GREAT BOOKS of the Western World EXPLAINED
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Discover what makes a book truly great in this fascinating dive into the essence of classical literature and education. In this video, we explore the very heart of what makes the Great Books of the Western World, delving into the realms of intellectual, moral, and aesthetic virtues that define greatness. From Plato's Republic to Homer's Iliad, journey through narratives that communicate profound truths, moral lessons, and captivating beauty.
Western civilization begins with the Iliad and Odyssey. This is a perfect place to start your study of the Great Books.
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Spectacular production quality (and content). Hope your channel continues to grow and reaches wider audiences. Some of the best content on classical education.
I posted on Facebook that my only wish for my 30th birthday was the complete set. Highly unexpectedly, one of my friends had just inherited a nearly complete set and she gave it to me! 😍
This is possibly the clearest description I've ever heard of great books.
I started with War and Peace. It was so good that I just stuck with him and other Russian authors. There is a theory that the Russian authors are so good because of the cold weather in Russia. It helps them understand better the human soul because of the stress of the cold.
I think it is because of Orthodoxy.
Can Memoria can bring Adler's Great Books of the Western World back into print?
You could take preorders or crowdfund to gauge interest, and the GBWW, along with the companion series could funnel people into taking Memoria College courses.
Let the audience know how we can make this happen, our culture is in dire need of citizens who can capably champion the Great Ideas.
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Thank you for this great and educational video.
Underestimated video!
Thank you
I would say Augustinus is western because he's 'western christian' , Homeros and the Roman writers maybe should be called 'semi western' or 'proto western' ; but I don't know nearly enough about typical western traits in literature. Maybe a book written in China before Christ should be called western literature if it's got *all* those western traits somehow and no (or only the most necessary) typical Chinese (or whatever, different from western anyways) traits.
What do you think about my idea?
Who made up these 'definition 'of what makes a 'great ' book ?
the problem with what is called western great books that they being claimed to be western yet they are not. ancient classical literature was created in a mediterranean civilisation that in its origin is bulit on Mesopotamia and egypt. there is a whole prestactive of environmental causes lead to that literature being created the way it was. for example can we say that Islamic philosophy that was bulit on the Greco Roman philosophy is also a Western Philosophy? how about jewish philo and Maimonides philosophies? saint augustine was Carthaginian living in carthage is he westren? I think the word western is misleading and literature thus is universal and can't be called west or east.