Monthly Archives: January 2013

The Honor of Lilliputians

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Dr. J

Amazingly, we’re coming to the end of Month 25 of readings in this Great Books Project. Last week we read our 3,000th page of Philosophy and Theology. This week we’ll come within a whisker of passing the 3,500-page mark in … Continue reading →

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Warning: Audience-Embarrassing Hypnotists May Be Shot

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Dr. J

I took advantage of the holiday this week to catch up more ground in the Great Books Project. I’m now within one day of being back on schedule! Moreover, we’re going to start the greatest satire in the English language … Continue reading →

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Only Vegetables Question the Law of Non-Contradiction

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Dr. J

I’m happy to say that I’ve caught up two days on this week’s Great Books post. The big development this week is that we will finish the Dickens novel after ten weeks. We’ll finish Bacon next week and perhaps Tocqueville … Continue reading →

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Only Liberty Can Cure Equality’s Evils

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Dr. J

Well, here I am making a Great Books post on Saturday after expressing high hopes last week that I’d be back onto a Monday schedule. The demands of a new semester (including breaking in a new professor in my department) … Continue reading →

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I’m Awesome, You’re Awesome: Today’s College Students Through Their Own Eyes

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Dr. J

As we head into a new semester this week, I thought it would be pertinent to link to this article summarizing results of the American Freshman Survey, done annually on U.S. college campuses. Pyschologist Jean Twenge and her colleagues compiled … Continue reading →

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Reading the Great Books: Two Years Down, Five to Go

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Dr. J

It’s that time at the beginning of the new year to take a look back and evaluate the progress on this project I keep harping on of reading the Great Books. If you’ve been following along to any extent whatsoever, … Continue reading →

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Plato Disses Rhetoric

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Dr. J

Travels and spotty internet connections have prevented me from making this week’s Great Books post until now. Here are the readings for the coming week: The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens, Chapters 43-48 (GGB Vol. 2)* The Metaphysics of Aristotle, … Continue reading →

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