There is no better way to own and appreciate the world's greatest written works. Great Books of the Western World is one of the most acclaimed publishing feats of our time. Authoritative, accurate, and complete, this collection represents the essential core of the Western literary canon, compiling 517 of the most significant achievements in literature, history, philosophy, and ...
There is no better way to own and appreciate the world's greatest written works. Great Books of the Western World is one of the most acclaimed publishing feats of our time. Authoritative, accurate, and complete, this collection represents the essential core of the Western literary canon, compiling 517 of the most significant achievements in literature, history, philosophy, and science into a color-coded set as handsome as it is affordable. From the ancient classics to the newest masterpieces of the 20th century, Great Books traces the ideas, stories, and discoveries that have shaped modern civilization. Volumes 1 and 2 of this collection is the Syntopicon, a unique two-volume guide (not sold separately) that enables you to investigate a particular idea and compare what different authors have to say about it. The Syntopicon comprises a new kind of reference work -- accomplishing for ideas what the dictionary accomplishes for words and the encyclopaedia accomplishes for facts. Also included is the Great Conversation, featuring fascinating background information, extensive timelines, photos, and quotes from the classic works and their authors. 60 volumes Individual Volume Size: 9 1/2" H x 1"-2" W (Across Spine) x 6 1/2" D Overall Width of Set: 65"(5'5") Special colors on the Great Books' spines guide you quickly to the four subject areas -
在心智的诸种才能中，智慧的特殊性质体现在
每个人都会同意的那些能够被认作智慧的东西之中一一
那些不能够被泛泛地称之为技艺以及科学或者知识和学问的东西。
许多世纪以来，我们相信，
知识可以稳固地增长，学问可以不断进展，
但是我们并不认为在智慧之中也能有这样的进展。
个体可以在智慧上取得增长。
但是人类在智慧上似乎并没有这样的增长。
THE special character of wisdom among the attainments of the mind
shows itself in the things which everyone will agree can be said about wisdom-
things which cannot be said about art and science, or knowledge and learning generally.
We believe that, with the centuries, knowledge can be steadily increased and learning advanced,
but we do not suppose that the same progress can be achieved in wisdom.
The individual may grow in wisdom. The race does not seem to.
在伟大著作的传统中，现代人通常断言他们在所有技艺和科学上都超越了古代人。
但是他们极少宣称在智慧方面也超越了古代人。
"现代科学"这一术语无须任何说明，
但是如果有人想要谈论"现代智慧"，他就要不得不解释他的意思。
当"现代"一词修饰"科学"一词时，它似乎具有一种可以直接被人们接受的意义，
"古代"这个词修饰"智慧"时似乎也有一种... (查看原文)
*** 像奥古斯丁、阿奎那这样的基督教神学家们藐视哲学家们的智慧，
因为哲学家们不能洞察神圣的奥秘也不能引导人获得救赎。
奥古斯丁在柏拉图的教导中发现了对基督教的智慧的一个非凡的预示。
当奥占斯丁将"一个模仿上帝、认识上帝、爱上帝的智慧者，
一个通过在上帝的祝福中与上帝为伴而获得了护佑的智慧者"的概念归于柏拉图的时候，
他说，"很明显没有人比柏拉图主义者更接近我们了"。
虽然阿奎那坚持认为，"作为一种恩赐的智慧比作为一种理智德性的智慧更加卓越，
因为它通过使自己的灵魂与上帝的合一而更密切地达到了上帝"，
但当他谈到亚里士多德时称亚里士多德为"这个哲学家"，
他当然将亚里士多德看作自然智慧的体现。
CHRISTIAN THEOLOGIANS LIKE Augustine and Aquinas
do not hold the wisdom of the philosophers in contempt because they fail to penetrate the divine mysteries,
or to guide man to his salvation.
Augustine finds in Plato's teaching a marvelous foreshadowing of Christian wisdom.
"It is evident that none come nearer to us than the Platonists," he says,
when he attributes to Plato the conception of
"the wise man as one who imitates, knows, loves this God,
and who is rendered blessed through fe... (查看原文)
Great Books of the Western World西方世界伟大著作第二版，1990年出版，在第一版54册的基础上增加了6册，一共60册，第一版有三种装帧，分别是布面、半革半布和革面，第二版仅剩下革面一种，布面取消，开本未变，仍然是十六开本。八十年代的读书杂志曾有一篇文章专门介绍这套书...
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50 有用 杉杉 2018-07-06 17:05:53
大家几乎都是读到《How to read a book》了解到这本书。
2 有用 狸猫 2010-03-23 10:32:08
essence of western culture
0 有用 Zermelo 2023-07-29 16:49:26 安徽
回复一下短评区的豆油，这套书的前两卷有汉译本（名为《西方大观念》）
2 有用 零零Ending 2022-11-05 15:42:34 广东
好奇问下这本书有中译版本或是中文书籍的主题阅读目录？
0 有用 Zermelo 2023-07-29 16:49:26 安徽
回复一下短评区的豆油，这套书的前两卷有汉译本（名为《西方大观念》）
2 有用 零零Ending 2022-11-05 15:42:34 广东
好奇问下这本书有中译版本或是中文书籍的主题阅读目录？
50 有用 杉杉 2018-07-06 17:05:53
大家几乎都是读到《How to read a book》了解到这本书。
2 有用 狸猫 2010-03-23 10:32:08
essence of western culture