Great Books Reading and Discussion Fifth Series and Reader Aid

These books have proven time and again to deliver the quality reading and discussion that the Great Books Foundation is known for. Composed of classics that make up the core of the Western tradition, this fifth series (3 volumes) provides a way of understanding our society and ourselves through selections that contain the great ideas that have shaped our thinking. Whether you are new to the great conversation or a veteran Great Books participant, every title in this series offers an ideal platform for launching your Shared Inquiry™ discussion experience.

Ecclesiastes

Bible

Oedipus the King*

Sophocles

On Dreams

Sigmund Freud

The Metamorphosis*

Franz Kafka

Faust, Part One*

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

First Principles of Morals

Immanuel Kant

A Simple Heart*

Gustave Flaubert

Of Personal Identity

David Hume

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Inferno

Dante Alighieri

Reflections on the Revolution in France

Edmund Burke

The Education of Henry Adams

Henry Adams

King Lear*

William Shakespeare

On Tragedy

Aristotle

The Republic

Plato

*Indicates a complete work. All other selections are taken from longer works.