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Derailing the Great Books and Other Personal Updates

May 5, 2015 Adam Setser

I am backing off my exhaustive reading plan for the Great Books for two reasons, which I share here. Changes are in the works for the blog, and I have some other updates to share regarding my other projects.

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In Personal Tags blog updates, #The Great Books

The Iliad by Homer

May 1, 2015 Adam Setser

The book is about why men fight. Amid the obligatory girls, games, guts and gore, you have this sub-narrative of commentary about the war, commentary about men from the perspective of the gods, and vice versa. There is a mutual reflection there that provides keen insight into man and his free will, and gods, and their (supposed) sovereignty. 

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In Book Reviews Tags *Homer, #The Great Books, ancient Greece

The Great Conversation by Robert Hutchins (Book 1 of The Great Books of the Western World)

April 17, 2015 Adam Setser

It is fitting to begin The Great Books of the Western World, a set of old books consisting of 54 volumes, with a plea for a true liberal arts education--I just didn't expect it to be so short.

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In Book Reviews Tags education, *Robert Hutchins, #The Great Books, democracy, Literacy, Liberal Arts

The Great Books of the Western World: Embarking on a Survey of Western Thought

April 8, 2015 Adam Setser

I'm embarking on the long and oppressive road of the Great Books of the Western World. Here I give the purpose of the set and my purpose in reading it.

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In Philosophy & Theology Tags education, #The Great Books, Literary Canon, Liberal Arts
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