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Welcome all lovers of the Great Books! This site is my contribution to keep these books alive. I will attempt to highlight various books, primarily philosophy and literature, that are worth reading.

I appreciate the following quote from Robert M. Hutchins that highlights the importance of the Great Books. He writes:

These books are the means of understanding our society and ourselves. They contain the great ideas that dominate us without our knowing it. There is no comparable repository of our tradition. To put an end to the spirit of inquiry that has characterized the West it is not necessary to burn the books. All we have to do is to leave them unread for a few generations. On the other hand, the revival of interest in these books from time to time throughout history has provided the West with new drive and creativeness. Great Books have salvaged, preserved, and transmitted the tradition on many occasions similar to our own.

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