Del Mar Great Books |
Del Mar Great Books reading & Discussion Group
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For over 25 years, the Del Mar Great Books Reading and Discussion Group has met monthly (except August) for book discussion. Meetings are held on selected Fridays (dates decided at meetings) from 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Participants are asked to have read the selection in order to participate. New members and observers are welcome. For information on a future meeting, please contact Sara Clark at delmargreatbooks@gmail.com.
Current readings for January through December 2020 can be found in Great Books Adult 2nd Series ADU-02 ($28.95 + S&H for 3 volume set) and Great Conversations 4 - ADU-GC3 ($24.95 + S&H). Books may be ordered by visiting http://store.greatbooks.org/colleges-book-groups.html or by calling the Great Books Foundation at (800) 222-5870.
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Books we are using for our discussions:
GC-4 Great Conversations 4: ADU-GC4: (Order from The Great Books Foundation) AGB-3 Great Books Adult 3nd Series: ADU-03: (Available Used)
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Contact Sara Clark at delmargreatbooks@gmail.com |
Del Mar Great Books 2021 Schedule |
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Month |
Author |
Title |
Book |
Jan 15 |
Plutarch |
Life of Nicias |
GC-4 |
Feb 19 |
Maimonides |
On Evil (selection) |
3rd Ser.v.2 |
Mar |
Kant |
To Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch |
GC 4 |
April |
Chaucer |
The Canterbury Tales (selection) |
3rd Ser.v.3 |
May |
Arnold |
Culture & Anarchy (selection) |
GC 4 |
June |
Thucydides |
History of the Peloponnesian War |
3rd Ser.v.1 |
July |
Shakespeare |
TBD |
TBD |
Aug |
No Meeting |
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Sept |
TBD |
Full length novel |
TBD |
Oct |
von Kleist |
The Chilean Earthquake |
GC 4 |
Nov |
Montesquieu |
Principles of Government |
3rd Ser., v.2 |
Dec |
Mueller |
Selected Poems |
GC 4 |