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We will also read Ancius Manlius Severinus Boethius’s treatment of theodicy in De consolatione philosophiae, his De Trinitate, and selections from De Musica.  \nProfessor: Torrance Kirby  \nOffice Hours: Birks 206, Tuesdays/Thursdays, 10:00–11:00 am  \nEmail: [torrance.kirby@mcgill.ca](torrance.kirby@mcgill.ca)  \nBirks Building, Room 004A  \nTuesdays/Thursdays 4:05–5:25 pm  \nCOURSE SYLLABUS—FALL TERM 2019  \nDate Reading  \n3 September INTRODUCTION  \n5 September Aurelius Augustine, Confessiones  \nBook I, Early Years  \n10 September Book II, Theft of Pears  \n12 September Book III, Adolescence and Student Life  \n17 September Book IV, Manichee and Astrologer  \n19 September Book V, Carthage, Rome, and Milan  \n*Confirm Mid-Term Essay Topics (1500-2000 words)  \n(NB Consult the Style Sheet, essay-writing guidelines and evaluation rubric in the appendix to the syllabus.)  \n24 September Book VI, Secular Ambitions and Conflicts  \n26 September Book VII, Neoplatonic Quest for the Good  \n1 October Book VIII, Tolle, lege; tolle, lege  \n3 October Book IX, Vision at Ostia  \n8 October Book X, 1-26 Memory  \n*Mid-term Essays due at beginning of class.  \nEssay Conferences to be scheduled for week of 21 October  \n10 October Book X, 27-43 “Late have I loved you”  \n15 October Book XI, Time and Eternity  \n17 October Book XII, Creation  \nEssay Conferences begin this week, Birks 206.  \n22 October Book XIII, Trinity in the Soul  \n24 October Aurelius Augustine, On the Literal Meaning of Genesis , I.1-21  \nDate Reading  \n29 October Augustine, On Christian Teaching  \nBook I  \n31 October Augustine, On Christian Teaching  \nBook II  \n5 November Ancius Manlius Severinus Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy Book I, Sad Songs  \n7 November Boethius, Consolation  \nBook II, Seduced by Lady Fortuna  \n12 November Boethius, Consolation  \nBook III. 1-8, Lady Philosophy’s cure  \n14 November Boethius, Consolation  \nBook III.9-12, True happiness  \n19 November Boethius, Consolation  \nBook IV, The problem of evil  \nConfirm Research Essay Topics  \n21 November Boethius, Consolation  \nBook V, Providence and Free Will  \n26 November Boethius, The Trinity is One God, not three gods  \n28 November Boethius, On Music  \n3 December Boethius, On Music  \nTerm Research Essays (2500-3000 words) due at beginning of class.  \nEVALUATION  \nPreparation of texts and participation in seminar discussion: 35%  \nSeminar Presentations: 15%  \nMid-Term Essay and Conference: 20%  \nResearch Essay: 30%  \nSOURCES ON-LINE  \nAugustine of Hippo, J.J. O’Donnell. [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine.html](http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine.html)  \nBibliography. [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/confbibl.html](http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/confbibl.html)  \nAlbert C. Outler’s translation (1955) . [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/confessions-bod.html](http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/confessions-bod.html)  \nLatin Confessions (Knoll’s editio minor of 1898) . [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/latinconf/latinconf.html](http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/latinconf/latinconf.html)[ ](http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/latinconf/latinconf.html)Links. [http://members.aol.com/jamietampa/Augustine/l](http://members.aol.com/jamietampa/Augustine/l)inks. html  \nBoethius etext: [http://www.gradesaver.com/the-consolation-of-philosophy/e-text/](http://www.gradesaver.com/the-consolation-of-philosophy/e-text/)  \nSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY  \nPRIMARY TEXTS  \nAugustine, Aurelius. Confessions. English translation by Gillian Clark. Cambridge: CUP, 1993.———. Confessiones. Latin text ed. with commentary by J. J. O’Donnell. Oxford: OUP, 1992.","cbCaibHO20TqLfrR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibHO20TqLfrR","pdf",421334,16,"English","# Course Overview\n## Seminar Readings Schedule\n## Mid-Term Essay and Conferences\n## Term Research Essay\n## Evaluation Criteria\n## Online Sources and Bibliography","[{\"question\":\"What primary authors and works are studied in this seminar?\",\"answer\":\"The course emphasizes Aurelius Augustine’s Confessiones, De genesi ad litteram, and De doctrina Christiana, and also includes Boethius’s De consolatione philosophiae and De Trinitate, plus selections from De Musica.\"},{\"question\":\"When are the mid-term essays due and when do conferences occur?\",\"answer\":\"Mid-term essays are due at the beginning of class, and essay conferences are scheduled for the week of 21 October.\"},{\"question\":\"How is student performance evaluated?\",\"answer\":\"Evaluation includes preparation and seminar participation (35%), seminar presentations (15%), mid-term essay and conference (20%), and the research essay (30%).\"}]","RELG 399 Texts of Christian Spirituality (Late Antiquity) - Course Syllabus - Fall Term 2019 | PDF",1791027398]