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Reminds me of the "Great Books" program that Liberal Arts colleges like St. Johns have adopted. https://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/undergraduate/great-books-
by newer_vienna_1 2y ago
Reminds me of the "Great Books" program that Liberal Arts colleges like St. Johns have adopted. https://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/undergraduate/great-books-reading-list https://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/undergraduate/great-bo....
Also reminds me of philosopher John Senior's "Thousand Good Books" as a counter to the "Great books" -- heuristic that if you've heard of the book and it's old enough, then it's probably worth reading and studying. https://thelifetimereader.substack.com/p/the-thousand-good-books https://thelifetimereader.substack.com/p/the-thousand-good-b...
- drcwpl 2y agoFabulous, I did not know about those resources, thank you. Will review carefully.
- sn9 1y agoSt John's also has an Eastern Classics master's program reading list for works from India, China, and Japan: https://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/graduate/masters-eastern-classics/reading-lists https://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/graduate/masters-easte... Other good sources include the list of books in the back of Mortimer Adler's How To Read A Book for a Western Canon and Wm. Theodore de Bary's The Great Civilized Conversation: Education for a World Community and Finding Wisdom In The East Asian Classics for East Asian Canons.