400
Focuses on great works from the nineteenth century, including the writings of Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, and Newman. The syntopic discussion continues its critical comparison of ideas, attempting to appreciate the influence of the past on the beginnings of modernity.
Admission to the Honors Program and
HON 302
Examines the works of selected influential writers, profane and religious, from the 20th century, including Sartre, Camus, Eliot, and St. Pope John Paul II. In the future, some of these books may find their way securely onto the list of 'great books,' others may not. At any rate, the Honors Program comes to a close with an attempt to achieve some initial understanding of how our predecessors' ideas, good and bad, have shaped our own times.
Admission to the Honors Program and
HON 401