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'''Great Books of the Western World Ten Year Reading Plan - Year Three'''
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)
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: The following is the third 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.
: The following is the third 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.


AESCHYLUS: Prometheus Bound
'''AESCHYLUS: Prometheus Bound'''


: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27458
: Browning Translation: http://librivox.org/prometheus-bound-browning-translation-by-aeschylus/
: Buckley Translation: http://librivox.org/prometheus-bound-by-aeschylus/
: Thoreau Translation: http://librivox.org/prometheus-bound-by-aeschylus-2/


HERODOTUS: The History [Book VII-IX]
'''HERODOTUS: The History''' [Book VII-IX]


: http://librivox.org/herodotus-histories-vol-1/
: http://librivox.org/herodotus-histories-vol-1/
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: http://librivox.org/herodotus-histories-vol-3-by-herodotus-of-halicarnassus/
: http://librivox.org/herodotus-histories-vol-3-by-herodotus-of-halicarnassus/


THUCYDIDES: The History of the Peloponnesian War [Book I-II, V]
'''THUCYDIDES: The History of the Peloponnesian War''' [Book I-II, V]


: http://librivox.org/the-history-of-the-peloponnesian-war-by-thucydides/
: http://librivox.org/the-history-of-the-peloponnesian-war-by-thucydides/


PLATO: Statesman
'''PLATO: Statesman'''


: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1738
: http://librivox.org/statesman-by-plato/


ARISTOTLE: On Interpretation [Ch. 1-10]
'''ARISTOTLE: On Interpretation''' [Ch. 1-10]
Couldn´t find a PD translation.
 
: http://librivox.org/on-interpretation-by-aristotle/


ARISTOTLE: Politics [Book III-V]
'''ARISTOTLE: Politics''' [Book III-V]


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


EUCLID: Elements [Book I]
'''EUCLID: Elements''' [Book I]


: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21076
: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21076


TACITUS: The Annals
'''TACITUS: The Annals'''


: http://librivox.org/annals-vol-1-by-tacitus/
: http://librivox.org/annals-vol-1-by-tacitus/
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: http://librivox.org/tacitus-annals-vol-3-church-and-brodribb/
: http://librivox.org/tacitus-annals-vol-3-church-and-brodribb/


ST. THOMAS AQUINAS: Summa Theologica [Part I-II, QQ 90-97]
'''ST. THOMAS AQUINAS: Summa Theologica''' [Part I-II, QQ 90-97]


: https://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=37598 IN PROGRESS
: https://librivox.org/group/523


CHAUCER: Troilus and Cressida
'''CHAUCER: Troilus and Cressida'''


: https://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=40458 IN PROGRESS
: Available in Middle English: http://librivox.org/troilus-and-criseyde-by-geoffrey-chaucer/


SHAKESPEARE: Macbeth
'''SHAKESPEARE: Macbeth'''


: http://librivox.org/the-tragedy-of-macbeth-by-william-shakespeare/
: http://librivox.org/the-tragedy-of-macbeth-by-william-shakespeare/


MILTON: Paradise Lost
'''MILTON: Paradise Lost'''


: http://librivox.org/paradise-lost-by-john-milton/
: http://librivox.org/paradise-lost-by-john-milton/


LOCKE: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding [Book III, Ch. 1-3, 9-11]
'''LOCKE: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding''' [Book III, Ch. 1-3, 9-11]


: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10615
: https://librivox.org/an-essay-concerning-humane-understanding-by-john-locke/
: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10616


KANT: Science of Right
'''KANT: Science of Right'''
Couldn´t find a PD translation.
Couldn´t find a PD translation.


MILL: Representative Government [Ch. 1-6]
'''MILL: Representative Government''' [Ch. 1-6]


: https://forum.librivox.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=39575 IN PROGRESS
: http://librivox.org/considerations-on-representative-government-by-john-stuart-mill/


LAVOISIER: Elements of Chemistry [Part I]
'''LAVOISIER: Elements of Chemistry''' [Part I]


: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30775
: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30775


DOSTOEVSKY: The Brothers Karamazov [Part I-II]
'''DOSTOEVSKY: The Brothers Karamazov''' [Part I-II]


: http://librivox.org/the-brothers-karamazov-by-fyodor-dostoyevsky/
: http://librivox.org/the-brothers-karamazov-by-fyodor-dostoyevsky/


FREUD: The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis
'''FREUD: The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis'''


: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38219
: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38219


TWAIN – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
'''TWAIN – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'''


: http://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-by-mark-twain-version-2/
: http://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-by-mark-twain-version-2/


LEVI-STRAUSS – Structural Anthropology [Selections]
'''LEVI-STRAUSS – Structural Anthropology''' [Selections]
NOT PD
NOT PD


POINCARÉ – Science and Hypothesis [Part I - II]
'''POINCARÉ – Science and Hypothesis''' [Part I - II]


: http://librivox.org/science-and-hypothesis-by-henri-poincare/
: http://librivox.org/science-and-hypothesis-by-henri-poincare/
Other years' list can be found [http://www.greatconversation.org/Ten_Yr_Reading_1st_ed_VS_2nd_ed.html here]

Latest revision as of 11:26, 24 August 2015

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

The following is the third 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.

AESCHYLUS: Prometheus Bound

Browning Translation: http://librivox.org/prometheus-bound-browning-translation-by-aeschylus/
Buckley Translation: http://librivox.org/prometheus-bound-by-aeschylus/
Thoreau Translation: http://librivox.org/prometheus-bound-by-aeschylus-2/

HERODOTUS: The History [Book VII-IX]

http://librivox.org/herodotus-histories-vol-1/
http://librivox.org/herodotus-histories-vol-2/
http://librivox.org/herodotus-histories-vol-3-by-herodotus-of-halicarnassus/

THUCYDIDES: The History of the Peloponnesian War [Book I-II, V]

http://librivox.org/the-history-of-the-peloponnesian-war-by-thucydides/

PLATO: Statesman

http://librivox.org/statesman-by-plato/

ARISTOTLE: On Interpretation [Ch. 1-10]

http://librivox.org/on-interpretation-by-aristotle/

ARISTOTLE: Politics [Book III-V]

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

EUCLID: Elements [Book I]

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21076

TACITUS: The Annals

http://librivox.org/annals-vol-1-by-tacitus/
http://librivox.org/tacitus-annals-vol-2-trans-church-and-brodribb/
http://librivox.org/tacitus-annals-vol-3-church-and-brodribb/

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS: Summa Theologica [Part I-II, QQ 90-97]

https://librivox.org/group/523

CHAUCER: Troilus and Cressida

Available in Middle English: http://librivox.org/troilus-and-criseyde-by-geoffrey-chaucer/

SHAKESPEARE: Macbeth

http://librivox.org/the-tragedy-of-macbeth-by-william-shakespeare/

MILTON: Paradise Lost

http://librivox.org/paradise-lost-by-john-milton/

LOCKE: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding [Book III, Ch. 1-3, 9-11]

https://librivox.org/an-essay-concerning-humane-understanding-by-john-locke/

KANT: Science of Right Couldn´t find a PD translation.

MILL: Representative Government [Ch. 1-6]

http://librivox.org/considerations-on-representative-government-by-john-stuart-mill/

LAVOISIER: Elements of Chemistry [Part I]

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30775

DOSTOEVSKY: The Brothers Karamazov [Part I-II]

http://librivox.org/the-brothers-karamazov-by-fyodor-dostoyevsky/

FREUD: The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38219

TWAIN – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

http://librivox.org/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn-by-mark-twain-version-2/

LEVI-STRAUSS – Structural Anthropology [Selections] NOT PD

POINCARÉ – Science and Hypothesis [Part I - II]

http://librivox.org/science-and-hypothesis-by-henri-poincare/