How to Use the Syntopicon - The Guide to the West's Great Ideas

We talk about the Syntopicon included in the Great Books of the Western World and how Mortimer Adler envisioned it to be used by readers.
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[@ted1045]

I have the Syntopicon as well as Great Treasury of Western Thought: A Compendium of Important Statements and Comments on Man and His Institutions by Great Thinkers in Western History of which the latter seems like a more portable version of the Syntopicon. Either way the former is incredible and very useful.

[@DanielFernandez-jv7jx]

I would recommend reading the material across disciplines and in historical order of time, so as to better grasp the evolution and interconnectedness of western thought.

[@jameskeener7251]

I think this is essential. And that it can lead to a considerably fuller and more subtle understanding of whichever general line of thought the reader prefers.

[@jamesdavey9690]

I chose to go with the Harvard Classics over the Great Books series, but I might have to add the Syntopicon to the list, looks very comprehensive.

[@ThinkingWest]

It's a good resource to have available.

[@jakealden2517]

Thanks for introducing me to the Syntopicon. I look forward to your next video!

[@tomlucia6143]

you can draw parallells with the philosophers,theologians,scientists of our own time

[@ThinkingWest]

Great point!

[@stgraw7004]

Are the pages and passages referenced in the book dependant on the rest of the set or can I buy these 2 Syntopicon books and use them to reference and purchase my own copies as needed without too much hassle?

[@halalnews]

how do you read plays? I’ve been struggling to understand the formatting of Aristophanes’ plays

[@tomlucia6143]

patrots day should be a national holiday

[@ArchThorn]

Commentārius deīs algorythmī.

[@0MVR_0]

those two tiny books are much too small to meaningfully represent anything of note just be happy with the internet and forget shilling around bastardizations of the bible

[@parkerbradley2457]

You miss the point.

[@0MVR_0]

@@parkerbradley2457 naturally, vacuous frivolities lack a point.