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Core Seminar: The Human Condition » Schedule & Summaries
| Date | Unit | Lead Teacher(s) | Subject/Assignment |
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| 9/6/11: Tues., 6-9 pm | Eating | Alan Rubenstein | Preface to “The Ethics of Everyday Life” series; Kass, The Hungry Soul: Intro., Chaps. 1-3 |
| 9/8/11: Thurs., 6-9 pm | Eric Cohen | The Hungry Soul: Chaps. 4-5 | |
| 9/14/11: Weds., 1-4 pm | Leon Kass/Meir Soloveichik | Session 1: “Looking for an Honest Man,” Leon Kass Session 2: Eating and Holiness: The Hungry Soul, Chap. 6, Conclusion; Soloveichik; Rashi; Isaac Rosenfeld |
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| 9/15/11: Thurs., 6-9 pm | Love, Sex, Family, and Children | Mark Gottlieb | Lewis, The Four Loves, Chaps. 1-4; Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Bk. VIII |
| 9/20/11: Tues., 6-9 pm | Mark Gottlieb | The Four Loves, Chaps. 5-6 | |
| 9/22/11: Thurs., 6-9 pm | Dara Horn | Love and Tradition: A Jewish Literary Perspective: Selections from S.Y Agnon | |
| 9/27/11: Tues., 6-9 pm | Paul Ludwig | Romantic Passion and Family Affection: Classical texts (From Wing to Wing, Oar to Oar) | |
| 10/4/11: Tues., 6-9 pm | Jon Levenson | Shir Hashirim/Song of Songs | |
| 10/6/11: Thurs., 6-9 pm | Jon Levenson | Shir Hashirim/Song of Songs | |
| 10/11/11: Tues., 6-9 pm | Eric Cohen | Family and Children Part I: Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, Part I Notes by: Friedman, Fillipetti. |
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| 10/18/11: Tues., 6-9 pm | Eric Cohen & Meir Soloveichik | Family and Children Part II: Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, Part II; R. Joseph Soloveitchik, Family Redeemed Notes by: Aceves. |
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| 10/25/11: Tues., 6-9 pm | Work and Rest | Gilbert Meilaender | Gilbert Meilaender, Work: Its Meaning and Its Limits, Part I Notes by: Gordon, Greenfield. |
| 10/27/11: Thurs., 6-9 pm | Gilbert Meilaender | Work: Its Meaning and Its Limits, Part II Notes by: Klatt. |
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| 11/1/11: Tues., 6-9 pm | Mark Gottlieb | Work: Its Meaning and Its Limits, Part III; A.J. Heschel, The Sabbath; N. Lamm | |
| 11/3/11: Weds., 6-9 pm | Suffering and Evil | Michael Fishbane | Iyov/Job Notes by: Naor, Schwartz. |
| 11/4/11: Thurs., 6-9 pm | Michael Fishbane | Iyov/Job Notes by: Sapir, Shalev. |
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| 11/8/11: Tues., 6-9 pm | Mark Gottlieb & Meir Soloveichik | Confronting Life’s Horrors: Fyodor Dostoyevsky; C.S. Lewis; David B. Hart, Tsunami and Theodicy; Michael Wyschogrod; R. Joseph Soloveitchik Notes by: Stein. |
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| 11/22/11: Tues., 6-9 pm | Human Virtue and the Human Good | Eric Cohen & Mark Gottlieb | Visions of Virtue: Aristotle; Maimonides; Alasdair MacIntyre Notes by: Neumann. |
| 11/29/11: Tues., 6-9 pm | Eva Brann | Courage: Plato, Laches; Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book III | |
| 12/1/11: Thurs., 6-9 pm | David Gelernter | Beauty: M.Shabbat; Maimonides; Encyc. Judaica; Simon Goldhill Notes by: Aceves |
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| 12/6/11: Tues., 6-9 pm | Alan Mittleman & Meir Soloveichik | Hope and Gratitude: Joseph Albo, Sefer ha-Ikkarim; Tehillim/Psalms Notes by: Bernstein. |
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| 12/8/11: Thurs., 6-9 pm | Eric Cohen & Mark Gottlieb | The Heart of Biblical Wisdom: Kohelet/Ecclesiastes |