Great Ideas Program Complete 10 Volume Britannica Set 1959 to 1963
$149.99
You get the complete ten volume The Great Ideas Program published by Encyclopaedia Britannica between 1959 and 1963. All ten numbered hardcover volumes are included together with matching tan cloth bindings and gold and brown spine panels.
The series was created as a guided way to read and study the major works and ideas found in Great Books of the Western World. Mortimer J. Adler is the principal editor and author, joined by Peter Wolff, Seymour Cain, and V. J. McGill across the individual volumes.
All pages checked are clean and easy to read. I found no writing or staining inside the books.
Complete 10 Volume Set
- Volume 1: A General Introduction to the Great Books and to a Liberal Education. Mortimer J. Adler and Peter Wolff. 1959. 195 pages.
- Volume 2: The Development of Political Theory and Government. Mortimer J. Adler and Peter Wolff. 1959. 225 pages.
- Volume 3: Foundations of Science and Mathematics. Mortimer J. Adler and Peter Wolff. 1960. 233 pages.
- Volume 4: Religion and Theology. Mortimer J. Adler and Seymour Cain. 1961. 278 pages.
- Volume 5: Philosophy of Law and Jurisprudence. Mortimer J. Adler and Peter Wolff. 1961. 251 pages.
- Volume 6: Imaginative Literature I: From Homer to Shakespeare. Mortimer J. Adler and Seymour Cain. 1961. 238 pages.
- Volume 7: Imaginative Literature II: From Cervantes to Dostoevsky. Mortimer J. Adler and Seymour Cain. 1962. 253 pages.
- Volume 8: Ethics: The Study of Moral Values. Mortimer J. Adler and Seymour Cain. 1962. 319 pages.
- Volume 9: Biology, Psychology, and Medicine. Mortimer J. Adler and V. J. McGill. 1963. 395 pages.
- Volume 10: Philosophy. Mortimer J. Adler and Seymour Cain. 1963. 308 pages.
Details
- Series: The Great Ideas Program
- Volumes: 1 through 10, complete set
- Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., Chicago
- Publication Years: 1959 to 1963
- Format: Matching clothbound hardcovers
- Language: English
- Measurements: Approximately 8 x 6 x 1 inches each
- ISBN: No ISBN on these volumes
What You Get
These books are reading guides rather than a simple encyclopedia set. They organize selections from major works into reading plans and add explanations, discussion, and questions to help you work through the ideas.
The subjects move from political theory, science, mathematics, religion, law, and literature into ethics, biology, psychology, medicine, and philosophy.
The photographed pages show discussions of Plato's Republic, Fielding's Tom Jones, and other works included in the reading plans.
Condition
The ten books are in clean used condition. The matching tan cloth covers show light shelf and handling wear consistent with age. The gold and brown spine panels and volume numbers remain readable.
All pages checked are clean and easy to read. I found no writing and no staining inside the books. The bindings remain intact and the pages are firmly attached.
The page edges show light age toning. Minor differences in cloth tone and normal shelf wear can be seen from volume to volume.
If you want the full Great Ideas Program rather than collecting individual volumes one at a time, this set gives you all ten matching books in one group.
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This complete ten volume Encyclopaedia Britannica set from 1959 to 1963 has matching tan cloth bindings and clean pages, and it suits a Great Books reader's shelf. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.
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- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
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