Alexander Arguelles | Great Books Education & Lifelong Learning, Western Civilization & the Great Conversation @ProfASAr | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
An overview of Great Books Education, the University of Chicago / Encyclopedia Britannica Collection of the Great Books of Western Civilization by Mortimer Adler, Great Books for Eastern, Indian, and Islamic Civilizations, opportunities to engage in lifelong learning via reading and discussion of Great Books. Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction and Overview
02:15 What are "Great Books?"
04:40 Tour of The Great Books of Western Civilization
12:52 Critique of the collection; Great Books of Eastern, Indian, Islamic Civilizations
16:45 Great Books Education in American colleges
22:09 Lifelong Learning for adults via Great Books discussion circles
24:54 Some options for adult lifelong learning
27:05 Option of engaging in Great Books discussions with me
Textual Resources:
Lists of Great Books from various sources, universities, civilizations:
interleaves.org/~rteeter/greatbks.html
Great Books of the Western World - Volumes 1-54 at the Internet Archive:
archive.org/details/encyclopaediabritannicagreatbooksofthewesternworld/Encyclop%C3%A6dia%20Britannica%20-%20Great%20Books%20of%20the%20Western%20World%2C%20Volume%201%20-%20The%20Great%20Conversation
The Sacred Books of the East
holybooks.com/the-sacred-books-of-the-east-all-50-volumes
sacred-texts.com/sbe/index.htm
Resources for adults to engage in lifelong learning through Great Books discussions:
The Great Books Foundation - free support for starting your own group
greatbooks.org/book-groups
Online Great Books - provides books, monthly meeting with experienced guide:
onlinegreatbooks.com
Join my Great Books discussion circles:
please fill out the application at alexanderarguelles.com/academy
If you can think of anyone else who might be interested in joining my groups, please pass the above information along to them.
If you are in a position to support my efforts to spread knowledge through these videos, I will gratefully accept any contributions to ko-fi.com/alexanderarguelles
An overview of Great Books Education, the University of Chicago / Encyclopedia Britannica Collection of the Great Books of Western Civilization by Mortimer Adler, Great Books for Eastern, Indian, and Islamic Civilizations, opportunities to engage in lifelong learning via reading and discussion of Great Books. Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction and Overview
02:15 What are "Great Books?"
04:40 Tour of The Great Books of Western Civilization
12:52 Critique of the collection; Great Books of Eastern, Indian, Islamic Civilizations
16:45 Great Books Education in American colleges
22:09 Lifelong Learning for adults via Great Books discussion circles
24:54 Some options for adult lifelong learning
27:05 Option of engaging in Great Books discussions with me
Textual Resources:
Lists of Great Books from various sources, universities, civilizations:
interleaves.org/~rteeter/greatbks.html
Great Books of the Western World - Volumes 1-54 at the Internet Archive:
archive.org/details/encyclopaediabritannicagreatbooksofthewesternworld/Encyclop%C3%A6dia%20Britannica%20-%20Great%20Books%20of%20the%20Western%20World%2C%20Volume%201%20-%20The%20Great%20Conversation
The Sacred Books of the East
holybooks.com/the-sacred-books-of-the-east-all-50-volumes
sacred-texts.com/sbe/index.htm
Resources for adults to engage in lifelong learning through Great Books discussions:
The Great Books Foundation - free support for starting your own group
greatbooks.org/book-groups
Online Great Books - provides books, monthly meeting with experienced guide:
onlinegreatbooks.com
Join my Great Books discussion circles:
please fill out the application at alexanderarguelles.com/academy
If you can think of anyone else who might be interested in joining my groups, please pass the above information along to them.
If you are in a position to support my efforts to spread knowledge through these videos, I will gratefully accept any contributions to ko-fi.com/alexanderarguelles
