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Great Treasury of Western Thought: A Compendium of Important Statements and Comments on Man and His Institutions by the Great Thinkers in Western History (Hardcover)

by Mortimer J. Adler (Editor), Charles Van Doren (Editor), Charles Van Doren (Editor)

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Hardcover: 1771 pages
Publisher: Teachers Ideas Press - an Imprint of Heinemann (31 Dec 1977)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0835208338
ISBN-13: 978-0835208338
Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 17.8 x 6.4 cm
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Passages from the West's great written works, ranging from the Odyssey and the Old Testament to the Interpretation of Dreams and Ulysses, comment on love, knowledge, ethics, war, art, and other abiding topics.

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