an experimental great books program for 50 selected students — Time
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Great Books — refers to a curriculum and a book list. Mortimer Adler lists three criteria for including a book on the list:* the book has contemporary significance; that is, it has relevance to the problems and issues of our times; * the book is inexhaustible; … Wikipedia
Great Books of the Western World — is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952 by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. to present the western canon in a single package of 54 volumes. The series is now in its second edition and contains 60 volumes. The list of… … Wikipedia
Great Books of the 20th Century — is a series of novels published by Penguin Books.Included in this series:* The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck * Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad * Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez * The Adventures of Augie March by Saul… … Wikipedia
Great Books Foundation — The Great Books Foundation, incorporated in the state of Illinois and based in Chicago, is an independent, nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to help people think and share ideas. Toward this end, the Foundation publishes… … Wikipedia
Gateway to the Great Books — is a 10 volume series of books originally published by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. in 1963 and edited by Mortimer Adler and Robert Maynard Hutchins. The set was designed as an introduction to the Great Books of the Western World , published by… … Wikipedia
Four Great Books of Song — The Four Great Books of Song (zh tp|t=宋四大書|p=Sòngsì Dàshū) was compiled by Li Fang and others during the Song Dynasty (960 1279). The term was coined after the last book Cefu Yuangui had finished in compilation during the 11th century. The four… … Wikipedia
Great Book — may refer to:* Great American Bathroom Book , a three book series * Great Book of Lecan , a medieval Irish manuscript * The Great Book of Ireland , a gallery and anthology of modern Irish art and poetry * The Great Book of Irish Genealogies , an… … Wikipedia
Great Conversation — The Great Conversation is a characterization of references and allusions made by authors in the Western canon to the works of their predecessors. As such it is a name used in the promotion of the Great Books of the Western World ( GBWW )… … Wikipedia
Books of Samuel — The Books of Samuel (Hebrew: Sefer Sh muel ספר שמואל) are part of the Tanakh (part of Judaism s Hebrew Bible) and also of the Christian Old Testament. The work was originally written in Hebrew, and the Book(s) of Samuel originally formed a single … Wikipedia
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