Tag Archives: Aristotle

Scientist Works Way Back to God

Posted on September 4, 2017 by

Big news in the Great Books Project today: we are cracking open a new volume, something we haven’t done since beginning War and Peace. Here are the readings for the coming week: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Book X, Chapters … Continue reading →

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Many a True Word Hath Been Spoken in Jest

Posted on October 26, 2014 by

I’ve been putting off for some time, but the time has finally come to dig into Plato’s Laws. It will be a heavy week with that, Aquinas, and James, but Aristophanes will lighten things up a bit. Here are the … Continue reading →

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The Great Books Project Returns

Posted on October 18, 2014 by

I note with horror that it has been more than a month since my last post on this blog. A big part of the reason for that was my difficulty in getting internet access during a 3.5-week research and conference … Continue reading →

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Another Volume Down

Posted on May 12, 2014 by

With the completion of Don Quixote this past week, we have finished reading ten volumes of the Great Books of the Western World series in their entirety. That leaves 48 to go, only five of which we haven’t read at … Continue reading →

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Zenobia in Chains

Posted on May 4, 2014 by

This week we’ll pass the 4,500-page mark in the Man and Society category of this Great Books Project. It’s good to have Gibbon’s lively prose carrying us forward. Here are the readings for the coming week: The History of Don … Continue reading →

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Sancho Panza as Solomon

Posted on April 26, 2014 by

We get a shot in the arm this week in the Great Books Project with some “new blood” now that we have completed Nietzsche and Lavoisier (both for good because each only had a single work in the collection). I’m … Continue reading →

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Rocinante Has Nothing on This Wooden Horse

Posted on April 19, 2014 by

This week, as in most weeks, I saw at least two or three situations where some sort of observation from or application of the week’s Great Books readings were a propos. I wish I had more blogging time to discuss … Continue reading →

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Four Emperors in Two Chapters

Posted on April 12, 2014 by

This week in the Great Books Project we will pass the 5,500-page mark in the Imaginative Literature category. Buckle up! Here are the readings for the coming week: The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes, … Continue reading →

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Roman Pygmies and Herd Morality

Posted on April 5, 2014 by

I neglected to mention it last week, but we have now passed the 18,000-page mark in this Great Books Project. Onward! Here are the readings for the coming week: The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de … Continue reading →

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O Voltaire! O Humanity! O Idiocy!

Posted on March 27, 2014 by

With the completion of the Histories of Tacitus, we have finished another volume in the GBWW series. This week we continue our readings in Roman history with our first foray into Gibbon. Here are the readings for the coming week: … Continue reading →

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