Gateway To The Great Books

HUTCHINS, ROBERT MAYNARD - Editor in chief; ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA. GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD: 54 VOLUME SET, Incl. 10 Vols of GREAT IDEAS PROGRAM & 10 Volumes GATEWAY TO GREAT BOOKS. CHICAGO: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA, 1952+. ; fester Einband / hard cover
INTRODUCTORY VOLUMES: 1. THE GREAT CONVERSATION; 2. THE GREAT IDEAS I; 3. THE GREAT IDEAS II. 4. HOMER; 5. AESCHYLUS, SOPHOCLES, EURIPIDES, ARISTOPH ANES; 6. HERODOTUS,THUCYDIDES; 7. PLATO; 8. ARISTOTLE I; 9. ARISTOTLE II; 10. HIPPOCRATES, GALEN; 11. EUCLID, ARCHIMEDES, APOLLONIUS, NICOMACHIUS; 12. LUCRETIUS,EPICTETUS, MARCUS AURELIUS; 13. VIRGIL; 14. PLUTARCH; 15. TACITUS ; 16.PTOLEMY, COPERNICUS, KEPLER; 17. PLOTINUS; 18. AUGUSTINE; 19. THOMAS AQUINAS I; 20. THOMAS AQUINAS II; 21. DANTE; 22. CHAUCER; 23. MACHIAVELLI, HOBBES; 24. RABELAIS; 25. MONTAIGNE; 26. SHAKESPEARE I; 27. SHAKESPEARE; 28. GILBERT, GALILEO, HARVEY; 29. CERVANTES; 30. FRANCIS BACON; 31. DESCARTES, SPINOZA; 32. MILTON; 33. PASCAL; 34. NEWTON, HUYGENS; 35. LOCKE, BERKELEY, HUME; 36. SWIFT, STERNE; 37. FIELDING; 38. MONTESQUIEU, ROSSEAU; 39. ADAM SMITH; 40. GIBBBON I; 41. GIBBON II; 42. KANT; 43. AMERICAN STATE PAPERS, THE FEDERALIST, J.S. MILL; 44. BOSWELL; 45. LAVOISIER, FOURIER, FARADAY; 46. HEGEL; 47. GOETHE; 48. MELVILLE; 49. DARWIN; 50. MARX, ENGELS; 51. TOLSTOY; 52. DOSTOEVSKY; 53. WILLIAM JAMES; 54. FREUD. Also Includes 10 volumes of the GREAT IDEAS PROGRAM in G- con dition (soiled & worn.): #5 - Philosophy of Law & Jurisprudence; #3 - Foundations of Science and Mathematics; #6 & #7 - Imaginative Literature I & II; #1 - An Introduction to the Great Books & to a Liberal Education; # 4 - Religion and Theology; #8 - Ethics: The Study of Moral Values; #9 - Biology; #2 - The Development of Political Theory & Government; #10 - Philosophy. Also with 10 G- volumes of Gateway to the Great Books.. 10 VOLUMES GATEWAY TO GREAT BOOKS WORN & SOILED, VOLUME 3 STAINED AT HEEL. 10 VOLUMES GREAT IDEAS PROGRAM WORN & SOILED..

HARDCOVER., REFERENCE. VG MAIN SET EXCEPT V.54 DENTED, FIRST 26 PAGES TORN. 74 BOOKS..

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Adler, Mortimer: Gateway to the Great Books 2 ; Vol 2 Imaginative Literature, Encyclopedia Britannica 1963 ; fester Einband / hard cover
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007738 Gateway to the Great Books 2 ; Vol 2 Imaginative Literature edited by Mortimer Adler. Published by Encyclopedia Britannica in 1963. HARD COVER 8vo @C Handsomely Bound 551pp. Book Condition VERY-GOOD NO JACKET Jacket Condition Details not issued. Book Condition Details Binding: a torn front hinge, bumped ends, Cover: Dark green covers with gold gilt page edges, minor edge wear, minor soiling, rubbing, Text: cream colored pages, minor staining on page edge(s), occasional creasing. Notes The Story of the Greatest Nations with One Thousand of the World's Famous Events. Blurb A comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocaularies for each nation. Told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands.Told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. Contents A Full And Faithful Report Of The Memorable Trial Fo Bardell Against Pickwick (From The Pickwick Papers) by Charles Dickens; Aucassin And Nicolette by Anonymous; Customs And Opinions Of The Erewhonians From Erewhon by Samuel Butler; I'm A Fool by Sherwood Anderson; Micromegas by Voltaire; Mowgli's Brothers by Rudyard Kipling; Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe; The Battle With The Canno (From Ninety-Three) by Victor Hugo; The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde; The Killers by Ernest Hemingway; The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg by Mark Twain; The Masque Of The Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe; The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol; The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe; The Two Drovers by Sir Walter Scott; Two Friends by Guy De Maupassant; Youth by Joseph Conrad. No Jacket Hard Cover 8vo @C

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Adler, Mortimer: Gateway to the Great Books 1 ; Vol 1 Introduction and Syntopical Guide, Encyclopedia Britannica 1963 ; fester Einband / hard cover
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007737 Gateway to the Great Books 1 ; Vol 1 Introduction and Syntopical Guide edited by Mortimer Adler. Published by Encyclopedia Britannica in 1963. HARD COVER 8vo @C Handsomely Bound 372pp. Book Condition VERY-GOOD NO JACKET Jacket Condition Details not issued. Book Condition Details Binding: a torn front hinge, bumped ends, Cover: Dark green covers with gold gilt page edges, minor edge wear, minor soiling, rubbing, Text: cream colored pages, occasional creasing. Notes The Story of the Greatest Nations with One Thousand of the World's Famous Events. Blurb A comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocaularies for each nation. Told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands.Told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. No Jacket Hard Cover 8vo @C

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Adler, Mortimer: Gateway to the Great Books 10 ; Vol 10 Philosopical Essays, Encyclopedia Britannica 1963 ; fester Einband / hard cover
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007746 Gateway to the Great Books 10 ; Vol 10 Philosopical Essays edited by Mortimer Adler. Published by Encyclopedia Britannica in 1963. HARD COVER 8vo @C Handsomely Bound 580pp. Book Condition VERY-GOOD NO JACKET Jacket Condition Details not issued. Book Condition Details Binding: a torn front hinge, bumped ends, Cover: Dark green covers with gold gilt page edges, minor edge wear, minor soiling, rubbing, Text: cream colored pages, occasional creasing. Notes The Story of the Greatest Nations with One Thousand of the World's Famous Events. Blurb A comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocaularies for each nation. Told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands.Told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands. Contents The Moral Obligation To Be Intelligent by John Erskine; Contentment by Plutarch; Goethe's Faust by George Santayana; Immortality (From Urn-Burial) by Sir Thomas Browne; Letter To Herodotus by Epicurus; Letter To Menoeceus by Epicurus; Lucretius by George Santayana; Montaigne; Or, The Skeptic by Ralph Waldo Emerson; Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson and John Stuart Mill; Of Adversity by Francis Bacon; Of Anger by Francis Bacon; Of Eath by Francis Bacon; Of Friendship by Francis Bacon; Of Love by Francis Bacon; Of Truth by Francis Bacon; On Friendship by Cicero; On Old Age by Cicero; On The Feeling Of Immortality In Youth by William Hazlitt; Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson; St. Thomas Aquinas by Henry Adams; The Art Of Life (From The Renaissance) by Walter Haration Pater; The Enchiridion by Epictetus; The Ethics Of Belief by William Kingdon Clifford; The Philosphy Of Common Sense (From Philosphical Dictionary) by Voltaire; The Process Of Thought (From How We Think) by John Dewey; The Sentiment Of Rationality by William James; The Will To Believe by William James. No Jacket Hard Cover 8vo @C

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