Summer Colloquia

We have some all-star summer reading ahead of us! Please invite friends (everybody needs great literature!)  & enjoy digging into to these guys listed below. Plan on the 3rd Friday each month, unless you hear differently. That puts our dates at June 20, July 19, August 15 & September 19. Feel free to bring a snack to share & we'll see you at the Merten's @ 7:30!

June SHAKESPEARE: HAMLET Vol. 27, pp. 29-72 
LOCKE: CONCERNING CIVIL GOVERNMENT [Second Essay] Vol. 35, pp. 25-81 

July ROUSSEAU: THE SOCIAL CONTRACT [Book I-II] Vol. 38, pp. 387-406 
GIBBON: THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE [Ch. 15-16] Vol. 40, pp. 179-234 

August THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE CONSTITU- 
TION OP THE UNITED STATES, THE FEDERALIST [Numbers i-io, 15, 31, 47, 51, 68-71] Vol. 43, pp. 1-3, 11-20, 29-53, 62-66, 103-105, 153-156, 162-165, 205-216 

September SMITH: THE WEALTH OF NATIONS [Introduction Book I, 
Ch. 9 ] Vol. 39, pp. 1-41 
MARX-ENGELS: MANIFESTO OP THE COMMUNIST PARTY Vol. 50, pp. 415-434