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This page links to free, online versions of the major texts discussed in the two main [[Core Curriculum]] classes, [[Literature Humanities]] and [[Contemporary Civilization]].  
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Most '''Core Curriculum texts''' are available free of charge on the interweb. On this page, you'll find links to online versions of the major texts discussed in the two main [[Core Curriculum]] classes, [[Literature Humanities]] and [[Contemporary Civilization]].  
  
The student group [[Free Culture at Columbia]] has compiled the core texts and distributed the package on USB keys. The package can be found [http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~njb2114/core-texts_rev0.zip here].
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[[Free Culture at Columbia]], a student group, has compiled the core texts and distributed the package on USB drives. The package can be found [http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~njb2114/core-texts_rev0.zip here].
  
 
== Literature Humanities ==
 
== Literature Humanities ==
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=== First semester ===
 
=== First semester ===
* [http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.html The Iliad] by Homer
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*[http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.html The Iliad] by Homer
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/demeter.htm Hymn to Demeter] by Homer
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*[http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/demeter.htm Hymn to Demeter] by Homer
* [http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html The Odyssey] by Homer
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*[http://classics.mit.edu/Homer/odyssey.html The Odyssey] by Homer
* [http://classics.mit.edu/Herodotus/history.html The History] by Herodotus
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*[http://classics.mit.edu/Herodotus/history.html The History] by Herodotus
* [http://classics.mit.edu/Thucydides/pelopwar.html The History of the Peloponnesian War] by Thucydides
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*[http://classics.mit.edu/Thucydides/pelopwar.html The History of the Peloponnesian War] by Thucydides
* [http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/oedipus.html Oedipus Rex] by Sophocles
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*[http://classics.mit.edu/Sophocles/oedipus.html Oedipus Rex] by Sophocles
* [http://classics.mit.edu/Euripides/medea.html Medea] by Euripides
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*[http://classics.mit.edu/Euripides/medea.html Medea] by Euripides
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7700 Lysistrata] by Aristophanes
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*[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/7700 Lysistrata] by Aristophanes
* The Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus:
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*The Oresteia Trilogy by Aeschylus:
 
:*[http://classics.mit.edu/Aeschylus/agamemnon.html Agamemnon]
 
:*[http://classics.mit.edu/Aeschylus/agamemnon.html Agamemnon]
 
:*[http://classics.mit.edu/Aeschylus/choephori.html The Libation Bearers]
 
:*[http://classics.mit.edu/Aeschylus/choephori.html The Libation Bearers]
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=== Second semester ===
 
=== Second semester ===
* [http://classics.mit.edu/Virgil/aeneid.html The Aeneid] by Virgil
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*[http://classics.mit.edu/Virgil/aeneid.html The Aeneid] by Virgil
* [http://www.stoa.org/hippo/frame_entry.html The Confessions] by Saint Augustine
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*[http://www.stoa.org/hippo/frame_entry.html The Confessions] by Saint Augustine
* [http://www.online-literature.com/dante/inferno The Inferno] by Dante Alighieri
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*[http://www.online-literature.com/dante/inferno The Inferno] by Dante Alighieri
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3600 The Essays] by Michel de Montaigne
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*[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3600 The Essays] by Michel de Montaigne
* [http://www.online-literature.com/cervantes/don_quixote/ Don Quixote] by Miguel de Cervantes
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*[http://www.online-literature.com/cervantes/don_quixote/ Don Quixote] by Miguel de Cervantes
 
*[http://www.online-literature.com/dostoevsky/crimeandpunishment/ Crime and Punishment] by Fyodor Dostoevsky
 
*[http://www.online-literature.com/dostoevsky/crimeandpunishment/ Crime and Punishment] by Fyodor Dostoevsky
* [http://www.online-literature.com/austen/prideprejudice/ Pride and Prejudice] by Jane Austen
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*[http://www.online-literature.com/austen/prideprejudice/ Pride and Prejudice] by Jane Austen
  
 
== Contemporary Civilization ==
 
== Contemporary Civilization ==
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=== First semester ===
 
=== First semester ===
 
*[http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html The Republic] by Plato
 
*[http://classics.mit.edu/Plato/republic.html The Republic] by Plato
* [http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html Politics] by Aristotle
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*[http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html Politics] by Aristotle
 
*[http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html Nicomachean Ethics] by Aristotle
 
*[http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html Nicomachean Ethics] by Aristotle
 
*[http://ebible.org/asv/Exodus.htm Book of Exodus] in the Bible
 
*[http://ebible.org/asv/Exodus.htm Book of Exodus] in the Bible
* [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf102.toc.html City of God] by Saint Augustine
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*[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf102.toc.html City of God] by Saint Augustine
 
*[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/koran/browse.html The Holy Qu'ran]
 
*[http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/koran/browse.html The Holy Qu'ran]
 
*[http://sidereus.org/library/the-prince.htm The Prince] by Niccolo Machiavelli
 
*[http://sidereus.org/library/the-prince.htm The Prince] by Niccolo Machiavelli
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=== Second semester ===
 
=== Second semester ===
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4320 An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals] by David Hume
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*[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4320 An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals] by David Hume
* [http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/kant_groundwork_metaphysics_morals01.htm Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals] by Immanuel Kant
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*[http://evans-experientialism.freewebspace.com/kant_groundwork_metaphysics_morals01.htm Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals] by Immanuel Kant
 
*[http://www.online-literature.com/rousseau/discourse-on-inequality/ Discourse on the Origins of Inequality] by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
 
*[http://www.online-literature.com/rousseau/discourse-on-inequality/ Discourse on the Origins of Inequality] by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
* [http://www.online-literature.com/rousseau/social-contract-or-principles-/ The Social Contract] by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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*[http://www.online-literature.com/rousseau/social-contract-or-principles-/ The Social Contract] by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
 
*[http://www.online-literature.com/darwin/originofspecies/ The Origin of Species] by Charles Darwin
 
*[http://www.online-literature.com/darwin/originofspecies/ The Origin of Species] by Charles Darwin
 
*[http://www.online-literature.com/karl-marx/communist-manifesto/ The Communist Manifesto] by Karl Marx
 
*[http://www.online-literature.com/karl-marx/communist-manifesto/ The Communist Manifesto] by Karl Marx

Revision as of 20:14, 27 May 2007

Most Core Curriculum texts are available free of charge on the interweb. On this page, you'll find links to online versions of the major texts discussed in the two main Core Curriculum classes, Literature Humanities and Contemporary Civilization.

Free Culture at Columbia, a student group, has compiled the core texts and distributed the package on USB drives. The package can be found here.

Literature Humanities

First semester

Second semester

Contemporary Civilization

First semester

Second semester