Monthly Archives: April 2012

The Fundamental Human Right to . . . Join a Union?

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Dr. J

The records keep falling here at the Western Tradition on our Great Books Project. This week we’ll pass the 7,500-page mark. Are you ready?  Here are the readings for the upcoming week: Preface to Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman … Continue reading →

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You Can Cheat Death (if Heracles Beats Him up for You)

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Dr. J

Here we are on another Great Books Monday, and we’re about to experience some bracing contrasts in our readings. I guess that’s what you call it when you group a Christian theologian with a medieval romance, secular humanitarianism, and a … Continue reading →

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Workers of the World, Unite

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Dr. J

Of the five central epics of Western civilization, we have now finished three with the completion of the Aeneid last week. Fortunately, Euripides isn’t too much of a step down from Virgil, so our standards are still high this week. … Continue reading →

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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Dr. J

We broke the 7,000-page mark last week in our Great Books project, in case you were curious about that sound akin to shattering glass. Here are the readings for the upcoming week: The Aeneid of Virgil, Book XII (GBWW Vol. … Continue reading →

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Every Action Aims at Some Good

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Dr. J

In our Great Books project, we read only works that have had a significant influence on our culture, but right now, I can’t help but have a heightened sense of the weightiness of what we’re doing. We are in the … Continue reading →

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