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He discusses questions such as: -What arguments have been used to justify taxation? Is the ability to pay concept valid? Skip to content. Great Books of the Western World. Great Books of the Western World Kant. Author : Mortimer J. Email Address:. Homer, ca. Lawrence, — The Prussian Officer T. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading What a fantastic resource! JEM 2 January at 8am. The link to Capital seems like a dead one. Sam Morales smoralesjr 19 February at 10pm.

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Others thought that while the selected authors were worthy, too much emphasis was placed on the complete works of a single author rather than a wider selection of authors and representative works for instance, all of Shakespeare's plays are included. The second edition of the set already contained authors and individual works. The editors point out that the guides to additional reading for each topic in the Syntopicon refer the interested reader to many more authors.

The scientific and mathematical selections came under criticism for being incomprehensible to the average reader, especially with the absence of any sort of critical apparatus. The second edition did drop two scientific works, by Apollonius and Fourier, in part because of their perceived difficulty for the average reader. Nevertheless, the editors steadfastly maintain that average readers are capable of understanding far more than the critics deem possible. Robert Hutchins stated this view in the introduction to the first edition:.

Since the great majority of the works were still in print, one critic noted that the company could have saved two million dollars and simply written a list. Dense formatting also did not help readability. The second edition selected translations that were generally considered an improvement, though the cramped typography remained. Through reading plans and the Syntopicon , the editors have attempted to guide readers through the set. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses.

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