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Britannica's
The
Great Books
of
the Western World
(60
volumes)
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For
more information on the The Great Books and
the influence of Mortimer Adler, click
here to read "The Great Books Movement -
A Return to the Classics" by Patrick S. J. Carmack.
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The
Angelicum Book Store is able to offer this entire
set – the 1990 set edited by Dr. Mortimer J.
Adler including his famous Syntopicon (2 Volumes)
Great Ideas index that enables the reader to investigate
a particular idea and compare what the sages of the
last 30 centuries have had to say about it. Also includes
the introductory book The Great Conversation, featuring
a fascinating background in information, extensive
timelines, photos, and quotes from the classic works
and their authors. The set contains:
130
Authors Spanning 30 Centuries
60 Beautifully Bound Black and Gold Volumes
517 Classics - 37,000 Pages - 29 Million Words
This
superb set of the great classics of Western Civilization
contains most of the works the Great Books Academy
students will study in the four-year High School Great
Books reading program and is a priceless study tool
(and family heirloom).
RETAIL
PRICED FROM $995
AVAILABLE
NOW FOR $695
(FREE SHIPPING)
However,
it is not necessary to purchase this set as most of
the volumes we study in the Great Books Program are
available in paperback (and at most libraries). [This
offer may be withdrawn or changed without notice.
Supply is limited.]
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ORDERING.
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from our bookstore, or by faxing or mailing
your order.
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You
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the Angelicum
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DETAILED
DESCRIPTION
From
the ancient classics to the masterpieces of
the 20th century, the Great Books are all the
introduction you'll ever need to the ideas,
stories and discoveries that have shaped modern
civilization. This collection of 517 classics
in 60 beautifully bound volumes is color-coded
into four subject categories: literature, history,
philosophy, and science. And since this edition
includes works from 20th century authors, it's
the most up-to-date collection of the Great
Books ever.
Reading and understanding great works by history's
outstanding minds has always been considered
the substance of a liberal education. The Great
Books of the Western World has been acclaimed
as the greatest publishing venture of the 20th
Century. The set now consists of 60 volumes,
with 517 works by 130 authors spanning 30 centuries,
on a total of 37,000 pages containing 29 million
words. Among the Great Books' 130 authors, 47
are writers of imaginative literature; 29 are
masters of mathematics and/or the natural sciences;
28 are historians or social scientists, and
28 or more are philosophers and/or theologians.
(This totals 132 because William James and Alfred
North Whitehead have made contributions in both
of the latter two subject categories.
Volumes 1 and 2 of this collection is the Syntopicon,
a unique two-volume guide (not sold separately)
that enables you to investigate a particular
idea and compare what different authors have
to say about it. The Syntopicon comprises a
new kind of reference work -- accomplishing
for ideas what the dictionary accomplishes for
words and the encyclopaedia accomplishes for
facts.
Also included in this special package is the
Great Conversation, featuring fascinating background
information, extensive timelines, photos, and
quotes from the classic works and their authors.
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