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Review: Great Books of the Western World

Recensione dell'utente - Helle - Goodreads

Gobbled it up as a little kid in the 70's. Leggi recensione completa

Review: The Annals/The Histories

Recensione dell'utente - Shawn - Goodreads

Covering the Roman Empire from 14 - 70 AD, the translation and writing was superb for something from almost 2,000 years ago. However, there were hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people from that ... Leggi recensione completa

Review: Great Books of the Western World

Recensione dell'utente - Goodreads

I have been reading these books since I got them back in the early 60s'. I still have a long way to go. Between being in the army and working and being a single parent I have little time. But, now ...

Review: Great Books of the Western World

Recensione dell'utente - Ron Banister - Goodreads

Read this works in cycles based on the Great Ideas. Best read with a friend you can discuss these books with... Highly recommended. Used sets are an intellectual investment for a lifetime. Leggi recensione completa

Review: Kant (Great Books of the Western World 42)

Recensione dell'utente - Ron Banister - Goodreads

Tough to read but worth the digestive process. Leggi recensione completa

Review: Great Books of the Western World

Recensione dell'utente - Mike Garner - Goodreads

This is a great set to own because you can read the classics of the western world in your leisure. Each time I complete reading one of the volumes I add it to my classics list. Leggi recensione completa

Review: The Annals/The Histories

Recensione dell'utente - Rutger - Goodreads

Along with Thucydides, Tacitus is the greatest historian ever. I say this with full knowledge of modern historical writing's achievements. Like no other historian, Tacitus grasps the essence of authoritarian politics and the wretched state of man's soul. Leggi recensione completa