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Great Books of the Western World - Page 8

From Homer to George Orwell, only the most learned readers will have read these great books of the western world. This 60 Volume set, composed by Robert Hutchins and Mortimer Adler, and published by Encyclopædia Britannica, presents the most complete collection of ideas central to the western world.
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An Introduction to Metaphysics (Henri Bergson)
An Introduction to Metaphysics
281
Henri Bergson
Experience and Education (John Dewey)
Experience and Education
282
John Dewey
Science and the Modern World (Alfred North Whitehead)
Science and the Modern World
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Alfred North Whitehead
The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy
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What Is Metaphysics? (Martin Heidegger)
What Is Metaphysics?
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Martin Heidegger
Philosophical Investigations
Philosophical Investigations
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The Word of God and the Word of Man (Karl Barth)
The Word of God and the Word of Man
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Karl Barth
Science and Hypothesis (Henri Poincaré)
Science and Hypothesis
288
Henri Poincaré
Scientific Autobiography (Max Planck)
Scientific Autobiography
289
Max Planck
An Introduction to Mathematics (Alfred North Whitehead)
An Introduction to Mathematics
290
Alfred North Whitehead
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein
Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein
291
The Expanding Universe (Arthur Eddington)
The Expanding Universe
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Arthur Eddington
Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature (Selections) (Niels Bohr)
Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature (Selections)
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Niels Bohr
Discussion With Einstein on Epistemology (Niels Bohr)
Discussion With Einstein on Epistemology
294
Niels Bohr
A MATHEMATICIAN's APOLOGY by G. H. Hardy
A MATHEMATICIAN's APOLOGY by G. H. Hardy
295
Physics and Philosophy (Werner Heisenberg)
Physics and Philosophy
296
Werner Heisenberg
What Is Life? With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches by E
What Is Life? With Mind and Matter and Autobiographical Sketches by E
297
Genetics and the Origin of Species (Theodosius Dobzhansky)
Genetics and the Origin of Species
298
Theodosius Dobzhansky
The Nature of Life (C. H. Waddington)
The Nature of Life
299
C. H. Waddington
The Theory of the Leisure Class (Thorstein Veblen)
The Theory of the Leisure Class
300
Thorstein Veblen
The Acquisitive Society (R. H. Tawney)
The Acquisitive Society
301
R. H. Tawney
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (John Maynard Keynes)
The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
302
John Maynard Keynes
THE GOLDEN BOUGH by James George Frazer
THE GOLDEN BOUGH by James George Frazer
303
Weber Essays in Sociology
Weber Essays in Sociology
304
The Autumn of the Middle Ages (Huzinga)
The Autumn of the Middle Ages
305
Huzinga
Structural Anthropology (Claude Lévi-Strauss)
Structural Anthropology
306
Claude Lévi-Strauss
The Beast in the Jungle
The Beast in the Jungle
307
Saint Joan
Saint Joan
308
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
309
Joseph Conrad
Uncle Vanya (Anton Chekhov)
Uncle Vanya
310
Anton Chekhov
Six Characters in Search of an Author (Luigi Pirandello)
Six Characters in Search of an Author
311
Luigi Pirandello
Remembrance of Things Past (Marcel Proust)
Remembrance of Things Past
312
Marcel Proust
A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady
313
Death in Venice (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice
314
Thomas Mann
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (James Joyce)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
315
James Joyce
To the Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf)
To the Lighthouse
316
Virginia Woolf
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
317
Franz Kafka
The Prussian Officer (D. H. Lawrence)
The Prussian Officer
318
D. H. Lawrence
The Waste Land (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land
319
T.S. Eliot
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra
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