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Previously Offered general honors (GH) classes
The following is an example of a General Honors (GH) course that has been offered in the past. This course may or may not be offered again. View a list of the GH courses that will be offered next semester here.
Intro to ancient enduring great works: wisdom
course description
The purpose of this course is to explore enduring
books of literature, philosophy, history and religion, from
The Epic of Gilgamesh in
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What does it mean to be wise? What wise ideas keep recurring through the great literary, religious and philosophical masterpieces?
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What recurring wise ideas are applicable to our lives today? What do the great thinkers, artists and holy men of the past say about who we are, why we are alive and how we should live to best fulfill our humanity.
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Where does wisdom come from?
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Does wisdom come from involvement with the outside world? If so, does it come from communing with Nature, from knowledge attained from books, from practical experience, or from helping our fellow beings?
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If wisdom comes from explorations inside the self, what aspects of the self are prominent in attaining wisdom: our mind, our heart, our senses, our intuition or our urge to believe in something higher than ourselves?
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Among the great works to be read and discussed include:
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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The Bhagavad-Gita
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The Tao Te Ching
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The Analects by Confucius
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Antigone and Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles
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Plato’s “Parable of the Cave” and Aristotle’s notion of the “Golden Mean”
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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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Ecclesiastes from the Old Testament
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“The Sermon on the Mount” from the New Testament
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The Medieval Morality Play Everyman
Among the “flash forwards” we will explore include:
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“Letter from a
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Contemporary performances of Antigone and Gospel at Colonus
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The poem Desiderata by famous
Instructor: DR. ARTHUR FEINSOD
MW 3:00 – 4:15
Arthur.Feinsod@indstate.edu