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Nietzsche Throws Bombs
I failed to mention last week that we finished yet another volume of the Great Books of the Western World series when we wrapped up Spinoza’s Ethics. I forget exactly how many that makes, but we’ve already knocked out several … Continue reading
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Tagged Antoine Lavoisier, Aristotle, Friedrich Nietzsche, Great Books, Montaigne, Tacitus, Voltaire
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Interview: Why Christians Should Read the Great Books
A recent post here resulted in an invitation to appear on the Research on Religion podcast. Host Tony Gill was intrigued by my applying lessons from Plato to dining at Applebee’s in the 21st century. We recorded the interview last … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Smith, Applebee's, Aristotle, Augustine, Bible, Cervantes, Charles Dickens, Dante, Epictetus, Euclid, Friedrich Nietzsche, Great Books, Henry Fielding, Herman Melville, Homer, John Calvin, John Milton, Karl Marx, Nicolas Copernicus, Plato, Research on Religion, Thomas Aquinas, virgil, Voltaire
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Space and Time: A Priori Intuitions?
On this Great Books Monday, I’ve been ruminating on the difficulty of some of the works we’re going through. Seriously, Aristotle’s Physics and Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason are pretty dense. I’ve had to remind myself that part of analytical … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, Bertrand Russell, Great Books, Immanuel Kant, John Milton, Richard Sheridan, Voltaire
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Funeral Games and Giant Aliens
Another Monday means another report on the Great Books. We’re still plugging along and on pace to finish in 2017. This week we will cross the 6,500-page mark in the program. Here are the readings for the upcoming week: The … Continue reading
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Tagged Augustine, Hippocrates, John Dewey, Thucydides, virgil, Voltaire
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“Honey, You’re Prettier Than All Those Other Women Who’ve Had My Children”
With more than 4,000 pages of the Great Books completed as of this morning, I suppose we have some justification for preening. No doubt all your friends and relations are showering you with praise if you’ve read everything posted here … Continue reading
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Tagged Federalist Papers, Great Books, Homer, James Jeans, John Locke, Plutarch, Voltaire
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The Western Tradition 