Columbia Contemp Civ Fall Semester Books

Every fall semester book listed in the Contemporary Civilization syllabus on the Core Curriculum's home page.

Plato, Republic (Hackett)
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Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (Oxford University Press)
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Aristotle, Politics (Hackett)
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Cicero, On Moral Ends (Cambridge)
On Wikipedia.

The Holy Bible (Revised Standard Edition)
Listen to free video summaries of Ecclesiastes, Exodus, Galatians, Matthew, and Romans.

Augustine, City of God (Penguin)
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The Meaning of the Holy Qur’an (Amana)
On Wikipedia.

Machiavelli, The Prince (Hackett)
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Machiavelli, The Discourses (Penguin)
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Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy (Hackett)
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The Protestant Reformation (Harper & Row)
On Wikipedia.

Hobbes, Leviathan (Oxford)
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Locke, Political Writings (Hackett)
Listen to a free video summary of Second Treatise of Government.



Recommended:

Epictetus, Handbook (Hackett)
On Wikipedia.