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Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Oxford World Classics, 1969. ISBN 9780199537167.
(Kindle edition ASIN B003N2P426. Has a pretty good table of contents and “go to” function.)
1. Shelley, Frankenstein, Introduction (1831), letters I-IV, chaps. I-III, pp. 1-49
2. Shelley, Frankenstein, chaps. IV-VIII, pp. 50-89
3. Shelley, Frankenstein, chaps. XIV-XVII, pp. 122-149
4. Shelley, Frankenstein, chaps. XVIII-XXI, pp. 149-184
5. Shelley, Frankenstein, chaps. XXII-XXIV, pp. 184-223
Homer. The Iliad. Trans. and ed. Stanley Lombardo. Hackett, 1997. ISBN 9780872203525.
(Kindle edition ASIN B003ZDNZ1A. Has an interactive table of contents and good “go to” function, making this edition relatively easy to navigate around in. You can find each book of the epic easily and none is so long that finding a particular spot is difficult. There are line numbers on the left every ten lines.)
1. Homer, Iliad, books 1-3, pp. 1-64
2. Homer, Iliad, books 4-6, pp. 65-127
3. Homer, Iliad, books 7-8, pp. 128-159
4. Homer, Iliad, book 9, pp. 160-179
5. Homer, Iliad, books 10-12, pp. 180-238
6. Homer, Iliad, books 13-15, pp. 239-304
7. Homer, Iliad, books 16-18, pp. 305-373
8. Homer, Iliad, books 19-21, pp. 374-421
9. Homer, Iliad, books 22-24, pp. 422-492
Plato, Apology, in Trials of Socrates, pp. 26-61
Plato, et al. The Trials of Socrates: Six Classic Texts. Ed. and trans. C.D.C. Reeve. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Co., 2002. ISBN 9780872205895.
(Kindle edition ASIN B00OZ4NNLK. Has a pretty good “go to” feature and interactive table of contents. The Stephanus numbers are embedded in the text, but still pretty easy to navigate.)
Socrates, the philosopher, in a very artistic and philosophical way stages his wisdom before a jury in defense of two affidavits filed against him. He portrays himself as a wise man, but whose “human wisdom” is useless before the god of the Athens city- the proposition meant to make the jury comprehend that the wisdom against which they have all furious and surpassingly against is not valued by their god. In the first case against him, he responds that his god sent mission of cross-examination of people to test their wisdom is the one causing outrage among the people who fails in these tests. He adds that many people, who he considers unwise, are the ones spreading unfounded hate amongst masses of Athens just because they do not meet the merit and nothing else. Socrates claims he was sent by god to teach wisdom and that he would rather die for the truth he teaches. In court, he even dares the jury to give an unfavorable verdict if they also were unwise enough to acknowledge his endeavors to the young citizens. He insists of logical reasoning and embracing of facts as the only ways to find truth and wisdom. His denial of all the allegations is expressed, in a way that makes his accusers, Anytos and Meletus, seem not to understand the truth.
Genesis,
Genesis in Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version. Zondervan Publishing, 1989. ISBN: 9780310902386.
(There are lots of free on-line and e-book versions of the Bible. Any modern translation, one made since about 1950, will do.)
1. Genesis, chaps. 1-5
2. Genesis, chap. 22
