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The Great Books Foundation Reading and Discussion Program, First Series - Softcover

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9780945159759: The Great Books Foundation Reading and Discussion Program, First Series
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0945159757 ISBN 13: 9780945159759
Publisher: Great Books Foundation Publishing -, 1985

Synopsis

The Great Books Reading and Discussion Program anthologies include many Western classics—the ones you always "meant" to read. These works are presented in manageable selections specially chosen for their ability to stimulate discussion. Reading through these volumes is to survey the best that has been thought and said in the Western tradition.

CONTENTS:

Rothschild's Fiddle (selection) by Anton Chekhov, "On Happiness" by Aristotle, The Apology (selection) by Plato, Heart of Darkness (selection) by Joseph Conrad, "Conscience" by Immanuel Kant, "Alienated Labour" by Karl Marx, Genesis (Bible), "Civilization and Its Discontents" by Sigmond Freud, "The Social Contract" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, "The Moral Sense of Man and the Lower Animals" by Charles Darwin, Othello by William Shakespeare, "Of Justice and Injustice" by David Hume, "The Power of the Majority" by Alexis de Tocqueville, "Individual Freedom" by Georg Simmel, and Antigone (selection) by Sophocles.

Includes two volumes (Volume 1: 294 pages, Volume 2: 274 pages) and a reader's aid (48 pages).

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Publisher
Great Books Foundation Publishing -
Publication date
1985
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0945159757
ISBN 13 
9780945159759
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
616