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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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“Cut Me One From His Small!”
Here are some observations on last week’s Great Books readings: Moby Dick by Herman Melville, Chapters 55-75: If Ahab’s soliloquy over the dead sperm whale didn’t give you chills, I think there must be something wrong with you. And since … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Aristotle, David Hume, Federalist Papers, Great Books, Herman Melville, William Gilbert
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Goodbye, Alexander Hamilton
As we close in on the end of the first year of this Great Books reading program, I’m looking back over the list of works we’ve read and can’t help being impressed. That list will only grow, of course. I’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, David Hume, Federalist Papers, George Washington, Great Books, Herman Melville, William Gilbert
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Captain Ahab Means Business
Another Monday, another feeling of accomplishment at what we read in the past week. If you find yourself struggling to find enough time to read, consider picking up audio versions of some of these works and listening to them in … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, David Hume, Federalist Papers, Great Books, Haniel Long, Herman Melville, William Gilbert
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Moderns Hate Aristotle
Reading the Great Books won’t burn off the turkey you ate last week, but it ought to. This week we pass 1,500 pages in Imaginative Literature and 1,300 pages in Philosophy and Theology; that is some hard work, let me … Continue reading
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Tagged Aristotle, David Hume, Edmund Burke, Federalist Papers, Great Books, Herman Melville, William Gilbert
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Call Me Ishmael
This week our Great Books reading program will pass the 5,000-page mark. That calls for a celebration! I hereby give you permission to take this Thursday off from work if you’re in the United States. Here are the readings for … Continue reading
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Tagged Federalist Papers, Great Books, Henry Adams, Herman Melville, Plutarch, William Gilbert, William James
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