Historical October 1986 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Beginning in October, a Great Books Discussion Program will get underway at the University City Public Library. Sessions will be held on first and third Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. in meeting room #2 in the Library.
The fundamental principle underlying the Program is to help adults who are no longer in formal schooling programs.
The participants meet for two-hour discussions every two weeks for fifteen sessions each year between October and May.
The material under consideration is pre-selected by the Great Books Foundation, a non-profit educational corporation located in Chicago.
The selections are taken from the writings of the Great Authors of the literary heritage of the Western Civilization.
They are brief enough to enable busy people to read and study for discussion the selection in the twoweek interval between meetings and yet are still long enough to stimulate meaningful discussion of the age-old problems facing humanity.
The reading list for the current session is published below. October 2 is the date of the first session; however, attendance is not required in order to attend the October 16 discussion or others following. CHEKHOV: Rothschild’s Fiddle ARISTOTLE: On Happiness PLATO: The Apology CONRAD: Heart of Darkness KANT: Conscience MARX: Alienated Labour BIBLE: Genesis FREUD: Civilization and Its Discontents ROUSSEAU: The Social Contract DARWIN: The Moral Sense of Man and the Lower Animals SHAKESPEARE: Othello HUME: Of Justice and Injustice TOCQUEVILLE: The Power of the Majority SIMMEL: Individual Freedom SOPHOCLES: Antigone (Indicates complete work.) Chance To Keep Learning With Great Books Program The selections are made available in a twovolume set by the Great Books Foundation, and it is recommended (but certainly not obligatory) that the participants obtain the set so that they may easily prepare for the ensuing discussion.
Many of the selections are just that — ranging anywhere from ten to one hundred pages, rather than complete works. Other than the voluntary purchase of the twovolume set, the program is free.
For additional information, please call Dr. E.M. Croghan at either 353-0600 or 965-1983.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, October 1986.
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