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Great Books of the Western World Ten Year Reading Plan - Year One

Check the Great Books of the Western World main page with links to all other years.

The following is the first year of the suggested ten year reading plan for the Second Edition, linked to public domain versions of each of the readings. Note that preference is given to completed audio versions on LibriVox. If there is no completed audio version but the work is in progress, then a link is provided to the forum thread. If there is no version in progress, then a link is provided to a public domain text source.

Plato: Apology, Crito

Apology - http://librivox.org/the-apology-of-socrates-by-plato/

Crito - http://librivox.org/short-nonfiction-collection-vol-024-by-various/

Aristophanes: The Clouds, Lysistrata

The Clouds - http://librivox.org/the-clouds-by-aristophanes/

Lysistrata - http://librivox.org/lysistrata-by-aristophanes/

Plato: The Republic [Book I-II]

http://librivox.org/platos_republic/

Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics [Book I]

http://librivox.org/the-nicomachean-ethics-by-aristotle/

Aristotle: Politics [Book I]

http://librivox.org/politics-by-aristotle/

Plutarch: The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans [Lycurgus, Numa Pompilius, Lycurgus and Numa Compared, Alexander, Caesar]

http://librivox.org/plutarchs_parallel_lives_vol_1/ (Lycurgus, Numa Pompilius, Lycurgus and Numa Compared)

Text - Complete - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/674

Text - Individual Volumes - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14033, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14114, and http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14140

New Testament [The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, The Acts of the Apostles]

The Gospel According to Saint Matthew - http://librivox.org/book-of-matthew-web/

The Acts of the Apostles - http://librivox.org/the-acts-of-the-apostles-asv-ss/

St. Augustine: The Confessions [Book I-VIII]

http://librivox.org/confessions-by-saint-augustine-of-hippo/

Machiavelli: The Prince

http://librivox.org/the-prince-by-niccolo-machiavelli/

Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel

Book 1 - http://librivox.org/gargantua-and-pantagruel-by-francois-rabelais/

Book 2 - http://librivox.org/gargantua-and-pantagruel-book-ii-by-francois-rabelais/

Text - Complete - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1200

Text - Individual Volumes - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8166, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8167, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8168, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8169, and http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8170

Montaigne: The Essays [Of custom, and not easily changing an accepted law; Of pedantry; Of the education of children; It is folly to measure the true and false by our own capacity; Of cannibals; That the taste of good and evil depends in large part on the opinion we have of them; Of some verses of Virgil]

Book 1 - http://librivox.org/essays-book-1-by-michel-eyquem-de-montaigne/

Book 2 - http://librivox.org/essays-book-2-by-michel-eyquem-de-montaigne/

Book 3 - http://librivox.org/essays-book-3-by-michel-eyquem-de-montaigne/

Text - Complete - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3600

Shakespeare: Hamlet

http://librivox.org/hamlet-by-william-shakespeare/

Locke: Concerning Civil Government [Second Essay]

http://librivox.org/two-treatises-of-civil-government-by-john-locke/

Rousseau: The Social Contract [Book I-II]

http://librivox.org/the-social-contract-by-jean-jacques-rousseau/

Gibbon: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [Ch. 15-16]

All six volumes: https://librivox.org/group/494

The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States, The Federalist [Numbers 1-10, 15,31,47, 51, 68-71]

Declaration of Independence - http://librivox.org/us-historical-documents/

Constitution of the United States - http://librivox.org/us-historical-documents/

The Federalist - http://librivox.org/the-federalist-papers-by-alexander-hamilton-john-jay-and-james-madison/

Smith: The Wealth of Nations [Introduction-Book I, Ch. 9]

http://librivox.org/the-wealth-of-nations-book-1-by-adam-smith/

Tocqueville: Democracy in America [Vol I, Park II, Ch. 6-8]

Vol. 1: http://librivox.org/democracy-in-america-vol-i-by-alexis-de-tocqueville/

Vol. 2: http://librivox.org/democracy-in-america-vol2-by-a-dtocqueville/

Marx-Engels: Manifesto of the Communist Party

http://librivox.org/the-communist-manifesto-by-karl-marx-and-friendrich-engels/

Ibsen: The Master Builder

http://librivox.org/the-master-builder-by-henrik-ibsen/

Schrodinger: What is Life (published 1944 - likely still in copyright.)

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 Check the [[Great Books of the Western World]] main page with links to all other years.
-: '''''Great Books of the Western World''''' is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952 by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. in an attempt to present the western canon in a single package of 54 volumes. The series is now in its second edition and contains 60 volumes. It retails for US$1,195 (GB£585 or €861). (''Wikipedia - ''http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Books_of_the_Western_World)
-:
 : The following is the first year of the suggested ten year reading plan for the Second Edition, linked to public domain versions of each of the readings. Note that preference is given to completed audio versions on LibriVox. If there is no completed audio version but the work is in progress, then a link is provided to the forum thread. If there is no version in progress, then a link is provided to a public domain text source.
-Plato: Apology, Crito
+'''Plato: Apology, Crito'''
 : Apology - http://librivox.org/the-apology-of-socrates-by-plato/
 : Crito - http://librivox.org/short-nonfiction-collection-vol-024-by-various/
-Aristophanes: The Clouds, Lysistrata
+'''Aristophanes: The Clouds, Lysistrata'''
-: The Clouds - Text - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2562
+: The Clouds - http://librivox.org/the-clouds-by-aristophanes/
 : Lysistrata - http://librivox.org/lysistrata-by-aristophanes/
-Plato: The Republic [Book I-II]
+'''Plato: The Republic''' [Book I-II]
 : http://librivox.org/platos_republic/
-Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics [Book I]
+'''Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics''' [Book I]
 : http://librivox.org/the-nicomachean-ethics-by-aristotle/
-Aristotle: Politics [Book I]
+'''Aristotle: Politics''' [Book I]
 : http://librivox.org/politics-by-aristotle/
-Plutarch: The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans [Lycurgus, Numa Pompilius, Lycurgus and Numa Compared, Alexander, Caesar]
+'''Plutarch: The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans''' [Lycurgus, Numa Pompilius, Lycurgus and Numa Compared, Alexander, Caesar]
 : http://librivox.org/plutarchs_parallel_lives_vol_1/ (Lycurgus, Numa Pompilius, Lycurgus and Numa Compared)
@@ Line 35: / Line 35: @@
 : Text - Individual Volumes - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14033, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14114, and http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/14140
-New Testament [The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, The Acts of the Apostles]
+'''New Testament''' [The Gospel According to Saint Matthew, The Acts of the Apostles]
 : The Gospel According to Saint Matthew - http://librivox.org/book-of-matthew-web/
 : The Acts of the Apostles - http://librivox.org/the-acts-of-the-apostles-asv-ss/
-St. Augustine: The Confessions [Book I-VIII]
+'''St. Augustine: The Confessions''' [Book I-VIII]
 : http://librivox.org/confessions-by-saint-augustine-of-hippo/
-Machiavelli: The Prince
+'''Machiavelli: The Prince'''
 : http://librivox.org/the-prince-by-niccolo-machiavelli/
-Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel
+'''Rabelais: Gargantua and Pantagruel'''
 : Book 1 - http://librivox.org/gargantua-and-pantagruel-by-francois-rabelais/
-: Book 2 IN PROGRESS https://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=35080
+: Book 2 - http://librivox.org/gargantua-and-pantagruel-book-ii-by-francois-rabelais/
 : Text - Complete - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1200
 : Text - Individual Volumes - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8166, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8167, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8168, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8169, and http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/8170
-Montaigne: The Essays [Of custom, and not easily changing an accepted law; Of pedantry; Of the education of children; It is folly to measure the true and false by our own capacity; Of cannibals; That the taste of good and evil depends in large part on the opinion we have of them; Of some verses of Virgil]
+'''Montaigne: The Essays''' [Of custom, and not easily changing an accepted law; Of pedantry; Of the education of children; It is folly to measure the true and false by our own capacity; Of cannibals; That the taste of good and evil depends in large part on the opinion we have of them; Of some verses of Virgil]
-: Book 1 IN PROGRESS https://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?t=30936
+: Book 1 - http://librivox.org/essays-book-1-by-michel-eyquem-de-montaigne/
+: Book 2 - http://librivox.org/essays-book-2-by-michel-eyquem-de-montaigne/
+: Book 3 - http://librivox.org/essays-book-3-by-michel-eyquem-de-montaigne/
 : Text - Complete - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3600
 : Text - Individual Volumes - http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3581, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3582, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3583, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3584, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3585, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3586, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3587, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3588, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3589, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3590, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3591, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3592, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3593, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3594, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3595, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3596, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3597, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3598, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3599
-Shakespeare: Hamlet
+'''Shakespeare: Hamlet'''
 : http://librivox.org/hamlet-by-william-shakespeare/
-Locke: Concerning Civil Government [Second Essay]
+'''Locke: Concerning Civil Government''' [Second Essay]
 : http://librivox.org/two-treatises-of-civil-government-by-john-locke/
-Rousseau: The Social Contract [Book I-II]
+'''Rousseau: The Social Contract''' [Book I-II]
 : http://librivox.org/the-social-contract-by-jean-jacques-rousseau/
-Gibbon: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [Ch. 15-16]
+'''Gibbon: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire''' [Ch. 15-16]
+: All six volumes: https://librivox.org/group/494
-: http://librivox.org/the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire-vol-i-by-edward-gibbon/
-: http://librivox.org/history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire-vol-ii-by-edward-gibbon/
-The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States, The Federalist [Numbers 1-10, 15,31,47, 51, 68-71]
+'''The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States, The Federalist''' [Numbers 1-10, 15,31,47, 51, 68-71]
 : Declaration of Independence - http://librivox.org/us-historical-documents/
 : Constitution of the United States - http://librivox.org/us-historical-documents/
 : The Federalist - http://librivox.org/the-federalist-papers-by-alexander-hamilton-john-jay-and-james-madison/
+'''
-Smith: The Wealth of Nations [Introduction-Book I, Ch. 9]
+Smith: The Wealth of Nations''' [Introduction-Book I, Ch. 9]
 : http://librivox.org/the-wealth-of-nations-book-1-by-adam-smith/
-Tocqueville: Democracy in America [Vol I, Park II, Ch. 6-8]
+'''Tocqueville: Democracy in America''' [Vol I, Park II, Ch. 6-8]
-: http://librivox.org/democracy-in-america-vol-i-by-alexis-de-tocqueville/
+: Vol. 1: http://librivox.org/democracy-in-america-vol-i-by-alexis-de-tocqueville/
+: Vol. 2: http://librivox.org/democracy-in-america-vol2-by-a-dtocqueville/
-Marx-Engels: Manifesto of the Communist Party
+'''Marx-Engels: Manifesto of the Communist Party'''
 : http://librivox.org/the-communist-manifesto-by-karl-marx-and-friendrich-engels/
+'''
-Ibsen: The Master Builder
+Ibsen: The Master Builder'''
 : http://librivox.org/the-master-builder-by-henrik-ibsen/
-''Schrodinger: What is Life (published 1944 - likely still in copyright.)''
+''Schrodinger: What is Life'' (published 1944 - likely still in copyright.)
-Other years' list can be found [http://www.greatconversation.org/Ten_Yr_Reading_1st_ed_VS_2nd_ed.html here]

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