Great Books of the Western World series
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The Great Books of the Western World series is a curated collection of classic works of literature, philosophy, science, and political thought intended to represent the core intellectual tradition of Western civilization.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Great Books of the Western World | 4 |
| Great Books of the Western World project | 1 |
| Great Books of the Western World series canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Great Books of the Western World series Context triple: [Mortimer Adler, workedOn, Great Books of the Western World series]
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A.
Harvard Classics
Harvard Classics is a 51-volume anthology of classic literature and foundational texts compiled in the early 20th century as a comprehensive liberal education collection.
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B.
Oxford World’s Classics
Oxford World’s Classics is a long-running series of affordable, scholarly editions of major works of literature and thought from around the world.
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C.
Norton Critical Editions
Norton Critical Editions is a renowned series of scholarly annotated texts that combine authoritative editions of literary works with critical essays, contextual documents, and editorial commentary for students and scholars.
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D.
Loeb Classical Library
The Loeb Classical Library is a renowned series of books that presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin literature with the original text and facing-page English translations.
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E.
Norton Anthologies
The Norton Anthologies are influential, widely used academic collections of literature and other texts that provide curated, annotated selections for study in schools and universities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Great Books of the Western World series Target entity description: The Great Books of the Western World series is a curated collection of classic works of literature, philosophy, science, and political thought intended to represent the core intellectual tradition of Western civilization.
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A.
Harvard Classics
Harvard Classics is a 51-volume anthology of classic literature and foundational texts compiled in the early 20th century as a comprehensive liberal education collection.
-
B.
Oxford World’s Classics
Oxford World’s Classics is a long-running series of affordable, scholarly editions of major works of literature and thought from around the world.
-
C.
Norton Critical Editions
Norton Critical Editions is a renowned series of scholarly annotated texts that combine authoritative editions of literary works with critical essays, contextual documents, and editorial commentary for students and scholars.
-
D.
Loeb Classical Library
The Loeb Classical Library is a renowned series of books that presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin literature with the original text and facing-page English translations.
-
E.
Norton Anthologies
The Norton Anthologies are influential, widely used academic collections of literature and other texts that provide curated, annotated selections for study in schools and universities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anthology
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book series ⓘ |
| aim | to present the core intellectual tradition of Western civilization ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| editor |
Mortimer J. Adler
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linked to:
Mortimer Adler
Robert Maynard Hutchins ⓘ |
| educationalPhilosophy | Great Books education ⓘ |
| genre |
literature
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philosophy ⓘ political thought ⓘ science ⓘ |
| hasEdition |
1952 first edition
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1990 second edition ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Candide by Voltaire
ⓘ
linked to:
Candide
Capital by Karl Marx ⓘ
linked to:
Das Kapital
Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant ⓘ
linked to:
Critique of Pure Reason
Dialogues of Plato ⓘ Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
linked to:
Don Quixote
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes ⓘ Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes ⓘ
linked to:
Meditations on First Philosophy
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville ⓘ
linked to:
Moby-Dick
Phenomenology of Spirit by G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
linked to:
phenomenology of spirit
Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton ⓘ
linked to:
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Psychoanalytic works of Sigmund Freud ⓘ Relativity: The Special and the General Theory by Albert Einstein ⓘ Summa Theologica by Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to:
Summa Theologiae
Syntopicon ⓘ The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri ⓘ
linked to:
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy
The Federalist Papers ⓘ The Holy Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Bible
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin ⓘ
linked to:
On the Origin of Species
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith ⓘ
linked to:
The Wealth of Nations
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
linked to:
War and Peace
Works of Aeschylus ⓘ
linked to:
Aeschylus, Danaid trilogy (fragmentary)
Works of Apollonius of Perga ⓘ Works of Archimedes ⓘ
linked to:
corpus of Archimedes
Works of Aristotle ⓘ
linked to:
Aristotle's writings
Works of Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Works of Euclid ⓘ
linked to:
Euclid's Elements
Works of Euripides ⓘ
linked to:
Euripidean corpus
Works of Francis Bacon ⓘ Works of Geoffrey Chaucer ⓘ
linked to:
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Works of Homer ⓘ
linked to:
Homeric epics
Works of John Locke ⓘ
linked to:
John Locke
Works of Lucretius ⓘ
linked to:
De rerum natura
Works of Niccolò Machiavelli ⓘ Works of Nicomachus of Gerasa ⓘ Works of Plutarch ⓘ Works of Sophocles ⓘ
linked to:
fragments of Sophocles
Works of Tacitus ⓘ Works of Virgil ⓘ
linked to:
Virgil
Works of William Shakespeare ⓘ
linked to:
works of William Shakespeare
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| inception | 1952 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableEditor |
Mortimer J. Adler
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linked to:
Mortimer Adler
Robert Maynard Hutchins ⓘ |
| publisher |
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
ⓘ
linked to:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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