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Arts & Ideas
cultivates reading skills
by sharing concerns and sensibilities
of people within specific cultures
at specific times. Arts and Ideas
complements a course by that title
at the University of Baltimore.

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Telling Stories
Hearing Voices
Appreciating Media
Making Connections



 I Pursuing Fame
I Pursuing Fame
Homer's Iliad Homer: The Iliad

building Athens
II Building Athens
Thucydides' Pericles Thucydides: Pericles and Plague
Aeschylus' Agamemnon Aeschylus: The Agamemnon
Plato's Symposium Plato's Symposium

illuminating love
III Illuminating Love
Chaucer's Troilus & Criseyde

distinguishing perspectives
IV Distinguishing Perspectives
Machiavelli's Prince Machiavelli's Prince
Shakespeare's Othello Shakespeare's Othello

mapping directions
V Mapping Directions
Bacon' New Organon Bacon's New Organum
Galileo's Starry Messenger Galileo's Starry Messenger
Harvey's Heart Harvey: On The Motions of the Heart
Darwin's Evolution Darwin's Evolution

creating self & societry
VI Creating Community
 Blake's Songs & Goya's Visions
Blake Songs
Goya's Visions


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