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coberst
Skeptic Friend
182 Posts |
 Posted - 08/04/2004 : 06:07:05
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During the Depression the New Deal government created various programs designed to provide worthwhile jobs for the unemployed. A program was developed under the guidance of Mortimer Adler that led to what is now called the Great Books.
Adler's efforts started with the development of the ‘great ideas', which then led to the Great Books. Adler and his fellow scholars concluded that there were 102 ‘great ideas'. Adler describes how they settled on 102 ideas that were judged to be great. http://www.thegreatideas.org/. This effort eventually led to the Great Books Foundation.
“The Great Books Foundation is an independent, nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to provide people of all ages with the opportunity to read, discuss, and learn from outstanding works of literature. Founded in 1947 by Robert Maynard Hutchins, then president of the University of Chicago, and philosopher and scholar Mortimer J. Adler, the Foundation was established to encourage lifelong learning for all citizens. As part of a grass-roots movement to promote continuing education beyond the classroom, the Foundation aimed to provide opportunities for all Americans to participate in a "Great Conversation" of some of the world's best writing.” http://www.greatbooks.org/
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
4955 Posts |
Posted - 08/04/2004 : 06:18:39 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by coberst
http://www.thegreatideas.org/.
When ever I need a reminder of how much I hate philosophy, all I have to do is get a book or go to a website like the one linked above and start reading . . . |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 08/04/2004 : 10:39:32 [Permalink]
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[Official Moderator's Warning]
Last chance, coberst. Numerous posts to the SFN forums which duplicate (either exactly or closely) posts made on other forums will be treated as spam in the future, and deleted.
The SFN forums do not exist for your convenience. |
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Why not question something for a change?
Visit Dave's Psoriasis Info, too. |
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sweet
New Member
6 Posts |
Posted - 08/04/2004 : 15:48:57 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Cuneiformist
quote:
Originally posted by coberst
http://www.thegreatideas.org/.
When ever I need a reminder of how much I hate philosophy, all I have to do is get a book or go to a website like the one linked above and start reading . . .
It bums me out people hate philosophy, but I can understand why. I personally feel that the great books list is out of date, and though good reading (at least some of it), not as relevant as once might have been |
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coberst
Skeptic Friend
182 Posts |
Posted - 08/04/2004 : 16:04:20 [Permalink]
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Sweet
I am under the impression that Great Books Foundation has added and deleted some books that makes up the list. |
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