2009-2010 Reading List
Longmont CO Public Library - 409 4th Avenue, 80501
Readings for Tuesday Night 7:00-8:45 P.M. discussions. For further information, call Brian at 303/682-8887, Home Fax: 303/682-8881, or Home e-mail Nobh80303SPAM@comcast.net (remove ‘NoSPAM’ from the email address before using it - this is to slow down automatic email
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Sept. 01, 2009 Great
Books, Vol 2, pp 486-495 (reading
and discussion)
The
Idea of Family
from the Syntopicon
or
Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A
Lexicon of Western Thought, pp
221-232
Sept. 15, 2009 Great
Treasury of Western Thought, pp 142-152 (reading and discussion)
The
Institution of the Family
Sept. 29, 2009 Great
Books, Vol 2, pp 1013-1020 (reading and discussion)
The
Idea of Life and Death from the Syntopicon
or
Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A
Lexicon of Western Thought, pp 435-443
Oct. 13, 2009 Great
Treasury of Western Thought, pp 114-141 (reading and discussion)
Life
and Death: The Fear of Death, and Suicide
Oct. 27, 2009 Great
Books, Vol 3, pp 546-554
(reading and discussion)
The
Idea of Reasoning
from the Syntopicon
or
Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A
Lexicon of Western Thought, pp 704-713
Nov. 10, 2009 Great
Treasury of Western Thought, pp 469-478
(reading and discussion)
Reasoning,
Demonstration, Disputation
Nov. 24, 2009 Great
Books, Vol 3, pp 826-835
(reading and discussion)
The
Idea of State
from the Syntopicon
or
Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A
Lexicon of Western Thought, pp
826-836
Dec. 08, 2009 Great
Treasury of Western Thought, pp 684-694
(reading and discussion)
Society
and the State
Dec. 22, 2009 Great
Books, Vol 2, pp 268-276
(reading and discussion)
The
Idea of Custom and Convention from the Syntopicon
or
Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A
Lexicon of Western Thought, pp 118-126
Jan. 05, 2010 Great
Treasury of Western Thought, pp 560-571 (reading and discussion)
Custom
and Moral Law
Jan. 19, 2010 Great
Books, Vol 3, pp 791-798
(reading and discussion)
The
Idea of Soul
from the Syntopicon
or
Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A
Lexicon of Western Thought, pp
808-816
Feb. 02, 2010 Great
Books, Vol 2, pp 784-794
(reading and discussion)
The
Idea of Immortality from the Syntopicon
or
Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A
Lexicon of Western Thought, pp
343-353
Feb. 16, 2010 Great
Books, Vol 2, pp 323-344
(video, reading and discussion)
The
Idea of Desire
from the Syntopicon
or
Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A
Lexicon of Western Thought, pp 145-152
Mar. 02, 2010 Great
Treasury of Western Thought, pp 271-275
(reading and discussion)
Desire
Mar. 16, 2010 Great
Books, Vol 2, pp 665-683
(video, reading and discussion)
The
Idea of Habit
from the Syntopicon
or
Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A
Lexicon of Western Thought, pp 287-295
Mar. 30, 2010 Great
Treasury of Western Thought, pp 530-534
(reading and discussion)
Habit
Apr. 13, 2010 Great
Books, Vol 3, pp 1102-1117
(reading and discussion)
The
Idea of Wisdom
from the Syntopicon
or
Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A
Lexicon of Western Thought, pp
938-945
Apr. 27, 2010 Great
Treasury of Western Thought, pp 674-683
(reading and discussion)
Wisdom
and Folly
May 11, 2010 Great
Books, Vol 3, pp 939-956
(reading and discussion)
The
Idea of Tyranny from
the Syntopicon
or
Mortimer Adler’s Great Ideas: A
Lexicon of Western Thought, pp 875-882
May 25, 2010 Great
Treasury of Western Thought, pp 742-752
(reading and discussion)
Despotism
and Tyranny
Videos from Retrospective of Mortimer J Adler’s 1953-54 Television Series, The Great Ideas.
Reading selections from Great ideas: A Lexicon of Western Thought and Great Treasury of Western
Thought are available from Brian through e-mail, fax, or require access to these books. The Longmont
Public Library has each book for checkout or one can buy them at major bookstores.
(As of: June 21, 2009)
Selections discussed in 2008-2009.
Selections discussed in 2007-2008.
This page is http://www.sackett.net/GreatIdeas2009-2010.htm.