Unit 1 The Christian Bible
Genesis
Exodus
Gospel According to Matthew
Acts of the Apostles
Compare with China
1. Chinese Creation Stories
2. 汉译《圣经》之考察
Supplementary Reading
1. Is Religion Just Organized Superstition? Is Superstition Always Religious?
2. How Is Science Different from Religion?
3. Why [ Am Not a Christian
Questions for Discussion
Unit 2 Greek & Roman Sages (1)
Socrates: The Apology
Plato: The Republic
Compare with China
1. Axial Age
2. 苏格拉底与孔子的盐说方式比较
Supplementary Reading
雅典凭什么判苏格拉底死刑
Questions for Discussion
Unit 3 Greek & Roman sages (2)
Aristotle: The Politics
Cicero: On the Laws
Compare with China
Great Learning and The Mean
Supplementary Reading
Marcus Tullius Cicero Quotes
Questions for Discussion
Unit 4 Medieval Christian Church Fathers
St. Augustine: The Enchiridion
Thomas Aquinas: Summa Contra Gentiles
Compare with China
Neo-Confucianism and Later Confucian Philosophy
Supplementary Reading
1. Common Characteristics of Scholasticism
2. St. Thomas Aquinas
Questions for Discussion
Unit 5 Renaissance Adventurers
Christopher Columbus: Journal and Letter
Nicolo Machiavelli: The Prince
Compare with China
The Rise and Fall of 15th Century Chinese Seapower
Supplementary Reading
1. No Cheers for Columbus
2. Conservatives Hail for Columbus
Questions for Discussion
Unit 6 Religious Reformation
Desiderius Erasmus: A Pilgrimage for Religion's Sake
Martin Luther: An Open Letter to the Christian Nobility
John Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion
Compare with China
Wang Yangming and Matteo Ricci's Progression to China
Supplementary Reading
xcerpts of the 95 Theses
Questions for Discussion
Unit 7 Modern Scientific Thinking (1)
Francis Bacon: Novum Organum
Rene Descartes: Discourse on Method
Compare with China
Matteo Ricci: The Art of Printing
Supplementary Reading
Calculating Machines in China and Europe in the 17th Century -- The
Western View
Questions for Discussion
Unit 8 Modern Scientific Thinking(2)
Galileo Galilei: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina
Isaac Newton: The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
Optics
Compare with China
Development of Science in Ancient China
Supplementary Reading
Critical Thinking
Questions for Discussion
Unit 9 Modern Political Science
Thomas Hobbes: Leviathan
John Locke: Of Civil Government
Compare with China
1. Confucianism and Human Dignity: Toward a Balanced View of Rights and Duty
2. Locke Talking about China and the Chinese
Supplementary Reading
1. Political Controversies in the 17th Century England
2. Charles I: Speech Before Execution (January 30, 1649)
Questions for Discussion
Unit 10 Classical Liberalism
Adam Smith: An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth
of Nations
John Stuart Mill: On Liberty
Compare with China
1. Western Images of China
2. Qianlong Meets Macartney: Collision of Two World Views
Supplementary Reading
1. The Declaration of Independence
2. United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
Questions for Discussion
Unit 11 Anti-Liberalism
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the
Arts and Sciences
Friedrich Nietzsche: The Will to Power
Compare with China
From Western Liberalism to Asian CommUnitarianism
Supplementary Reading
1. Edmund Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France
2. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Questions for Discussion
Unit 12 Evolutionists
Thomas Malthus: An Essay on the Principle of Population
Charles Darwin: The Origin of Species (1859)
Charles Darwin: The Descent of Man
Compare with China
The Warning Voice of Social Darwinism in Early 20th Century China
Supplementary Reading
1. Autobiography of Charles Darwin
2. Piltdown Man Forgery
Questions for Discussion
Unit 13 Socialism and Communism,
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: Manifesto of the Communist Party
Eduard Bernstein: Evolutionary Socialism
Compare with China
1. Karl Marx on China
2. 《共产党宣言》在中国的早期翻译、出版和传播
Supplementary Reading
1. Study Guide for The Communist Manifesto
2. V. I. Lenin: Marxism and Revisionism
Questions for Discussion
Unit 14 Early 20th Century: Man & Society
Sigmund Freud: An Outline of Psychoanalysis
John Dewey: Liberalism and Social Action
Compare with China
John Dewey as a Learner in China
Supplementary Reading
1. Freud on the Couch
2. Early Education in China
Questions for Discussion
Unit 15 Science & Religion
Bertrand Russell: A Free Man's Worship
Alfred North Whitehead: Science and the Modern World (1925)
Compare with China
Bertrand Russell: Chinese and Western Civilization Contrasted
Supplementary Reading
Alfred North Whitehead on Education
Questions for Discussion
Unit 16 Man & Woman: Modern Existence
Jean-Paul Sartre: Existentialism
Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex
Compare with China
The First Glimpses of China
Supplementary Reading
1. Existentialism
2. Virginia Woolf: A Room of One's Own
Questions for Discussion
