Tag Archives: John Stuart Mill

Tom Jones Gets a Happy Ending

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Dr. J

It has been months since we’ve had a weekly reading list with so many new works on it in the Great Books Project. This week is a great opportunity to jump into the program if you’re new to the blog … Continue reading →

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Euclid Rolls Over in His Grave

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Dr. J

Welcome to Week 161 of the Great Books Project. This week we wrap up Tom Jones, On Liberty, and Part One of Don Quixote! Here are the readings for the coming week: Tom Jones by Henry Fielding, Book XVIII (GBWW … Continue reading →

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Get Over Yourself, Walt

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Dr. J

With 7,500 pages down and a mere 30,000 or so to go, we are motoring through the Great Books here at the Western Tradition. For new readers, this may be a good week to jump into the program because we … 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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