Description: Great Books of the Western World is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952, by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., to present the great books in 54 volumes. Private Library Edition1st Edition/1st printing This is a collection of some of the most important, well-loved authors/stories spanning across the history of the Western World. This series has been ongoing since its inception and has had a 2nd edition and anniversary sets published by well-known publishers like the Franklin Library. This series contains topics ranging from mythology, philosophy, science, literature, theology, and more. Below is the list of the series' content. (*List cited from Wikipedia and may contain errors) Volume 1The Great ConversationVolume 2Syntopicon I: Angel, Animal, Aristocracy, Art, Astronomy, Beauty, Being, Cause, Chance, Change, Citizen, Constitution, Courage, Custom and Convention, Definition, Democracy, Desire, Dialectic, Duty, Education, Element, Emotion, Eternity, Evolution, Experience, Family, Fate, Form, God, Good and Evil, Government, Habit, Happiness, History, Honor, Hypothesis, Idea, Immortality, Induction, Infinity, Judgment, Justice, Knowledge, Labor, Language, Law, Liberty, Life and Death, Logic, and LoveVolume 3Syntopicon II: Man, Mathematics, Matter, Mechanics, Medicine, Memory and Imagination, Metaphysics, Mind, Monarchy, Nature, Necessity and Contingency, Oligarchy, One and Many, Opinion, Opposition, Philosophy, Physics, Pleasure and Pain, Poetry, Principle, Progress, Prophecy, Prudence, Punishment, Quality, Quantity, Reasoning, Relation, Religion, Revolution, Rhetoric, Same and Other, Science, Sense, Sign and Symbol, Sin, Slavery, Soul, Space, State, Temperance, Theology, Time, Truth, Tyranny, Universal and Particular, Virtue and Vice, War and Peace, Wealth, Will, Wisdom, and WorldVolume 4Homer (rendered into English prose by Samuel Butler)The IliadThe OdysseyVolume 5Aeschylus (translated into English verse by G.M. Cookson)The Suppliant MaidensThe PersiansSeven Against ThebesPrometheus BoundThe OresteiaAgamemnonChoephoroeThe EumenidesSophocles (translated into English prose by Sir Richard C. Jebb)The Oedipus CycleOedipus the KingOedipus at ColonusAntigoneAjaxElectraThe TrachiniaePhiloctetesEuripides (translated into English prose by Edward P. Coleridge)RhesusMedeaHippolytusAlcestisHeracleidaeThe SuppliantsThe Trojan WomenIonHelenAndromacheElectraBacchantesHecubaHeracles MadThe Phoenician WomenOrestesIphigenia in TaurisIphigenia in AulisCyclopsAristophanes (translated into English verse by Benjamin Bickley Rogers)The AcharniansThe KnightsThe CloudsThe WaspsPeaceThe BirdsThe FrogsLysistrataThesmophoriazusaeEcclesiazousaePlutusVolume 6HerodotusThe History (translated by George Rawlinson)ThucydidesHistory of the Peloponnesian War (translated by Richard Crawley and revised by R. Feetham)Volume 7PlatoThe Dialogues (translated by Benjamin Jowett)CharmidesLysisLachesProtagorasEuthydemusCratylusPhaedrusIonSymposiumMenoEuthyphroApologyCritoPhaedoGorgiasThe RepublicTimaeusCritiasParmenidesTheaetetusSophistStatesmanPhilebusLawsThe Seventh Letter (translated by J. Harward)Volume 8AristotleCategoriesOn InterpretationPrior AnalyticsPosterior AnalyticsTopicsSophistical RefutationsPhysicsOn the HeavensOn Generation and CorruptionMeteorologyMetaphysicsOn the SoulMinor biological worksOn Sense and the SensibleOn Memory and ReminisenceOn Sleep and SleeplessnessOn DreamsOn Prophesying by DreamsOn Longevity and Shortness of LifeOn Youth and Old Age, On Life and Death, On BreathingVolume 9AristotleHistory of AnimalsParts of AnimalsOn the Motion of AnimalsOn the Gait of AnimalsOn the Generation of AnimalsNicomachean EthicsPoliticsThe Athenian ConstitutionRhetoricPoeticsVolume 10HippocratesWorksThe Hippocratic OathOn Ancient MedicineOn Airs, Water, and PlacesThe Book of PrognosticsOn Regimen in Acute DiseasesOf the EpidemicsOn Injuries of the HeadOn the SurgeryOn FracturesOn the ArticulationsInstruments of ReductionAphorismsThe LawThe UlcerOn FistulaeOn HemorrhoidsOn the Sacred DiseaseGalenOn the Natural FacultiesVolume 11EuclidThe Thirteen Books of Euclid's ElementsArchimedesOn the Sphere and CylinderMeasurement of a CircleOn Conoids and SpheroidsOn SpiralsOn the Equilibrium of PlanesThe Sand ReckonerThe Quadrature of the ParabolaOn Floating BodiesBook of LemmasThe Method Treating of Mechanical ProblemsApollonius of PergaOn Conic SectionsNicomachus of GerasaIntroduction to ArithmeticVolume 12LucretiusOn the Nature of Things (translated by H.A.J. Munro)EpictetusThe Discourses (translated by George Long)Marcus AureliusThe Meditations (translated by George Long)Volume 13Virgil (translated into English verse by James Rhoades)EcloguesGeorgicsAeneidVolume 14PlutarchThe Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (translated by John Dryden)Volume 15P. Cornelius Tacitus (translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb)The AnnalsThe HistoriesVolume 16PtolemyAlmagest, (translated by R. Catesby Taliaferro)Nicolaus CopernicusOn the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres (translated by Charles Glenn Wallis)Johannes Kepler (translated by Charles Glenn Wallis)Epitome of Copernican Astronomy (Books IV–V)The Harmonies of the World (Book V)Volume 17PlotinusThe Six Enneads (translated by Stephen MacKenna and B. S. Page)Volume 18Augustine of HippoThe ConfessionsThe City of GodOn Christian DoctrineVolume 19Thomas AquinasSumma Theologica (First part complete, selections from second part, translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province and revised by Daniel J. Sullivan)Volume 20Thomas AquinasSumma Theologica (Selections from second and third parts and supplement, translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province and revised by Daniel J. Sullivan)Volume 21Dante AlighieriDivine Comedy (Translated by Charles Eliot Norton)Volume 22Geoffrey ChaucerTroilus and CriseydeThe Canterbury TalesVolume 23Niccolò MachiavelliThe PrinceThomas HobbesLeviathanVolume 24François RabelaisGargantua and Pantagruel, but only up to book 4.Volume 25Michel Eyquem de MontaigneEssaysVolume 26William ShakespeareThe First Part of King Henry the SixthThe Second Part of King Henry the SixthThe Third Part of King Henry the SixthThe Tragedy of Richard the ThirdThe Comedy of ErrorsTitus AndronicusThe Taming of the ShrewThe Two Gentlemen of VeronaLove's Labour's LostRomeo and JulietThe Tragedy of King Richard the SecondA Midsummer Night's DreamThe Life and Death of King JohnThe Merchant of VeniceThe First Part of King Henry the FourthThe Second Part of King Henry the FourthMuch Ado About NothingThe Life of King Henry the FifthJulius CaesarAs You Like ItVolume 27William ShakespeareTwelfth Night; or, What You WillThe Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of DenmarkThe Merry Wives of WindsorTroilus and CressidaAll's Well That Ends WellMeasure for MeasureOthello, the Moor of VeniceKing LearMacbethAntony and CleopatraCoriolanusTimon of AthensPericles, Prince of TyreCymbelineThe Winter's TaleThe TempestThe Famous History of the Life of King Henry the EighthSonnetsVolume 28William GilbertOn the Loadstone and Magnetic BodiesGalileo GalileiDialogues Concerning the Two New SciencesWilliam HarveyOn the Motion of the Heart and Blood in AnimalsOn the Circulation of BloodOn the Generation of AnimalsVolume 29Miguel de CervantesThe History of Don Quixote de la Mancha (translated by John Ormsby)Volume 30Sir Francis BaconThe Advancement of LearningNovum OrganumNew AtlantisVolume 31René DescartesRules for the Direction of the MindDiscourse on the MethodMeditations on First PhilosophyObjections Against the Meditations and RepliesThe GeometryBenedict de SpinozaEthicsVolume 32John MiltonEnglish Minor PoemsOn the Morning of Christ's NativityA Paraphrase on Psalm 114Psalm 136The PassionOn TimeUpon the CircumcisionAt a Solemn MusickAn Epitaph on the Marchioness of WinchesterSong on May MorningOn ShakespeareOn the University CarrierAnother on the sameL'AllegroIl PenserosoArcadesLycidaComusOn the Death of a Fair InfantAt a Vacation ExerciseThe Fifth Ode of HoraceSonnets (I, and VII—XIX)On the New Forcers of ConscienceOn the Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of ColchesterTo the Lord General CromwellTo Sir Henry Vane the YoungerTo Mister Cyriack the Skinner upon his BlindnessPsalms (I—VIII & LXXX—LXXXVIII)Paradise LostSamson AgonistesAreopagiticaVolume 33Blaise PascalThe Provincial LettersPenséesScientific and mathematical essaysVolume 34Sir Isaac NewtonMathematical Principles of Natural PhilosophyOpticsChristiaan HuygensTreatise on LightVolume 35John LockeA Letter Concerning TolerationConcerning Civil Government, Second EssayAn Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingGeorge BerkeleyThe Principles of Human KnowledgeDavid HumeAn Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingVolume 36Jonathan SwiftGulliver's TravelsLaurence SterneThe Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, GentlemanVolume 37Henry FieldingThe History of Tom Jones, a FoundlingVolume 38Charles de Secondat, Baron de MontesquieuThe Spirit of the LawsJean Jacques RousseauA Discourse on the Origin of InequalityA Discourse on Political EconomyThe Social ContractVolume 39Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsVolume 40Edward GibbonThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Part 1)Volume 41Edward GibbonThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Part 2)Volume 42Immanuel KantCritique of Pure ReasonFundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of MoralsCritique of Practical ReasonExcerpts from The Metaphysics of MoralsPreface and Introduction to the Metaphysical Elements of Ethics with a note on ConscienceGeneral Introduction to the Metaphysic of MoralsThe Science of RightThe Critique of JudgementVolume 43American State PapersDeclaration of IndependenceArticles of ConfederationThe Constitution of the United States of AmericaAlexander Hamilton, James Madison, John JayThe FederalistJohn Stuart MillOn LibertyConsiderations on Representative GovernmentUtilitarianismVolume 44James BoswellThe Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Volume 45Antoine Laurent LavoisierElements of ChemistryJean Baptiste Joseph FourierAnalytical Theory of HeatMichael FaradayExperimental Research in ElectricityVolume 46Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelThe Philosophy of RightThe Philosophy of HistoryVolume 47Johann Wolfgang von GoetheFaustVolume 48Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; or, The WhaleVolume 49Charles DarwinThe Origin of Species by Means of Natural SelectionThe Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to SexVolume 50Karl MarxCapitalKarl Marx and Friedrich EngelsManifesto of the Communist PartyVolume 51Count Leo TolstoyWar and PeaceVolume 52Fyodor Mikhailovich DostoevskyThe Brothers KaramazovVolume 53William JamesThe Principles of PsychologyVolume 54Sigmund FreudThe Origin and Development of Psycho-AnalysisSelected Papers on HysteriaThe Sexual Enlightenment of ChildrenThe Future Prospects of Psycho-Analytic TherapyObservations on "Wild" Psycho-AnalysisThe Interpretation of DreamsOn NarcissismInstincts and Their VicissitudesRepressionThe UnconsciousA General Introduction to Psycho-AnalysisBeyond the Pleasure PrincipleGroup Psychology and the Analysis of the EgoThe Ego and the IdInhibitions, Symptoms, and AnxietyThoughts for the Times on War and DeathCivilization and Its DiscontentsNew Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis
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Subject Area: World History, Library Science, English, Classical Greek, Clinical Psychology, History of Philosophy, Literary Studies, Natural Science, Philosophy of Science, Political Science, Political Theory, Spiritual & Gospel
Publication Name: Great Books Of The Western World
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Source Language: Variety
Subject: General Knowledge, History, Education, Ancient Greece, American Studies, Classical Studies, Literature, Logic, Mythology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, Religion, Science, Social Sciences, Sociology, Teaching, Theology, Writing & Reading
Publication Year: 1952
Series: The Great Books Of The Western World
Type: Encyclopedia
Format: Book
Language: English
Author: Britannica
Personalized: No
Level: Intermediate, Advanced
Features: Collection
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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