ConVal High School
Philosophy Class
Syllabus
Readings
Assignments
Documents
Home
"We are all drugged by our own frenzy."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Plato
Montaigne
Voltaire
Emerson
Seneca
Aristotle on Self-Discipline
The Half-Silvered Mirror
End of the Tiger
Philosophy: Who Needs It?
Mencken's "Last Words"
Five Proofs of God's Existence
"The Uses of a Liberal Education"
A Modest Education Proposal
The Sorites in History
Plato Readings
Euthyphro
Plato on Self-Discipline
The Ring of Gyges
The Crito
The Allegory of the Cave
Plato, "On Democracy"
The Nature of the Soul
From "
The Symposium
"
Montaigne Readings
On Cannibals
That Fortune Often Acts by Reason
Of Custom
On the Education of Children
On Physiognomy
On Liars
On Schoolmasters' Learning
It Is Folly To Measure Truth By Our Capacity
On Idleness
On Cruelty
Actions Should Be Judged By Intentions
On Custom
To Study Philosophy is to Learn to Die
Voltaire Readings
On Democracy
On Ancient Philosophy
On Antiquity
On Authority
On Authors
On Sir Francis Bacon
On Beauty
On Books
On Brahmins
On Character
On Charlatans
On Contradictions
On Destiny
On English Theater
(Shakespeare)
On Envy
On False Minds
On Ezourveidam
On Final Causes
On French
On History
On Kissing
On Limits of the Human Mind
On Liberty
On Luxury
On Men of Letters
On Nakedness
On Nature
On Plagiarism
On Prejudice
On Reason
On Religion
On Superstition
On Symbols
On Self-Esteem
On the Arts
On the Impious
On the Theist
On Tolerance
On Truth
On Tyranny
On Virtue
On Why
Emerson Readings
Emerson on Montaigne
The American Scholar
The Over-soul
Illusions
Circles
Self-Reliance
Emerson on Socrates
Seneca Readings
On Philosophy
Philosophy and Fate
On One's Reading
On Accepting Fate
On the True Good Attained by Reason
On the Firmness of a Wise Man
On Acceptance and Contentment
