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“Spin Me the Yarn!”
After yesterday’s summary of our 2011 accomplishments, I hope you’re feeling motivated to press forward. Remember that you can jump in midstream at any time with shorter works and go back to pick up earlier selections as you are able! … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, Charles Lamb, Descartes, Great Books, Henry Adams, Herman Melville, William Gilbert
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Exposing the Grandchild Didn’t Work for Astyages, Either
It’s Great Books Monday here at the Western Tradition, and this past week has been the first where we were in five long works simultaneously . . . probably not the best moment for a newcomer to jump in. However, … Continue reading
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Tagged Augustine, Charles Lamb, Daniel Defoe, Euclid, Federalist Papers, Great Books, Herodotus
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Dung Beetles and a Townful of Liars
If you aren’t following along with the readings I’m posting each Monday, let me tell you that you are missing out on some great stuff. Here are the selections for the upcoming week: “The Killers” by Ernest Hemingway (Vol. 2, … Continue reading
On Being Intelligent and Stuff
It’s Great Books Monday here at the Western Tradition. Here are the readings for the coming week: “Of Truth” by Francis Bacon (Vol. 10, pp. 346-347) “The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg” by Mark Twain (Vol. 2, pp. 346-386) The English … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Lamb, David Hume, Francis Bacon, Great Books, Jean-Henri Fabre, John Erskine, Lancelot Hogben, Leo Tolstoy, Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, Walter Scott, Xenophon
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