciplinary program which is designed to introduce students to the central concepts of philosophy, literature, history, and religious studies. The purpose of the course is to develop critical skills and qualities of mind necessary to a liberal education. This is done by introducing students to major writings in the humanities and by encouraging them to think about and discuss the ideas addressed in these works. This seminar involves mainly a multi-disciplinary exploration of the period that scholars typically designate as the Ancient World.
Literary Texts
- Aristophanes, Lysistrata (Ancient Greek)Aristophanes. Aristophanes Comoediae, ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart, vol. 2. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1907.
The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text. - Homer's The OdysseyThe Project Gutenberg eBook of The Odyssey of Homer, translated by William Cowper
- P. Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses (Latin)Ovid. Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.
The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text. - P. Ovidius Naso, MetamorphosesOvid. Metamorphoses. Brookes More. Boston. Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.
The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text. - P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid (Latin)Vergil. Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics Of Vergil. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900.
The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text. - P. Vergilius Maro, AeneidVergil. Aeneid. John Dryden. trans. XXX. XXX. XXX.
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Science in the Ancient World
- Atharva Veda: Book 19“The Hymns of the Atharvaveda.” Atharva Veda: Book 19: Book 19 Index, www.sacred-texts.com/hin/av/avbook19.htm.
- The Beginning of Western Philosophy: Interpretation of Anaximander and ParmenidesHeidegger, Martin, and Richard Rojcewicz. The Beginning of Western Philosophy: Interpretation of Anaximander and Parmenides. Indiana University Press, 2015. JSTOR.
- The Kama Sutra of VatsyayanaVatsyayana. “THE KAMA SUTRA OF VATSYAYANA.” The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, by Richard Francis Burton, Bhagavanlal Indrajit, and Shivaram Parashuram Bhide., 18 Jan. 2019, www.gutenberg.org/files/27827/27827-h/27827-h.htm.
- On Agriculture“Marcus Terentius Varro on Agriculture.” LacusCurtius • Varro On Agriculture - Book I, penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Varro/de_Re_Rustica/1*.html.
- On Airs, Waters, and PlacesHippocrates. “On Airs, Waters, and Places.” The Internet Classics Archive: 441 Searchable Works of Classical Literature, The Internet Classics Archive by Daniel C. Stevenson, Web Atomics. World Wide Web Presentation Is Copyright (C) 1994-2000, Daniel C. Stevenson, Web Atomics., classics.mit.edu/Hippocrates/airwatpl.mb.txt.
- ParmenidesPlato. "Parmenides." Project Gutenburg. N.p., 3 Nov. 2008. Web.
- Pythagoras and PythagoreanismGuthrie, W. K. C. "Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism." Encyclopedia of Philosophy, edited by Donald M. Borchert, 2nd ed., vol. 8, Macmillan Reference USA, 2006, pp. 181-184.Gale Virtual Reference
- Thales of Miletus"Thales." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. 13, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008, pp. 295-298. Gale Virtual Reference
- Theophrastus"Theophrastus." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography, vol. 13, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2008, pp. 328-334. Gale Virtual Reference Library
- The works of Hesiod translated from the GreekHesiod. The works of Hesiod were translated from Greek. By Mr. Cooke. The second edition. London, MDCCXLIII. [1743]. Eighteenth Century Collections Online. Gale. Iona University Libraries.
Philosophical Texts
- Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (Ancient Greek)ed. J. Bywater, Aristotle's Ethica Nicomachea. Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1894.
The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text. - Aristotle, Nicomachean EthicsAristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 19, translated by H. Rackham. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1934.
The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text. - Bhagavad-GitaThe Project Gutenberg E-Text of The Bhagavad-Gita, www.gutenberg.org/files/2388/2388-h/2388-h.htm
- Plato, The RepublicPlato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
The Annenberg CPB/Project provided support for entering this text. - Plato, The Republic (Ancient Greek)Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.
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Commentary
- The Books of the BibleContains discussions of the writings found in the Old and New Testaments. Provides interpretive essays that deal descriptively with the content, purpose, and theological perspective of each book of the Bible. Primary emphasis is on the Bible as literature.
Anderson, Bernhard W., editor. The Books of the Bible. Vol. 1: The Old Testament/The Hebrew Bible, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989. Gale Virtual Reference Library, - The Epic of GilgameshSommer, Benjamin D., and Pamela S. Loy. "The Epic of Gilgamesh." World Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them, by Joyce Moss, vol. 6: Middle Eastern Literatures and Their Times, Gale, 2004, pp. 153-163. Gale eBooks, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2875800029/GVRL?u=nysl_me_iona&sid=GVRL&xid=c8defc78. Accessed 20 Dec. 2019
- LysistrataLoy, Pamela S. "Lysistrata." World Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them, by Joyce Moss, vol. 8: Classical Literature and Its Times, Gale, 2006, pp. 209-217. Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Metamorphoses"Metamorphoses." Poetry for Students, edited by Anne Marie Hacht, vol. 22, Gale, 2005, pp. 88-105. Gale Virtual Reference Library
- The OdysseyMichalopoulos, Andre. "The Odyssey." Homer, Twayne Publishers, 1966, pp. 139-193. Twayne's World Authors Series 4. Twayne's Authors on GVRL
- AeneidMoss, Joyce, and George Wilson. "Aeneid." Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events that Influenced Them, vol. 1: Ancient Times to the American and French Revolutions (Prehistory-1790s), Gale, 1997, pp. 8-13. Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Aristotle's Ethics: Writings from the Complete WorksBARNES, JONATHAN, and ANTHONY KENNY. Aristotle's Ethics: Writings from the Complete Works. STU - Student edition ed., Princeton University Press, 2014,
- Bhagavad GītāPflueger, Lloyd W. "Bhagavad Gītā." Contemporary American Religion, edited by Wade Clark Roof, vol. 1, Macmillan Reference USA, 1999, pp. 58-59. Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Nichomachean EthicsNardo, Don. "Nichomachean Ethics." The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece, edited by Robert B. Kebric, Greenhaven Press, 2007, p. 229. Gale Virtual Reference Library
- The Republic Prose by Plato, 5th/4th Century BCCusick, Edmund. "The Republic Prose by Plato, 5th/4th Century BC." Reference Guide to World Literature, edited by Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, 3rd ed., vol. 2: Works, St. James Press, 2003, pp. 1482-1483. Gale Virtual Reference Library
- Tao Te ChingReinders, Eric. "Tao Te Ching." Contemporary American Religion, edited by Wade Clark Roof, vol. 2, Macmillan Reference USA, 1999, pp. 718-720. Gale Virtual Reference Library
- A History of Science. Vol. 1Williams, Henry Smith. A History of Science. Vol. 1 /, Champaign, Ill., Project Gutenberg
Related Websites
- The Internet Encyclopedia of PhilosophyThe Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP) (ISSN 2161-0002) was founded in 1995 to provide open access to detailed, scholarly information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy.
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