![]() All lists reflect ideology add or drop titles to adjust lists to your own purposes. We’ve put titles on it that you may find trivial. We’ve left important books off this list. If a student tackles a book on the list and, after a good try, finds it incomprehensible, move on.Ĭ. ![]() The goal of the classical education is not an exhaustive exploration of great literature, but an introduction to the ideas of the past.ī. The goal of the study of Great Books is a greater understanding of our own civilization, country, and place in time, stemming from an understanding of what has come before us.Ī. Using the Great Books as the center of a history/literature course also encourages the student to think about how we know what we know about the past.ĭ. ![]() Instead of memorizing facts about the past, the student is encourage to interact with the ideas of the past.Ĭ. Using the Great Books breaks down the artificial division between history and literature.ī. Why use the Great Books as the center of a literature and history curriculum?Ī. Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Some of this material is adapted from The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home, which contains more detailed information on the topic. ![]() This is the Conference Handout for the lecture, The Great Books: History as Literature. ![]()
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