Tag Archives: Montaigne

Shakespeare: Exposing an Infant Leads to Death by Bear

Posted on May 27, 2013 by

As we forge ahead with the Great Books Project, this week we get an encore reading from T.S. Eliot. We also, at long last, wrap up Book I of Epictetus’s Discourses and get what I hope will be something lucid … Continue reading →

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The Owl of Minerva Spreads Its Wings Only with the Falling of the Dusk

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

We’re reaching another milestone in the Great Books Project this week: upon completion of the Claude Bernard reading below, we’ll have completed five of the ten volumes of the Gateway to the Great Books series. I believe that makes nine … Continue reading →

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Substance is Essence

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

Advocates of scientism, beware! Jonathan Swift is about to rock your world in this week’s Great Books readings. Here are the readings for the coming week: Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift, Part III (GBWW Vol. 34, pp. 89-131) The Metaphysics … Continue reading →

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Back to Great Books Monday

Posted on December 24, 2012 by

It’s Great Books Monday once again! I can say that with this post, the first Great Books post I’ve made on a Monday in months, it seems. Let’s celebrate by reading both Plato and Aristotle this week. Here are the … Continue reading →

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The Prime Mover

Posted on November 28, 2012 by

Now that you are all shopped out following Black Friday and Cyber Monday, surely you’re ready to settle back down to some good reading this week, right? Fortunately for you, this week’s Great Books readings include some Greek tragedy, Stoic … Continue reading →

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Does Motion Have a Beginning?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

I haven’t made up any days in the Great Books schedule this week, but at least I haven’t lost any, either. We’re in the middle of some dense works, but we’ll lighten it up with some Dickens this week. Here … Continue reading →

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Thomas Malthus Isn’t All Bad

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

It looks like I’m squeaking in under the wire for another Great Books Monday post, thanks to Galen and Descartes (mostly Descartes). We are closing in on the 10,000-page and will be there in a couple of weeks. Here are … Continue reading →

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War in Heaven . . . Outcome Never in Doubt

Posted on September 17, 2012 by

It’s Great Books Monday (on Monday!) again, and this week we are going to pass 2,400 pages in the philosophy/religion category. Can you think of a better way to do that than by working excruciatingly difficult math problems? Of course … Continue reading →

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Bertrand Russell Is a Snob

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

I have no witty intro for this week’s Great Books Monday post, so let’s just jump right in, shall we?  Here are the readings for the coming week: Paradise Lost by John Milton, Book IV (GBWW Vol. 29, pp. 152-174) … Continue reading →

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“Better to Reign in Hell . . .”

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

It’s Great Books Monday once again, and we’re taking a foray into late-19th-century naturalism this week. I’m getting ready for my first Ibsen play . . .  Here are the readings for the coming week: Paradise Lost by John Milton, … Continue reading →

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