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- Mortimer Adler, founder of the Great Books of the Western World program and the Great Books Foundation.
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The project for the Great Books of the Western World began at the University of Chicago, where the president, Robert Hutchins, worked with Mortimer Adler to develop there a course of a type originated by John Erskine at Columbia University in 1921, with the innovation of a "round table" approach to reading and discussing great books among ...
Adler and Hutchins went on to found the Great Books of the Western World program and the Great Books Foundation. In 1952, Adler founded and served as director of the Institute for Philosophical Research.
Adler and Hutchins went on to found the Great Books of the Western World program and the Great Books Foundation. Adler founded and served as director of the Institute for Philosophical Research in 1952.
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All the books on the list "Great Books of the Western World" from Great Books Foundation. Great Books of the Western World is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952 by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc. to present the western canon in a single package of 54 volume...
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It was based on an adult education program designed by John Erskine for U.S. soldiers after World War I and later developed at Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and St. John’s College. The Great Books Foundation was formed in Chicago, Ill., in 1947 to form and coordinate adult reading groups in the United States.
