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Friday, September 15, 2017

Why 'Great Books' Programs are Enjoying a Resurgence in Popularity

Dakota Buhler of George Fox University at Study Breaks.

"Great books programs are founded on the Socratic Method. They generally consist of small cohorts that read through history’s most prominent Western writers, and then discuss the works in a Socratic style. The specific curriculum varies from program to program, but it generally includes authors who have been set apart as great philosophers, theologians, political theorists, scientific thinkers and literary geniuses of their times. These authors’ works become the core texts on which great books programs are built.

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