《Gateway to the Great Books》作者：Mortimer J. Adler【PDF】

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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 -


莫提默·J.艾德勒(Mortimer J.Adler，1902—2001)，生于纽约。他在芝加哥大学执教（1930－1952）时，于1946年帮助策划了“名著计划”，1952年起任哲学研究所所长。是西方世界伟大名著项目的发起人。主要作品有Art, the Arts, and the Great Ideas (1994)、Adler's Philosophical Dictionary: 125 Key Terms for the Philosopher's Lexicon (1995)等。

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，称赞不已。
相当经典的一套书，此贴为简略版10册。

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没有更好的方法可以拥有和欣赏世界上最伟大的书面作品。西方世界的伟大书籍是我们这个时代最受欢迎的出版壮举之一。权威，准确且完整，该系列代表了西方文学典范的重要核心，将文学，历史，哲学和科学中最重要的成就中的517个汇编成一个既帅气的颜色''。从古代经典到20世纪的最新杰作，伟大的书籍追溯了塑造了现代文明的思想，故事和发现。该集合的卷1和2是Syntopicon，这是一个独特的两卷指南（不单独出售），使您能够研究一个特定的想法并比较不同的作者对此的看法。语法包括一种新的参考作品 - 为词典的单词和百科全书所取得的成就而完成的事实。还包括大转换