December 1998       Great Books Issue
THE GREAT IDEAS ONLINE
A Syntopical Approach to the Great Books





Great Books Reading and Discussion Programs:

Dear Members,

We are pleased to forward this timely letter from our friend, colleague, and member, Gary Schoepfel of The Great Books Foundation.

You may be interested to know that The Great Books Foundation maintains a group registry for over 900 Great Books groups in 48 states, making it the largest network of book groups in the United States. And last year alone, they trained more than seventeen thousand (17,000) Great Books Group Discussion Leaders and now has over one million children enrolled in their Junior Great Books Program.

If you would like to start your own group, or register your group to find new members, or if your looking for a group to join, call them at 1-800-222-5870, ext. 227, or e-mail at agb@gbf.mhs.compuserve.com.

Thank you,

Max Weismann



THE GREAT BOOKS FOUNDATION
Founded by Mortimer J. Adler and Robert M. Hutchins
A nonprofit educational organization

December 6, 1998

Dear Book Lover:

Planning your reading list for 1999? Make a resolution to include more Great Books! We're pleased to announce several new anthologies.

We've just released the final three volumes of the Great Books Foundation's 50th Anniversary Series. Each volume in this series focuses on a theme of enduring human significance through the works of both modern and classic authors from around the world.

The newest titles are:

Politics, Leadership, and Justice

Happiness and Discontent

Clashes of Culture

Our other recent titles are:

Love and Marriage

Parent and Child

Living with the Past

Order and Chaos

Identity and Self-Respect

The Evil and the Guilty
We've also just released a new anthology of texts that examine the origin and concept of human rights, . . . "And Justice for All: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 50". This anthology is one part of "And Justice for All," a yearlong program of special discussion events marking the 50th anniversary of the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This program of events is being launched in Chicago on December 11, 1998.

To learn more about our latest Great Books anthologies, please call us at 1-800-222-5870. You also can visit our Web site at for information about readings, services, and special events as they are scheduled.

Sincerely,

Gary Schoepfel Adult Program Director

P.S. Don't forget to order your Great Books anthologies for 1999!


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