Books mentioned to start your exploration of great books: Greek tragedy - check out Sophocles - Antigone - Oedipus Rex Philosophy - Plato's The Apology Drama - Marlowe's Dr Faustus Novels - Austen's Pride and Prejudice Politics / slavery - Douglass' Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
@tcaw8813 Жыл бұрын
Terrible picks in my opinion. Should be Dante, or KJV, and if youre gonna include plato why not like Trial and Death of Socrates. Jane Austen's also a weird pick to me, for a starter pack like she was influential on that kind of English novel but hardly say the architect of the novel, and doctor Faustus? Why not just read Goethe's faust or a more modern playwright like Eugebe O'neil or something. Its a good play but all these recommendations seem like weird picks it's not hard to quess he had a diversity idea in mind for the last couple.
@JohnVKaravitis8 ай бұрын
I've read all 60 volumes. It took me 5 years. I began reading from vol. 1, but quickly found myself jumping around, based on what I felt might interest me.
@grafplaten Жыл бұрын
Read Cervantes first instead of Jane Austen.
@alikoohi82652 жыл бұрын
This great book program is so exciting I hope it had a form of online sessions for those who areinterested but are not in Canada..
@bastianmaoro82782 жыл бұрын
I want to read the dead souls by N Gogol. Also brazilians writers are very good if you find translated to English, Machado De Assis and Graciliano Ramos ohh! Very good writers.
@GreatBooksProf2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the recommendations!
@ianmccorriston29029 ай бұрын
Dead Souls is brilliant and comical. Enjoy it.
@alikoohi82652 жыл бұрын
Full of energy way of speech...great👌
@GreatBooksProf2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, ali! It's mostly coffee! lol
@gregorymckinney86007 ай бұрын
How come noone reads Don Don Quuxiote anymore, considered by readers and scholars to be the greatest novel ever written.
@gator708220 күн бұрын
It's hilarious, one of my favorites.
@JavierGomez-lv5mq2 жыл бұрын
Just want to throw this comment into the ring. Aspiring scientists should go through Euclid's The Elements! Not the typical book (set of books) though :) but it keeps in line with the Greeks. Thanks for your videos I always enjoy them.
@GreatBooksProf2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Javier! Great recommendation! 👍
@jesikaglenn4561 Жыл бұрын
I must ask you. Could you reccomend a few to start with alongside children? I'm a homeschool mom who doesnt know what I'm doing all the time, but i do know i want to give them the Greats. I have about 10 years until my oldest graduates, and I'd like to have more than half these titles under our belts before then. Which should we start with??
@GreatBooksProf Жыл бұрын
The first things that come to mind are C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia and J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. These are not very original suggestions! Frankenstein could be good too, but it's probably not appropriate for a pre-teen. If others occur to me, I'll let you know.
@dr.corneliusq.cadbury69845 ай бұрын
For young kids, folklore and fairy tales can be good, although some of the originals (especially Brothers Grimm) are a bit gruesome. Greek and Roman mythology (versions for children). For youth, Tom Sawyer and Treasure Island are good for boys. For girls, maybe The Secret Garden or Anne of Green Gables. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass are also classics. Charlotte’s Web. Roald Dahl.
@funkymonkey8777 Жыл бұрын
Love this. Thank you ❤
@GreatBooksProf Жыл бұрын
You’re welcome. Glad you liked it!
@moonhuggyadventures Жыл бұрын
First of all, as a long-time reader, I adore your channel and information. With that said, this is probably a very silly question, but do you have any advice on how to read faster? I often get overwhelmed because I feel there's so many books I have, and authors I look forward to reading, but I read so slowly I feel I'm not engaging properly
@santhoshsivan469311 ай бұрын
Swami Vivekananda. He reads page by bage. A real super human.
@Anime_games-_-XUnknown7 ай бұрын
Have you read Flower of evil by shūzō Oshimi
@HkFinn833 ай бұрын
That would probably not be among the great books😂
@resul8777 Жыл бұрын
Your videos are amazing, and the intro music too! What is the name of this soundtrack please tell me 0:27 :/ Shazam can't find it :(
@GreatBooksProf Жыл бұрын
Tha is Resul! I appreciate that. It’s actually a track I bought a license to. I think it’s called “Spark of Life.” Pretty sure I got it through Foxi Music.
@resul8777 Жыл бұрын
@@GreatBooksProf thank you so much! such a good investment then :) I hope your videos reach more people and you gain more subs cause your videos are so easy to watch yet delivers super useful information in a fun way!! Respect and love ❤️💙
@GreatBooksProf Жыл бұрын
@@resul8777 Thanks! Very kind of you.
@breezed2154 Жыл бұрын
You kinda look and sound like Tony Romo
@GreatBooksProf Жыл бұрын
As a diehard Eagles fan, this offends me deeply. #FlyEaglesFly. 🦅
@machcruiser5592 Жыл бұрын
Pride and Prejudice is one of the worst books I have read.
@GreatBooksProf Жыл бұрын
This is objectively not true.
@bart-vКүн бұрын
@@GreatBooksProf How can aesthetic judgement be objective?
@azraabbas62642 жыл бұрын
I love your videos 💛💛
@GreatBooksProf2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I really appreciate that. Do you have a favourite type? Philosophy? Literature? Book recommendations?
@azraabbas62642 жыл бұрын
@@GreatBooksProf I would recommend you to read adunis poems since he's arabic so maybe you don't know him or maybe you can talk about john berger in your future videos i found him fascinating and the novels of elena ferrante and about philosophy i do like it but i have only read the easy ones i sometimes find it hard to understand but you have a very beautiful way of explaining like the hannah arendt videos were really useful , in my country (iraq) we don't study literature or philosophy in schools so your videos are really helping me to understand better thank you💜💜💕
@noam65 Жыл бұрын
Human history stretches back over 13 thousand years. The only reason it doesn't go back further is a lack of discovery under the soils and sands across the globe. To think our brief 5000 years of readable texts are all that ever were is ludicrous.
@HkFinn833 ай бұрын
Hard to read books that don’t currently exist, whether they did at one point in the past or not
@noam653 ай бұрын
@@HkFinn83 there are older writings carved into stone, buried in the sands, and under the ocean surface, as covered up in the jungles of Central and South America.
@HkFinn833 ай бұрын
@@noam65 ok and how does one go about incorporating these carvings into a canon of great books?
@noam653 ай бұрын
@@HkFinn83 first, can we translate them? Can we put them into context? Can we create a cohesive narrative in the proper context?