A Great Idea at the Time

by Beam, Alex

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Bookseller: Wayward Books (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 013344
Format/binding: Paperback
Book condition: As New
Jacket condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 1586484877
ISBN 13: 9781586484873
Publisher: Public Affairs Press
Place: New York
Date published: 2008
Pages: 245
Size: 6 x 8.75 x 1 inches
Weight: 0.98 pounds

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New York: Public Affairs Press, 2008. The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

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On Nov 4 2008, MaxWeismann said:

"The subtitle should have read, Every Negative Fact and Innuendo I Could Dredge Up

Although he was not particularly unkind to me in the book, I found virtually every page to be a smart-alecky and snide diatribe of the worst order against the Great Books, Adler, Hutchins, et al. Plus the book is replete with errors of commission and omission.

As an effective antidote, I prescribe Robert Hutchins' pithy essay, The Great Conversation.

If the Great Books crusade is as bleak as Beam purports, then happily, not many will read his invective book.

Max Weismann,

President and co-founder with Mortimer Adler, Center for the Study of The Great Ideas

Chairman, The Great Books Academy"