Great Books Lists of Classic Texts from Western and Eastern Civilizations Last updated: 12 April 2010 Great Books: Definition and BackgroundGreat Books in my own Education and in Polyliteracy The Standard Canon of Great BooksPrinciples for Expanding the Canon The Expanded Comprehensive Canon for Western Civilization The Twentieth Century Waiting List The Canon for Central (Middle Eastern) Civilization The Canon for Indic Civilization The Canon for (Far) Eastern Civilization Great Books: Definition and Background Lest any may have come to this page unacquainted with the term "great books," it is simply a contemporary equivalent for "the classics," i.e., a cover term for the best works of all time, especially as is applied to the notion of a complete, holistic, humanistic, liberal, well-rounded education, in which they are to be read and discussed in seminar format.
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