Tag Archives: Euclid

Scoffers Can Become Saints

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Dr. J

For this Great Books Monday, I glanced over my spreadsheet to get a quick idea of how much ground we’ve covered so far in the reading program. Of the 1,600+ pages in the can, we’ve completed eight short stories, two … Continue reading →

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Young People, You WILL Die, So Stop Pretending

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Dr. J

Another Monday, another 100+ pages of Western civilization’s best in the books. What’s not to like? Here are the readings for the upcoming week: “The Legend of St. Julian the Hospitaller” by Gustave Flaubert (GGB Vol. 3, pp. 371-392) “Theseus” … Continue reading →

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If I Don’t Think, Do I Not Exist?

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Dr. J

As Great Books Monday rolls around again, we’re preparing to dive into one of the greatest classics of spirituality of all time, not to mention the world’s first autobiography. Are you ready? Here are the readings for the coming week: … Continue reading →

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Kill ’em All and Let the Gods Sort Them Out

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Dr. J

It’s Great Books Monday. We’ve completed one quarter of readings and have twenty-seven to go. My only regret in setting up this project is that I didn’t begin it years ago. I begin each week with a sense of anticipation … Continue reading →

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Are We Naturally Savage Jerks?

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Dr. J

With another week’s worth of reading from the Great Books logged, I’m wondering how anyone who has any degree of familiarity with this body of literature could possibly maintain that it’s irrelevant to life in the modern world. The themes … Continue reading →

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Drinking the Hemlock

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Dr. J

It’s Great Books Monday here at the Western Tradition, and the top hits of Western Civilization just keep on coming. If you have done all the readings since we began in January, you have logged over 1,000 pages by this … Continue reading →

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