Alexander Arguelles | Great Books of Eastern Civilizations - Library Tour of East Asian, Indic, and Islamic Texts @ProfASAr | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 week ago.
A consideration of supplements and updates to the Great Books of the West; the use of the Syntopicon in discussion circles; an overview of "Eastern" Civilizations: East-Asian, Indian, and Near-Eastern; a tour of texts from my library in Classical Chinese, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian. Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction review of Great Books Education
05:27 1962 supplement and 1990 update to the Great Books of the Western World
13:27 Using the Great Ideas Syntopicon to read the Great Books of the West
17:15 On the difficulty of defining and delineating Civilizations
22:57 A tour of texts from my library from East-Asian Civilization (Korea, China, Japan)
26:59 A tour of Sanskrit texts from my library (Indic Civilization)
32:34 A tour of Arabic texts from my library (Near-Eastern or Islamic Civilization)
39:48 A tour of Persian texts from my library (Near-Eastern or Islamic Civilization)
45:00 On the relatively greater difficulty of Great Books of the East vs. West; how to read the Sacred Books of the East
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
A consideration of supplements and updates to the Great Books of the West; the use of the Syntopicon in discussion circles; an overview of "Eastern" Civilizations: East-Asian, Indian, and Near-Eastern; a tour of texts from my library in Classical Chinese, Sanskrit, Arabic, and Persian. Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction review of Great Books Education
05:27 1962 supplement and 1990 update to the Great Books of the Western World
13:27 Using the Great Ideas Syntopicon to read the Great Books of the West
17:15 On the difficulty of defining and delineating Civilizations
22:57 A tour of texts from my library from East-Asian Civilization (Korea, China, Japan)
26:59 A tour of Sanskrit texts from my library (Indic Civilization)
32:34 A tour of Arabic texts from my library (Near-Eastern or Islamic Civilization)
39:48 A tour of Persian texts from my library (Near-Eastern or Islamic Civilization)
45:00 On the relatively greater difficulty of Great Books of the East vs. West; how to read the Sacred Books of the East
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
