Tag Archives: Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Great Books Project Returns

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Dr. J

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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Huns Are Meanies

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Dr. J

This week in the Great Books Project we finish a great novel while pretending we haven’t fallen further behind on the posting schedule. Let’s get right to it. Here are the readings for the coming week: The Brothers Karamazov by … Continue reading →

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Why Diogenes Refused to Give References

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Dr. J

This week in the Great Books Project we will hit the 5,000-page mark in the Man and Society category, although I can’t say I’m really feeling more manly or social than usual. Here are the readings for the coming week: … Continue reading →

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St. Thomas Defends the Filioque Clause

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Dr. J

We have no significant milestones to report in the Great Books Project this week, although we are closing in on the 5,000-page mark in the Man and Society category. Gibbon, no doubt, will carry us through in the next couple … Continue reading →

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The Killer Is Revealed

Posted on August 14, 2014 by Dr. J

It’s shaping up to be a challenging week in the Great Books Project. Our psychology reading is quite long, and we have a short work by Kant as well. Hang in there, and flee to Dostoevsky if the pressure builds … Continue reading →

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William James Argues for the Soul

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Dr. J

This week in the Great Books Project we return to the wisdom of the Stoics after a lengthy hiatus. It’s time to begin Book II of Epictetus’s Discourses. Here are the readings for the coming week: The Brothers Karamazov by … Continue reading →

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Humans are Bundles of Habits

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Dr. J

This week in the Great Books Project, in addition to breaking the 20,000-page barrier I referenced last time, we will also pass the 6,000-page mark in the Imaginative Literature category. Here are the readings for the coming week: The Brothers … Continue reading →

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Constantine’s Conversion Was Real

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Dr. J

This week we come within a hair of 20,000 pages in the Great Books Project. Let’s get right to it. Here are the readings for the coming week: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Part IV, Book X (GBWW Vol. … Continue reading →

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Dmitri Karamazov Puts His Foot in It

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Dr. J

This week in the Great Books Project we pass the 5,000-page mark in the Philosophy/Theology category. I suppose it’s only fitting that we do so with Plato. Here are the readings for the coming week: The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor … Continue reading →

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The Scandalous Decomposition of Elder Zossima

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Dr. J

Everyone is talking about the Hobby Lobby case today, but I haven’t heard a single national news outlet mention that today also marks the halfway point of the Western Tradition’s Great Books Project, 2011-2017. What is wrong with the world? … Continue reading →

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