Great conversations 6 / selected and edited by Donald H. Whitfield ; contributors, Kristine Bergman, Nancy Carr, Allie Hirsch, Mary Klein, Dylan Nelson.
Publication Info.
Chicago, Illinois : The Great Books Foundation, 2013.
On tranquility of the mind / Seneca -- The new organon / Francis Bacon -- A letter concerning toleration / John Locke -- Discourse seven / Joshua Reynolds -- The RubaiyÃţ of Omar Khayyam / Rabbi Ben Ezra ; Edward Fitzgerald (trans.) ; Robert Browning -- The lifted veil / George Eliot -- The man that corrupted hadleyburg / Mark Twain -- On the advantage and disadvantage of history for life / Friedrich Nietzsche -- The devil baby at Hull House / Jane Addams -- The man who could work miracles / H.G. Wells -- Mario the magician / Thomas Mann -- The daughters of the late colonel / Katherine Mansfield -- R.U.R. / Karel Capek -- My confession / Mary McCarthy -- Holy week / Deborah Eisenberg -- Discussion guide for Confessions of a fallen standard-bearer / Andrei Makine -- Discussion guide for The age of innocence / Edith Wharton.
