Secondhand Britannica Great Books of the Western World 52 of the 54 Volumes DSH475
The Britannica Great Books span the spectrum of human thought and achievement. Each volume is not merely a book but a cornerstone of knowledge, inviting readers to engage with the ideas that have shaped our world.
Designed for scholars, enthusiasts, and the intellectually curious, this collection brings the Western canon to your fingertips. It not only enriches personal libraries but also serves as an invaluable resource for lifelong learners seeking to immerse themselves in the grand narrative of human thought. Whether you're exploring the ethical dilemmas posed by Aristotle, the mathematical principles laid down by Euclid, or the dramatic tragedies penned by Shakespeare, The Britannica Great Books of the Western World offers a seamless journey through the landmarks of Western culture.
The volumes are all in great condition.
The 54 volumes in this box set are:
- The Great Conversation: The Substance of a Liberal Education
- The Great Ideas I: A Syntopicon
- The Great Ideas II: A Syntopicon
- Homer
- Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes
- Herodotus, Thucydides
- Plato
- Aristotle I
- Aristotle II
- Hippocrates, Galen
- Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius of Perga, Nicomachus
- Lucretius, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius
- Virgil
- Plutarch
- Tacitus
- Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler
- Plotinus
- Augustine
- Thomas Aquinas I
- Thomas Aquinas II
- Dante
- Chaucer
- Machiavelli, Hobbes
- Rabelais
- Montaigne
- Shakespeare I
- Shakespeare II
- Gilbert, Galileo, Harvey
- Cervantes
- Francis Bacon
- Descartes, Spinoza
- John Milton
- Pascal
- Newton, Huygens
- Locke, Berkeley, Hume
- Swift, Sterne
- Fielding
- Montesquieu, Rousseau
- Adam Smith
- Gibbon I
- Gibbon II
- Kant
- American State Papers, The Federalist, J.S. Mill
- Boswell
- Lavoisier, Fourier, Faraday
- Hegel
- Goethe
- Melville
- Darwin
- Karl Marx
- Tolstoy
- Dostoevsky
- William James
- Freud
The Britannica Great Books span the spectrum of human thought and achievement. Each volume is not merely a book but a cornerstone of knowledge, inviting readers to engage with the ideas that have shaped our world.
Designed for scholars, enthusiasts, and the intellectually curious, this collection brings the Western canon to your fingertips. It not only enriches personal libraries but also serves as an invaluable resource for lifelong learners seeking to immerse themselves in the grand narrative of human thought. Whether you're exploring the ethical dilemmas posed by Aristotle, the mathematical principles laid down by Euclid, or the dramatic tragedies penned by Shakespeare, The Britannica Great Books of the Western World offers a seamless journey through the landmarks of Western culture.
The volumes are all in great condition.
The 54 volumes in this box set are:
- The Great Conversation: The Substance of a Liberal Education
- The Great Ideas I: A Syntopicon
- The Great Ideas II: A Syntopicon
- Homer
- Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes
- Herodotus, Thucydides
- Plato
- Aristotle I
- Aristotle II
- Hippocrates, Galen
- Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius of Perga, Nicomachus
- Lucretius, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius
- Virgil
- Plutarch
- Tacitus
- Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler
- Plotinus
- Augustine
- Thomas Aquinas I
- Thomas Aquinas II
- Dante
- Chaucer
- Machiavelli, Hobbes
- Rabelais
- Montaigne
- Shakespeare I
- Shakespeare II
- Gilbert, Galileo, Harvey
- Cervantes
- Francis Bacon
- Descartes, Spinoza
- John Milton
- Pascal
- Newton, Huygens
- Locke, Berkeley, Hume
- Swift, Sterne
- Fielding
- Montesquieu, Rousseau
- Adam Smith
- Gibbon I
- Gibbon II
- Kant
- American State Papers, The Federalist, J.S. Mill
- Boswell
- Lavoisier, Fourier, Faraday
- Hegel
- Goethe
- Melville
- Darwin
- Karl Marx
- Tolstoy
- Dostoevsky
- William James
- Freud