Classes Begin!

Although my tutorials with Oxford Dons do not begin until October due to the trimester system employed here in Europe, our capstone course through Shimer College started today.  It is called Integrated Studies and it is a gargantuan course.  An excerpt from the introduction written by our professor:

"In this course we will be discussing works that span almost four thousand years of recorded history, from the earliest written works known to us, up to the 13th century of the current era.  The scope of the course is vast, incorporating myths, philosophies and theologies of great variety from myriad historical contexts.  We will likely return to the set of questions concerning what has changed and what remains constant in humanity's encounter with itself and the world around it."

The Texts:
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Hebrew Bible/The Christian Bible
Hesiod, Theogeny
Homer, Iliad
Aeschylus, Oresteia
Herodotus, History of the Persian Wars
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian Wars
Plato, Republic
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
Epictetus, Enchiridion
Virgil, Aeneid
Augustine, City of God
Dante, The Divine Comedy
Marie de France, Lais
Christine de Pizan, The Treasure of the City of Ladies
Eliade, The Myth of the Eternal Return
Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth
Greek Lyric Poets (Sappho and others)
Aristotle, On the Heavens
Ptolemy, Almagest
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
Boethius, "The Consolation of Philosophy" & "How Substances Can be Good"
Peter Abailard, "Ethics or Know Thyself"
Thomas Aquinas, selections from The Summa Theologica
Hildegard of Bingen, Book of Divine Works
Alfarabi, "Philosophy of Aristotle and Plato"
Algazali, "Deliverance from Error"
Averroes, "The Decisive Treatise Determining  the Nature of the Connection between Religion and Philosophy"
Adams, Mont Saint-Michel and Chartres

What a list!  I've been dreaming of this class for three years...