The project for the Great Books of the Western World began at the University of Chicago, where the president,
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Originally published in 54 volumes, The Great Books of the Western World covers categories including fiction, history, poetry, natural science, mathematics, philosophy, drama, politics, religion, economics, and ethics. … See more

The second edition of Great Books of the Western World, 1990, saw an increase from 54 to 60 volumes, with updated translations. The six new volumes concerned the 20th century, an era of which the fi… See more

The choice of authors has come under attack, with some dismissing the project as a celebration of European men, ignoring contributions of women and non-European authors. The criticism swelled in tandem with the … See more

• Gateway to the Great Books
• Syntopicon
• Other series of classics:
• Educational perennialism… See more

• Center for the Study of the Great Ideas Archived 2021-02-14 at the Wayback Machine Mortimer Adler web pages with extensive discussion of the Great Books
• Greater Books – a site documenting lists of "great book… See more