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54-Volume Great Books of the Western World Set, with Following Related Sets: 10-Volume Gateway to the Great Books Set & 10-Volume Great Ideas Program Set with 1968 & 1969 Supplements, plus Family Participation Plan and Mortimer Adler's How to Read a Book by Hutchins, Robert Maynard; Adler, Mortimer; et al - 1952

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54-Volume Great Books of the Western World Set, with Following Related Sets: 10-Volume Gateway to the Great Books Set & 10-Volume Great Ideas Program Set with 1968 & 1969 Supplements, plus Family Participation Plan and Mortimer Adler's How to Read a Book by Hutchins, Robert Maynard; Adler, Mortimer; et al - 1952

54-Volume Great Books of the Western World Set, with Following Related Sets: 10-Volume Gateway to the Great Books Set & 10-Volume Great Ideas Program Set with 1968 & 1969 Supplements, plus Family Participation Plan and Mortimer Adler's How to Read a Book

by Hutchins, Robert Maynard; Adler, Mortimer; et al

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 1952. 78 total volumes: 54-volume Britannica Great Books set, with 10-volume Gateway to the Great Books Set, 10-volume The Great Ideas Program set, 1968 & 1969 supplements, Mortimer J. Adler's How to Read a Book, the Family Participation Plan booklet, and two promotional pamphlets. Great books set includes: The Great Conversation; A Syntopicon I: Angel to Love; A Syntopicon II: Man to World; The Iliad & Odyssey of Homer; Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes; Herodotus, Thucydides; Plato; Aristotle I & II; Hippocrates, Galen; Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius of Perga, Nichomachus; Lucretius, Epictetus, Aurelius; Virgil; Plutarch; Tacitus; Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler; Plotinus; Augustine; Thomas Aquinas I & II; Dante; Chaucer; Machiavelli, Hobbes; Rabelais; Montaigne; Shakespeare I & II; Gilbert, Galileo, Harvey; Cervantes; Francis Bacon; Descartes, Spinoza; Milton; Pascal; Newton, Huygens; Locke, Berkley, Hume; Swift, Sterne; Fielding; Montesquieu, Rousseau; Adam Smith; Gibbon I & II; Kant; American State Papers, The Federalist, J.S. Mill; Boswell; Lavoisier, Fourier, Faraday; Hegel; Goethe; Melville; Darwin; Marx; Tolstoy; Dostoevsky; William James; Freud. The Gateway to the Great Books includes: Introduction & Syntopical Guide; Imaginative Literature 2-4; Critical Essays; Man and Society 6-7; Natural Science; Mathematics; Philosophical Essays. The Great Ideas Program includes An Introduction to the Great Books and to a Liberal Education; The Development of Political Theory and Government; Foundations of Science and Mathematics; Religion and Theology; Philosophy of Law and Jurisprudence; Imaginative Literature I & II; Ethics: The Study of Moral Values; Biology, Psychology and Medicine; Philosophy. The two supplemental volumes are Family Participation Plan for reading and discussing the Great Books of the Western World & Wisdom of the Great Books of the Western World.<br><br>Keywords: MULTI-VOLUME SETS ANTHOLOGY WORLD LITERATURE CLASSICS GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD<br>
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1952. Very Good. Hutchins, Robert Maynard. Great Books of the Western World. 54 volume set. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1952. 8vo. Cloth with black panels and gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good. Edges lightly rubbed on some volumes. Attractive set with tight bindings.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 1986. Very Good. Hutchins, Robert Maynard. Great Books of the Western World. 54 volume set. Adler, Mortimer J.. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1986. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Very good. Light rubbing on edges. Solid and attractive set.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 1952-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 9x6x1. Complete 54 volume set. Bound in publisher's brown imitation leather. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Contents: 1. The great conversation, by R.M. Hutchins --2-3. The great ideas --4. The Iliad of Homer. The Odyssey --5. Aeschylus. Sophocles. Euripides. Aristophanes --6. Herodotus. Thucydides --7. Plato --8-9. Aristotle --10. Hippocrates. Galen --11. Euclid. Archimedes. Appollonius of Perga. Nicomachus --12. Lucretius. Epictetus. Marcus Aurelius --13. Virgil --14. Plutarch --15. Tacitus --16. Ptolemy. Copernicus. Kepler --17. Plotinus --18. Augustine --19-20. Thomas Aquinas --21. Dante --22. Chaucer --23. Machiavelli. Hobbes --24. Rabelais --25. Montaigne --26-27. Shakespeare --28. Gilbert. Galileo. Harvey --29. Cervantes --30. Francis Bacon --31. Descartes. Spinoza --32. John Milton --33. Pascal --34. Newton. Huygens --35. Locke. Berkeley. Hume --36. Swift. Sterne --37. Henry Fielding --38. Montesquieu.… Read More
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Encyclopedia Britannica. Good with no dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. ; Complete 54 volume set. Tan covers with colorful spine labels have chips on spine caps but clean and in good condition. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. Pages are clean and in very good condition. Because of the weight of this set, we cannot ship outside the US. ; 19.5 X 15.3 X 13.3 inches; 2200 pages .
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Encyclopedia Britannica. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1952. Hardcover. ; Complete 54 volume set. Tan covers with colorful spine labels in very good condition. Boards and spines are straight. Bindings are tight. Pages are clean and near pristine. Because of the weight of this set, we cannot ship outside the US.; 19.5 X 15.3 X 13.3 inches; 2200 pages .
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 1989-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 21x17x16. 54 volume set. Hardcovers. Good bindings and covers. Publisher's cloth. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor shelf wear. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Great Books Of The Western World: 54 Volume Set; Matching Ten Volume Set Of Gateway To The Great Books.

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Chicago, Illinois: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Later Printing Of The Set. The Books Are Two Toned Cloth With Black Spines. The Top Edges Are Gilt. The Books Appear To Have Been Used Very Little But The Gilt On The Spines Is Worn On Most Of The Volumes. The Gateway Set Is Bound In Illustrated Over One Quarter Gray Cloth. The Lettering, On The Spines Of The Ten Volume Gateway Set, Is In Better Shape. The Total Weight Will Be Over 113 Pounds And Must Be In Two Shipments.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 1952. Very Good Complete 54 volume set in brown leatherette covers, includes Synopticon (first three volumes) Complete set, . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Cover.
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