Nashville Great Books Discussion Group

A reader's group devoted to the discussion of meaningful books.

Thursday, May 31, 2018

Summer & Fall 2018 Great Books Reading Schedule


Date        Reading     

5 Jun    Aristophanes, Birds
12 Jun Schopenhauer, 3 Essays: On Style, On Some Forms of
              Literature,
-----        On the Comparative Place of Interest and Beauty in Works                                            of Art
19 Jun William James, On a Certain Blindness in Human Beings
26 Jun Joyce, The Dead
3 Jul William James, What Makes A Life Significant?
10 Jul José Ortega y Gasset, The Revolt of the Masses,
              Chapters 1–5
17 Jul The Revolt of the Masses, Chapters 6–10
24 Jul The Revolt of the Masses, Chapters 11–14.4 
31 Jul The Revolt of the Masses, Chapters 14.5–15
7 Aug Bible, Esther
14 Aug Euripides, The Bacchae
21 Aug Thomas Mann, Death in Venice, Chapters 1–3
28 Aug Death in Venice, Chapters 4–5

















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