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A co-worker's son visited St. John's, since it was one he was considering, and it was sufficiently interesting that he mentioned it when we were discussing educ

A co-worker's son visited St. John's, since it was one he was considering, and it was sufficiently interesting that he mentioned it when we were discussing education in general. I looked up the reading list, and have been reading the texts, trying to patch up my rather spotty education --- it also makes me wonder how many of these texts would have been a part of Edmund Dante's (from _The Count of Monte Cristo_) education: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/21394355-william-adams?ref=nav_mybooks&shelf=abb%C3%A9-faria-s-books https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/21394355-william-adams... I wish that there was better accessibility of the texts --- a lot of them are not on Librivox, and not all are on Project Gutenberg either. One notable example of technology aiding accessibility of a text though is "Joyce's Java version" of Euclid's _Elements_: https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.html https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.htm... and one can't help but wonder what other texts could be better presented using modern technology.

wyclif 4y ago
Try Internet Archive or Google Books. I think most of them can be found there, though maybe not in the corresponding editions.
troupe 4y ago
You might also like this version of Elements: https://www.c82.net/euclid/ https://www.c82.net/euclid/ As far as finding books, places that sell used books often have these types of books for very inexpensive.
- WillAdams 4y ago
  Nice! Looking forward to reading this. It would be great to have a list of such books/topics which have been re-presented in improved versions. The wonderful physics text: https://www.motionmountain.net/ https://www.motionmountain.net/ is an excellent example of this. A more prosaic example is this presentation as PDFs of Bertrand Russell's _The Principles of Mathematics_: https://people.umass.edu/klement/pom/ https://people.umass.edu/klement/pom/
rahimnathwani 4y ago
If they're on Project Gutenberg, you could create audio versions with Tortoise TTS?
adamsmith143 4y ago
I'd think your local library likely has most if not all the texts available.
dinkleberg 4y ago
I love that idea about what Dantes would have read. Many of these books that have stood the test of time have been a part of western classic education for a significant period of time, so it would make sense. Though I imagine most of it would’ve been conveyed to him orally by the Abbé.
- WillAdams 4y ago
  Yes, the Abb\'e would have memorized the books in question, and communicated them orally, paper and ink being used for the book which he himself was writing (and which was later found by Edmund). Anyway, books which list books have been a fascination of mine since first reading _The Count of Monte Cristo_ (really enjoyed Louis L'Amour's _Education of a Wandering Man_, as well as Holly Ordway's _Tolkien's Modern Reading_).

wyclif 4y ago

Try Internet Archive or Google Books. I think most of them can be found there, though maybe not in the corresponding editions.

troupe 4y ago

You might also like this version of Elements: https://www.c82.net/euclid/ https://www.c82.net/euclid/ As far as finding books, places that sell used books often have these types of books for very inexpensive.

WillAdams 4y ago
Nice! Looking forward to reading this. It would be great to have a list of such books/topics which have been re-presented in improved versions. The wonderful physics text: https://www.motionmountain.net/ https://www.motionmountain.net/ is an excellent example of this. A more prosaic example is this presentation as PDFs of Bertrand Russell's _The Principles of Mathematics_: https://people.umass.edu/klement/pom/ https://people.umass.edu/klement/pom/

rahimnathwani 4y ago

If they're on Project Gutenberg, you could create audio versions with Tortoise TTS?

adamsmith143 4y ago

I'd think your local library likely has most if not all the texts available.

dinkleberg 4y ago

I love that idea about what Dantes would have read. Many of these books that have stood the test of time have been a part of western classic education for a significant period of time, so it would make sense. Though I imagine most of it would’ve been conveyed to him orally by the Abbé.

WillAdams 4y ago
Yes, the Abb\'e would have memorized the books in question, and communicated them orally, paper and ink being used for the book which he himself was writing (and which was later found by Edmund). Anyway, books which list books have been a fascination of mine since first reading _The Count of Monte Cristo_ (really enjoyed Louis L'Amour's _Education of a Wandering Man_, as well as Holly Ordway's _Tolkien's Modern Reading_).