Ten Years of Reading in the

Great Books of the Western World

THIRD YEAR (1344 pages, or 122 pages per month)

January:

  1. AESCHYLUS: Prometheus Bound
    Vol. 5, pp. 40-51 (12 pages)
  2. HERODOTUS: The History [Book VII-IX]
    Vol. 6, pp. 214-314 (101 pages)

February:

  1. THUCYDIDES: The History of the Peloponnesian War [Book I-II, V]
    Vol. 6, pp. 349-416, 482-508 (68 + 27 = 95 pages)
  2. PLATO: Statesman
    Vol. 7, pp. 580-608 (29 pages)

March:

  1. ARISTOTLE: On Interpretation [Ch. 1-10]
    Vol. 8, pp. 25-31 (7 pages)
  2. ARISTOTLE: Politics [Book III-V]
    Vol. 9, pp. 471-519 (49 pages)
  3. EUCLID: Elements [Book I]
    Vol. 11, pp. 1-29 (29 pages)

April:

  1. TACITUS: The Annals
    Vol. 15, pp. 1-184 (184 pages)

May-June:

  1. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS: Summa Theologica [Part I-II, QQ 90-97]
    Vol. 20, pp. 205-239 (35 pages)
  2. CHAUCER: Troilus and Cressida
    Vol. 22, pp. 1-155 (155 pages)

July-August:

  1. SHAKESPEARE: Macbeth
    Vol. 27, pp. 284-310 (27 pages)
  2. MILTON: Paradise Lost
    Vol. 32, pp. 93-333 (241 pages)

September:

  1. LOCKE: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding [Book III, Ch. 1-3, 9-11]
    Vol. 35, pp. 251-260, 285-306 (10 + 22 = 32 pages)
  2. KANT: Science of Right
    Vol. 42, pp. 397-458 (62 pages)

October:

  1. MILL: Representative Government [Ch. 1-6]
    Vol. 43, pp. 327-370 (44 pages)
  2. LAVOISIER: Elements of Chemistry [Part I]
    Vol. 45, pp. 1-52 (52 pages)

November:

  1. DOSTOEVSKY: The Brothers Karamazov [Part I-II]
    Vol. 52, pp. 1-170 (170 pages)

December:

  1. FREUD: The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis
    Vol. 54, pp. 1-20 (20 pages)