Week of May 21

Monday, 5/21
     Introduction to archetypes
     Read Demian prologue and chap. 1 for Wednesday
 Tuesday, 5/22
      More on archetypes, literary and psychoanalytic
 Wednesday, 5/23
     Abbreviated session
     Demian chap. 1: "Light and Dark"
     Read Demian chap.2 for Tuesday, May 29
 Thursday, 5/24
     Holiday
 Friday, 5/25
      Holiday

 

Imperious Caesar, dead and turn'd to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away:
O, that that earth, which kept the world in awe,
Should patch a wall to expel the winter flaw!

 

Week of May 14
Hamlet test Tuesday / Wednesday

Monday, 5/14
     Themes, summaries, and trying to make sense of it all...
 Tuesday, 5/15
      Essay test on Hamlet (75 points)
 Wednesday, 5/16
     Scantron on Hamlet (25 points)
 Thursday, 5/17
     Post mortem: Hamlet does trip-hop
 Friday, 5/18
      Post mortem: Hamlet objective questions

 

Week of May 7
Hamlet test moved to Tuesday 5/15

Monday, 5/7
     Discussion of the reading
          Fell in the weeping brook...
     Read Act V part 1 of sc ii  (p. 201-213, line 217)
 Tuesday, 5/8
      Discussion of the reading
          If this had not been / a gentlewoman, she should have
          been buried out o' / Christian burial.
      Complete the play for Wednesday
 Wednesday, 5/9
     Discussion of the reading
                                                       What I have done
          That might your nature, honour and exception
          Roughly awake, I here proclaim was madness.
 Thursday, 5/10
          The rest is silence
 Friday, 5/11
      Themes, summaries, and trying to make sense of it all...
     Test on Hamlet Tuesday (essay) and Wednesday (Scantron)

 

Week of April 30
Hamlet quiz Monday

Monday, 4/30
     Quiz on Hamlet Acts I-III
     Read Act IV sc i-iii (p. 149-157)
 Tuesday, 5/1
      Hamlet: Discussion of the reading
     Read Act IV sc iv (p. 157-159)
 Wednesday, 5/2
     Discussion of the reading
     Read Act IV sc v - vi (p. 161-173)
          What insights might Ophelia's songs reveal?
 Thursday, 5/3
      Discussion of the reading
     Read Act IV sc vii (p. 175-183) for Friday
          Paragraph analysis submitted via Turn-It-In (due Friday 7:30 am):
               Behavior has consequences. How does Claudius react
               to Gertrude's poignant news? Discuss the potential fallout.
 Friday, 5/4
      Discussion of the reading
      Read Act V sc i (p 187-201)

 

Week of April 23
The April prompt is due Wednesday

Monday, 4/23
     More about the third soliloquy
     Discussion about the fourth soliloquy
     Read Act III sc ii (p. 105-125)
 Tuesday, 4/24
      Discussion on the reading
     Multiple interpretations of soliloquy four
        ...on being and nothingness...
 Wednesday, 4/25
     Discussion continued
          Hold... the mirror up to nature
          I will wear him / In my heart's core... / As I do thee.
          What, frighted with false fire?
      Read Act III sc iii (p. 125-131)   
     April prompt due this evening
Thursday, 4/26
     Discussion on the reading
          The fifth soliloquy
          O, my offence is rank it smells to heaven;
          It hath the primal eldest curse upon't
          And soliloquy six...
     Read Hamlet Act III sc iv (p. 131-141)
          Be prepared to discuss the climax
 Friday, 4/27
      Discussion of the reading
          You are the queen, your husband's brother's wife;
          And—would it were not so—you are my mother.
     Quiz on Acts I - III Monday

 

Week of April 16
Written Shakespeare assignment due Friday
The April prompt, due 4/25, is now posted

Monday, 4/16
     Celebrating Shakespeare with scenes and monologues
 Tuesday, 4/17
      Celebrating Shakespeare with scenes and monologues
 Wednesday, 4/18
     Celebrating Shakespeare with scenes and monologues 
     April prompt due next Wednesday, 4/25   
Thursday, 4/19
     Celebrating Shakespeare with scenes and monologues
     Read Hamlet Act III sc i (p. 95-103)
          Be prepared to discuss the soliloquy
 Friday, 4/20
      Celebrating...
          To the auditorium. Go!

 

Week of April 2
 Celebrating Shakespeare project: week of  April 16

Monday, 4/2
      Hamlet: Discussion of Act II sc i
          And it must follow, as the night the day,
          Thou canst not then be false to any man.
      Read Act II sc ii. (part 1 p. 59-75)
 Tuesday, 4/3
      Discussion: courting deception
          Welcome, dear Rosencrantz and Guildenstern...
          At such a time I'll loose my daughter to him
          I have of late—but / wherefore I know not—lost all my mirth
      Read Act II sc ii. (part 2 p. 77-89)
 Wednesday, 4/4
      Shortened session
     Discussion: courting deception
           the play 's the thing
          Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king
     Celebrating Shakespeare begins Monday, April 16
          The written portion is due April 20
     The April prompt, due 4/25, is now posted
Thursday, 4/5
     Holiday - Enjoy your vacation!
 Friday, 4/6
      Holiday

Week of March 26
 Celebrating Shakespeare project: week of  April 19

Monday, 3/26
      Hamlet: In class reading of Act I sc i: Setting the tone
     Read Act I sc ii. Based on scene ii, write a one-paragraph
          analysis of Hamlet's character.
 Tuesday, 3/27
      What makes Hamlet tick?
     First two scenes via Kenneth Branagh
     Read Act I sc. iii. Typed paragraph - Has your impression
          of Hamlet changed based on what is said of him here?
          Why or why not?
 Wednesday, 3/28
     Discussion on the reading
     Branagh and friends
     Read Act I sc iv: be prepared to discuss
 Thursday, 3/29
     Discussion on the reading
     Read Act I sc v:
     Typed paragraph - discuss Hamlet's behavior,
          especially after he is rejoined by his friends.
          How does his "antic disposition" plan fit in?
 Friday, 3/30
      Discussion on the reading
     Branagh and friends vs. Zeffirelli's take
     Read Act II sc i: prepare to discuss


Week of March 19
Huxley/Orwell paper due Friday
 Celebrating Shakespeare project: week of  April 19

             
Monday, 3/19
      Oedipus Rex via Igor Stravinsky and Julie Taymor
      Post mortem on the Oedipus Rex test
 Tuesday, 3/20
      Post mortem on 1984 and Longfellow's smithy
 Wednesday, 3/21
     Shortened session
     Writing exercise on villainy
 Thursday, 3/22
     Characters, themes, and language
 Friday, 3/23
     The Wittenberg connection: the relative value of action
     Villainy: a kingdom poisoned
     Death: its meaning and implications for the living

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Week of March 12
 Huxley/Orwell paper due March 23 (revised date)

Monday, 3/12
      Oedipus Rex
     Celebrating Shakespeare: project decision by Friday
 Tuesday, 3/13
      Oedipus Rex
          The role of the chorus
 Wednesday, 3/14
      Oedipus Rex
Thursday, 3/15
     Oedipus Rex
 Friday, 3/16
      Oedipus Rex
     Finalization of Shakespeare projects

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Week of March 5
 Read Oedipus text part 2 p. 652-671 for Friday
Huxley / Orwell paper due March 23

Monday, 3/5
      Topic assignments for the research paper
     Appropriate secondary sources
     And a special guest appearance...
Tuesday, 3/6
     HSPA day one (Pd. 2 preempted, pd.6 TBA)
 Wednesday, 3/7
      HSPA day two (Pd. 2 preempted, pd.6 TBA)
Thursday, 3/8
     HSPA day three (Pd. 2 preempted, pd.6 TBA)
 Friday, 3/9
      The theater of Sophocles: Oedipus Rex

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Week of February 27
 Read the notes about the play first! (p. 618-619)
 Oedipus text part 1 p. 620-649 (for Friday)
Oedipus text part 2 p. 652-671 (for next Friday)

Monday, 2/27
      Post mortem on Huxley / Gattaca essay
     Who got it right, Huxley or Orwell?
     Read Oedipus Rex part 1 for Friday (text 618-649)
 Tuesday, 2/28
     It's Orwellian: the marketing plan for war 
Wednesday, 2/29
      Neil Postman -
          Technology is no substitute for human values
Thursday, 3/1
     Orwell and Huxley side by side
 Friday, 3/2
      Wrap-up of Orwell and Huxley:
          intro of the research paper

Week of February 20

Monday, 2/20
      Presidents' Day holiday
 Tuesday, 2/21
     Pd. 2 preempted by guidance meetings
     Pd. 6 row 5: p. 179-224
 Wednesday, 2/22
      Row 6: p. 225-260
     February prompt on 1984 (due 2/29)
 Thursday, 2/23
     Discussion of the final section of the novel
Friday, 2/24
      Wrap-up of 1984

 

Week of February 13

Monday, 2/13
      Row 2: p. 127-147
 Tuesday, 2/14
     Row 3: p. 147-167
Wednesday, 2/15
     Row 4: p. 167-179
Thursday, 2/16
      Row 5: p. 179-224
Friday, 2/17
      Holiday, school closed

 

Week of February 6

Monday, 2/6
      1984 discussion to p. 104
 Tuesday, 2/7
      Fishbowl assignment
Wednesday, 2/8
      Prep time for 1984 assignment
Thursday, 2/9
      Prep time for 1984 assignment
 Friday, 2/10
      Row 1: p. 105-126

Week of January 30, 2012
January prompt due at 11:59 pm

Monday, 1/30
      "Life above Pottery Barn"
          Looking for meaning amid the void
     Essay on Gattaca and Huxley due tonight
 Tuesday, 1/31
      Discussion: Morford and Huxley (and Plato)
     Read 1984 p.  20-48 for Thursday
Wednesday, 2/1
      It's Orwellian: discussion of the first section
Thursday, 2/2
     Discussion of the next section
      Read 1984 p. 48-104 for Monday
 Friday, 2/3
      Read 1984 p. 48-104 for Monday
     Discussion of 1984


Week of January 23, 2012
January prompt due Monday, Jan. 30
Read 1984 p. 1-20 for Tuesday, Jan. 31

1st exam: 8:30-10:30 am
2nd exam: 11:15-1:15 pm

Monday, 1/23
         School holiday
 Tuesday, 1/24
         Exams: Periods 8 and 5
 Wednesday, 1/25
         Exams: Periods 3 and 4
 Thursday, 1/26
         Exams: Periods 2 and 7
 Friday, 1/27
        Exams: Periods 1 and 6

 

               Week of January 16, 2012
                      
Monday, 1/16
      Martin Luther King holiday
 Tuesday, 1/17
      Complete the discussion on Gattaca
 Wednesday, 1/18
      "The Night Face Up" and "Allegory of the Cave"
     January prompt to be posted (due Jan. 30)
 Thursday, 1/19
     Huxley and Orwell: differing perspectives
          An introduction to 1984
 Friday, 1/20
     The future according to Orwell

  

               Week of January 9, 2012
                      
Monday, 1/9
      Brave New World test
 Tuesday, 1/10
      Film: Gattaca
          with Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law,
               and Gore Vidal. Directed by Andrew Niccol
 Wednesday, 1/11
      Film: Gattaca
          “No one exceeds his potential.”
     Read (green textbook) "The Night Face Up" (p. 7)
          and "Allegory of the Cave" (p. 49) for Tuesday
 Thursday, 1/12
     Film: Gattaca
          “He suffered under the burden of perfection.”
 Friday, 1/13
     Film: Gattaca

 

             Week of January 2, 2012
   December prompt due Tuesday at 11:59 pm
                      
Monday, 1/2
      Holiday. Happy New Year.
Tuesday, 1/3
      Brave New World chapters 15-17 discussion
     Complete the novel for Wednesday
 Wednesday, 1/4
      Brave New World chapter 18 discussion
 Thursday, 1/5
     Brave New World chapter 18 discussion
 Friday, 1/6
      Brave New World wrap-up 
     Brave New World test on Monday

 

                   Week of December 19, 2011
           December prompt due on January 3 at 11:59 pm
                      
Monday, 12/19
      Reading time
     Read chapters 12-14 (p. 172-207) for Wednesday
Tuesday, 12/20
      Post mortem on An Enemy of the People
           The Cain/Abel archetype
          The truth cannot be compromised
 Wednesday, 12/21
      Discussion of Brave New World chapters 12-14
          Shakespeare's "Phoenix and the Turtle"
      Read chapters 15-17 (p. 208-240) for Friday
Thursday, 12/22
      Brave New World discussion
 Friday, 12/23
     Brave New World chapters 15-17 discussion
     Enjoy your time off. Take time to reflect.

 

Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
                                                          Macbeth (V, v)


                   Week of December 12, 2011
                       Monthly prompt delayed to Friday

 Monday, 12/12
      Discussion of Brave New World chapter 6
     Read chapters 7-8 (p. 107-139) for Wednesday
Tuesday, 12/13
      Discussion of Brave New World chapter 6
     Huxley on hidden agendas
 Wednesday, 12/14
      Chapters 7-8: what is Huxley up to?
     Read chapters 9-11 (p. 140-171) for Friday
Thursday, 12/15
      Brave New World discussion
      More on Huxley's intent
     Enter the Bard
 Friday, 12/16
     Brave New World discussion
     December writing prompt posted (due Dec. 23)
     Read Brave New World p. 172-207 for Tuesday

 

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their consciences."
                                            —C. S. Lewis

 

                   Week of December 5, 2011

 Monday, 12/5
      Poetry Out Loud - class time
Tuesday, 12/6
      Finally: Poetry Out Loud
 Wednesday, 12/7
      Poetry Out Loud
Thursday, 12/8
      Brave New World discussion
           The pursuit of happiness:
               Should happiness be the chief goal?
      Read chap 6 (p. 87-106) for Monday
 Friday, 12/9
     Brave New World discussion
                What does it mean to be civilized? 

 

                   Week of November 28, 2011

 Monday, 11/28
      November prompt due at 11:59
      Aldous Huxley's Brave New World
          What are the obstacles to creating a utopia?
          Read to p. 56 for Wednesday
      Poetry Out Loud:
          Written assignment due Friday (stapled):
               * Analysis
               * Tone mapping
               * Copy of your poem
          Recitiations begin Monday, December 5
     Bring green theme books to class
Tuesday, 11/29
      Poetry Out Loud class time
 Wednesday, 11/30
      Brave New World - Obstacles to utopias
     Read chapters 4-5 (p. 57-86) for Friday
Thursday, 12/1
      Brave New World discussion
          Utopia at any cost?
 Friday, 12/2
     Brave New World discussion
           Is happiness the chief goal?

 

                     Week of November 21, 2011
           Bring a print-out of your poem to class every day
      November prompt due Monday, Nov. 28 at 11:59 pm
        Poetry Out Loud recitations begin Monday, Dec. 5

 Monday, 11/21
      An Enemy of the People
          Hovstad: What is the editor's duty? Is it not
               to work in harmony with his readers?
          What is the role of the press in a free society?
     Poetry Out Loud preparation - analysis
Tuesday, 11/22
     SAT practice essay
 Wednesday, 11/23
     Shortened class
     Poetry Out Loud -
          Written assignment due Friday, Dec. 2 (stapled):
               * Analysis
               * Tone mapping
               * Copy of the poem
          Recitations begin on Monday, Dec. 5
 Thursday, 11/24
      Holiday
 Friday, 11/25
      Holiday

                     Week of November 14, 2011

 Monday, 11/14
      Final group discussions on An Enemy of the People
Tuesday, 11/15
      Class discussion and wrap-up of An Enemy of the People
     Poetry Out Loud assignment, due Nov. 29
 Wednesday, 11/16
     Poetry Out Loud samples: internalizing a poem - letting a poem
          speak for itself
     Class discussion of An Enemy of the People
      November prompt to be posted. Due Nov. 28
 Thursday, 11/17
      Discussion: the maverick; the role of the press in a free society
 Friday, 11/18
      TBA

 

                     Week of November 7, 2011

 Monday, 11/7
      Discussions on An Enemy of the People all week
          Order to be determined by lot
          Last grade of the first marking period (definite!)
Tuesday, 11/8
      Class reempted
     Info Center orientation: report to the library
 Wednesday, 11/9
      Group discussions on An Enemy of the People
           Order to be determined by lot
     Discussions to resume on Monday
 Thursday, 11/10
      School closed
 Friday, 11/11
      School closed

 

                          Week of October 31, 2011

 Monday, 10/31
      The lessons of Rwanda / "Campo dei Fiori"
          Heroes, bystanders, collaborators, perpetrators, and victims
 Tuesday, 11/1
      An Enemy of the People: hero as sacrificial lamb?
     Complete the play for Thursday: Acts IV - V (p. 108-130)
 Wednesday, 11/2
     An Enemy of the People:
          Discussion on principles, power, order, wealth, and class
          The tyranny of the majority
 Thursday, 11/3
      Group discussions on assigned topics
 Friday, 11/4
      Group preparation on assigned topics
     Group discussions begin Monday (order of presentation to be
               chosen by lot)

 

                               Week of October 24, 2011

 Monday, 10/24
      Genocide in Rwanda: Uwem Akpan's "My Parents' Bedroom"
     October prompt due Wednesday at 1159 et
 Tuesday, 10/25
      Frontline: Ghosts of Rwanda
 Wednesday, 10/26
     Frontline: Ghosts of Rwanda
      October prompt due at 1159 et
 Thursday, 10/27
      Frontline: Ghosts of Rwanda
      Poetic response to genocide: read "Campo dei Fiori" and
          complete the questions for Friday
 Friday, 10/28
     Ghosts of Rwanda / "Campo dei Fiori"
          Heroes, bystanders, collaborators, perpetrators, and victims
     Read Ibsen's An Enemy of the People Acts I - III (p. 75-108)
          (green Themes textbook) for Tuesday

 

                                Week of October 17, 2011

 Monday, 10/17
      An overview of Nazi poster propaganda
     Night by Elie Wiesel
     Read the excerpt of Clara's War for Wednesday
 Tuesday, 10/18
      Writing lab: more on Bauerlein
Wednesday, 10/19
      Night and Clara's War
     Poetry and the Holocaust
     Monthly prompt to be posted, due 10/26 at 1159 et
     Explaining the Holocaust: Philip Zimbardo and Stanley Milgram
          Inquiries into human behavior
 Thursday, 10/20
      Zimbardo and Milgram studies
     Read "My Parents' Bedroom" for Monday
Friday, 10/21
     The world remains silent
     Khmer Rouge: genocide in Cambodia

 

                        Week of October 10, 2011
                            Test delayed to Thursday
 Monday, 10/10
      School closed
 Tuesday, 10/11
      Close reading: Where shall wisdom be found?
 Wednesday, 10/12
      Close reading: review for Thursday's test
 Thursday, 10/13
      Test
     Read the excerpt of Night for Monday
 Friday, 10/14
      Night and the Holocaust
     Propaganda and the Nazi machine
          Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will: Hitler as savior
     Read the excerpt of Clara's War for Tuesday.
     October prompt to be posted Wednesday (delayed a week)

 

              Week of October 3, 2011

 Monday, 10/3
      Class time to work on presentations
 Tuesday, 10/4
      Intolerance project presentations
          Tentative schedule: Groups 10, 9, 8
 Wednesday, 10/5
      Intolerance project presentations
          Tentative schedule: Groups 7, 6, 5
 Thursday, 10/6
      Intolerance project presentations
          Tentative schedule: Groups 4, 3, 2
 Friday, 10/7
      Completion of presentations
     Wrap-up: Close reading
     Test on Wednesday

 

        Intolerance Selections    
   "The Youngest Doll"
    "The Bucket Rider"
   "The Gardener"
   "The Balek Scales"
   "The Guest"
   "Cranes"
    "The Shadow of War"
    "Kaffir Boy"
   "Ha' Penny"
   "By Any Other Name"

 

              Week of September 26, 2011

 Monday, 9/26
      Post moretem on summer reading essay
 Tuesday, 9/27
      Discussion of "The Thirteenth Night"
     Introduction to the intolerance project
 Wednesday, 9/28
      Group assignments
     Class time to work on presentations
 Thursday, 9/29
      Holiday
 Friday, 9/30
      Class time to work on presentations
     Presentations begin Monday

 

                         Week of September 19, 2011
                    September writing prompt due Wednesday

Monday, 9/19
      Discussion of  Woman Warrior
      Read "The Women Who Are Poets in my Land" (handout)
          Respond by writing responses to unit questions
 Tuesday, 9/20
      Discussion "Women Who Are Poets"
     The poetic form
     Response to Bauerlein chapters due tomorrow night
Wednesday, 9/21
      In class group analysis of poems on sexism
     Writing prompt due at 11:59 pm
Thursday, 9/22
      ExperienceAanalysis of poems on sexism
      Read "The Thirteenth Night" (handout) for Monday
 Friday, 9/23
      Class discussion on The Dumbest Generation
      Read "The Thirteenth Night" for Monday 

 

                    Week of September 12, 2011
                In class summer reading essay on Tuesday
         September writing prompt to be posted Wednesday
                      Student survey due Wednesday

Monday, 9/12
      Distribution of textbooks
      Discussion of Arrow of God
 Tuesday, 9/13
      In class writing assignment on Arrow of God
          Bring your book
          Bring your handout with notes
 Wednesday, 9/14
     Student survey due
     An introduction to Turn-It-In.
     Expectations for the monthly prompt
     Overview of Unit 1: Intolerance
     Read Water for Chocolate for Thursday
 Thursday, 9/15
      Discusion of Water for Chocolate
     Read Woman Warrior for Friday
 Friday, 9/16
     Discusion of  Woman Warrior

 

           Week of September 5, 2011
              In class summer reading essay on Tuesday
Monday, 9/5
      Holiday
 Tuesday, 9/6
      School closed due to hurricane
 Wednesday, 9/7
     Welcome
 Thursday, 9/8
      Course overview: scope and sequence
     Structuring an expository essay
 Friday, 9/9
     More on essay writing


                      Greetings and welcome to my class.

In addition to choosing one of the three summer-reading selections listed on the district website, you must read Chinua Achebe's novel Arrow of God. As always, be an observant, conscientious reader, tackling the novel with your skills and experience. Remember: you don't simply want to extract details. Engage in the type of close reading that promotes critical thinking. Grapple with the ideas. In other words, appreciate what you're reading. Take note of the conventions of literary works, what Pro. Thomas Foster calls the grammar of literature. What do I mean? If you read regularly, you have probably recognized that certain character types and plot sequences appear in different works, regardless of the time and place in which they were written. As you read, make connections—interpret, judge. What other works present similar ideas or situations? What do you think will happen next? Also take note of the author's use of language, the poetry of the sentences. And, of course, one more reason to be a careful reader is that it helps improve your writing skills: good literature is the best teacher. It shows you how it's done.


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About the Course:

 


Honors English 3 maintains a focus on world literature, including classical  tragedy, dystopian fiction, archetypes, and works concerning intolerance. Writing assignments emphasize the ability to analyze and synthesize literature and write with clarity and depth of thought. Public speaking skills are developed through  class discussion and formal speeches.

Works may include:
   * An Enemy of the People (Ibsen)
   * Night (Wiesel)
   * Brave New World (Huxley)
   * 1984 (Orwell)
   * Hamlet (Shakespeare)
   * Oedipus (Sophocles)
   * Demian (Hesse)
   * The Good Woman of Setzuan (Brecht)
   * The Stranger (Camus)
   * Waiting for Godot (Beckett)
   * Additional supplemental works where appropriate

Other authors may include:
   Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Chekov, Dante, Dostoyevski, Euripides,
   Garcia Marquez, Gogol, Gorky, Homer, Joyce, Kafka, Molière,
   Pirandello, Plato, Tolstoy, and Voltaire.