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Imagine: the entirety of the Western canon at your fingertips.
The makers of Encyclopaedia Britannica bring you the Great Books of the Western World. Comprising 60 volumes containing 517 works written by 130 authors, these texts capture the major ideas, stories, and discoveries that shaped Western culture.
The foundational library for a liberal arts education, the Great Books include works of literature, classics, mathematics and natural sciences, history and social sciences, philosophy and religion. From Homer to Hemingway, Aquinas to Nietzsche, and Galileo to Einstein, the classic conversations spanning history now continue in your digital library.
Gain insight into these conversations with the Syntopicon. A guide to the 102 major ideas that define the Western tradition, the Syntopicon is the product of 10 years of research and unites the 517 works in this library. It includes an extensive introduction to each of the 102 ideas and traces their development in history. The Syntopicon also lists every place these ideas are referenced in the Great Books library. In Logos, the Syntopicon integrates directly into the texts themselves. Jump from an idea or sub-idea in the Syntopicon right to the source with a simple click.
Key Features
- Comprises 60 volumes containing 517 works written by 130 authors
- Includes the Syntopicon, a two-volume index of the 102 major ideas that unite the Great Books
- Presents works of literature, philosophy, religion, history, science, and more
Product Details
- Title: Great Books of the Western World
- Editors: Mortimer J. Adler
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Volumes: 60
- Pages: 37,764
- Resource Type: Collected Works
- Topic: Literature and the Arts
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Contents:
- Introduction
- Angel
- Animal
- Aristocracy
- Art
- Astronomy and Cosmology
- Beauty
- Being
- Cause
- Chance
- Change
- Citizen
- Constitution
- Courage
- Custom and Convention
- Definition
- Democracy
- Desire
- Dialectic
- Duty
- Education
- Element
- Emotion
- Eternity
- Evolution
- Experience
- Family
- Fate
- Form
- God
- Good and Evil
- Government
- Habit
- Happiness
- History
- Honor
- Hypothesis
- Idea
- Immortality
- Induction
- Infinity
- Judgment
- Justice
- Knowledge
- Labor
- Language
- Law
- Liberty
- Life and Death
- Logic
- Love
Contents:
- Man
- Mathematics
- Matter
- Mechanics
- Medicine
- Memory and Imagination
- Metaphysics
- Mind
- Monarchy
- Nature
- Necessity and Contingency
- Oligarchy
- One and Many
- Opinion
- Opposition
- Philosophy
- Physics
- Pleasure and Pain
- Poetry
- Principle
- Progress
- Prophecy
- Prudence
- Punishment
- Quality
- Quantity
- Reasoning
- Relation
- Religion
- Revolution
- Rhetoric
- Same and Other
- Science
- Sense
- Sign and Symbol
- Sin
- Slavery
- Soul
- Space
- State
- Temperance
- Theology
- Time
- Truth
- Tyranny and Despotism
- Universal and Particular
- Virtue and Vice
- War and Peace
- Wealth
- Will
- Wisdom
- World
Contents:
- The Iliad and Odyssey
Volume 4: Aeschylus. Sophocles. Euripides. Aristophanes
- Authors: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: William Arrowsmith, David Barrett, Seth G. Benardete, Witter Bynner, Robert Fitzgerald, Ralph Gladstone, David Grene, Michael Jameson, Frank William Jones, Richmond Lattimore, John Moore, John Frederick Nims, Alan H. Sommerstein, Emily Townsend Vermeule, Charles R. Walker, Rex Warner, Ronald Frederick Willetts, and Elizabeth Wyckoff
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 913
Contents:
- The Suppliant Maidens, by Aeschylus and Seth G. Benardete
- The Persians, by Aeschylus and Seth G. Benardete
- Seven Against Thebes, by Aeschylus and David Grene
- Prometheus Bound, by Aeschylus and David Grene
- Agamemnon, by Aeschylus and Richmond Lattimore
- The Libation Bearers, by Aeschylus and Richmond Lattimore
- The Eumenides, by Aeschylus and Richmond Lattimore
- Oedipus the King, by Sophocles and David Grene
- Oedipus at Colonus, by Sophocles and Robert Fitzgerald
- Antigone, by Sophocles and Elizabeth Wyckoff
- Ajax, by Sophocles and John Moore
- Electra, by Sophocles and David Grene
- The Women of Trachis, by Sophocles and Michael Jameson
- Philoctetes, by Sophocles and David Grene
- Rhesus, by Euripides and Richmond Lattimore
- The Medea, by Euripides and Rex Warner
- Hippolytus, by Euripides and David Grene
- Alcestis, by Euripides and Richmond Lattimore
- The Heracleiadae, by Euripides and Ralph Gladstone
- The Suppliant Women, by Euripides and Frank William Jones
- The Trojan Women, by Euripides and Richmond Lattimore
- Ion, by Euripides and Ronald Frederick Willetts
- Helen, by Euripides and Richmond Lattimore
- Andromache, by Euripides and John Frederick Nims
- Electra, by Euripides and Emily Townsend Vermeule
- The Bacchae, by Euripides and William Arrowsmith
- Hecuba, by Euripides and William Arrowsmith
- Heracles, by Euripides and William Arrowsmith
- The Phoenician Women, by Euripides and Elizabeth Wyckoff
- Orestes, by Euripides and William Arrowsmith
- Iphigenia in Tauris, by Euripides and Witter Bynner
- Iphigenia in Aulis, by Euripides and Charles R. Walker
- The Cyclops, by Euripides and William Arrowsmith
- The Acharnians, by Aristophanes and Alan H. Sommerstein
- The Knights, by Aristophanes and Alan H. Sommerstein
- The Clouds, by Aristophanes and Alan H. Sommerstein
- The Wasps, by Aristophanes and David Barrett
- Peace, by Aristophanes and Alan H. Sommerstein
- The Birds, by Aristophanes and David Barrett
- The Frogs, by Aristophanes and David Barrett
- Lysistrata, by Aristophanes and Alan H. Sommerstein
- The Poet and the Women, by Aristophanes and David Barrett
- The Assemblywomen, by Aristophanes and David Barrett
- Wealth, by Aristophanes and Alan H. Sommerstein
Volume 5: Herodotus. Thucydides
- Authors: Herodotus and Thucydides
- Editors: Mortimer J. Adler and R. Feetham
- Translators: Richard Rawley and George Rawlinson
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 628
Contents:
- The History, by Herodotus and George Rawlinson
- The History of the Peloponnesian War, by Thucydides and Richard Rawley
Contents:
- Dialogues, by Plato and Benjamin Jowett
- The Seventh Letter, by Plato and J. Harward
Volume 7: Aristotle I
- Author: Aristotle
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: J.I. Beare, E.M. Edghill, R.K. Gaye, R.P. Hardie, A.J. Jenkinson, H.H. Joachim, G.R.G. Mure, W.A. Pickard-Cambridge, G.R.T. Ross, W.D. Ross, J.A. Smith, J.L. Stocks, and E.W. Webster
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 946
Contents:
- Categories, by Aristotle and E.M. Edghill
- On Interpretation, by Aristotle and E.M. Edghill
- Prior Analytics, by Aristotle and A.J. Jenkinson
- Posterior Analytics, by Aristotle and G.R.G. Mure
- Topics, by Aristotle and W.A. Pickard-Cambridge
- On Sophistical Refutations, by Aristotle and W.A. Pickard-Cambridge
- Physics, by Aristotle, R.P. Hardie, and R.K. Gaye
- On the Heavens, by Aristotle and J.L. Stocks
- On Generation and Corruption, by Aristotle and H.H. Joachim
- Meteorology, by Aristotle and E.W. Webster
- Metaphysics, by Aristotle and W.D. Ross
- On the Soul, by Aristotle and J.A. Smith
- On Sense and the Sensible, by Aristotle and J.I. Beare
- On Memory and Reminiscence, by Aristotle and J.I. Beare
- On Sleep and Sleeplessness, by Aristotle and J.I. Beare
- On Dreams, by Aristotle and J.I. Beare
- On Prophesying by Dreams, by Aristotle and J.I. Beare
- On Longevity and Shortness of Life, by Aristotle and G.R.T. Ross
- On Youth and Old Age, On Life and Death, On Breathing, by Aristotle and G.R.T. Ross
Volume 8: Aristotle II
- Author: Aristotle
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: A.S.L. Farquharson, Benjamin Jowett, Frederic G. Kenyon, William Ogle, Arthur Platt, W. Rhys Roberts, W.D. Ross, and D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 705
Contents:
- History of Animals, by Aristotle and D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson
- On the Parts of Animals, by Aristotle and William Ogle
- On the Motion of Animals, by Aristotle and A.S.L. Farquharson
- On the Gait of Animals, by Aristotle and A.S.L. Farquharson
- On the Generation of Animals, by Aristotle and Arthur Platt
- Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle and W.D. Ross
- Politics, by Aristotle and Benjamin Jowett
- The Athenian Constitution, by Aristotle and Sir Frederic G. Kenyon
- Rhetoric, by Aristotle and W. Rhys Roberts
- On Poetics, by Aristotle and Ingram Bywater
Contents:
- Hippocratic Writings, by Hippocrates and Francis Adams
- On the Natural Faculties, by Galen and Arthur John Brock
Volume 10: Euclid. Archimedes. Nicomachus
- Authors: Euclid, Archimedes, and Nicomachus of Gerasa
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Martin L. D’Ooge and Thomas L. Heath
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 649
Contents:
- Euclid’s Elements, by Euclid and Sir Thomas L. Heath
- The Works of Archimedes, Including The Method, by Archimedes and Sir Thomas L. Heath
- The Introduction to Arithmetic of Nicomachus, by Nicomachus of Gerasa and Martin L. D’Ooge
Volume 11: Lucretius. Epictetus. Marcus Aurelius. Plotinus
- Authors: Lucretius, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and Plotinus
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Rolfe Humphries, George Long, Stephen MacKenna, and B.S. Page
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 690
Contents:
- The Way Things Are, by Lucretius and Rolfe Humphries
- Discourses, by Epictetus and George Long
- Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius and George Long
- The Six Enneads, by Plotinus, Stephen MacKenna, and B.S. Page
Contents:
- Eclogues, by Virgil and C. Day Lewis
- Georgics, by Virgil and C. Day Lewis
- The Aeneid, by Virgil and C. Day Lewis
Contents:
- The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, by Plutarch and John Dryden
Contents:
- The Annals and The Histories, by Tacitus, Alfred John Church, and William Jackson Brodribb
Volume 15: Ptolemy. Copernicus. Kepler
- Authors: Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Johannes Kepler
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: R. Catesby Taliaferro and Charles Glenn Wallis
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 1,099
Contents:
- The Almagest, by Ptolemy and R. Catesby Taliaferro
- On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, by Nicolaus Copernicus and Charles Glenn Wallis
- Epitome of Copernican Astronomy: IV-V, by Johannes Kepler and Charles Glenn Wallis
- The Harmonies of the World: V, by Johannes Kepler and Charles Glenn Wallis
Contents:
- The Confessions, by Augustine and R.S. Pine-Coffin
- The City of God, by Augustine and Marcus Dods
- On Christian Doctrine, by Augustine and J.F. Shaw
Contents:
- Summa Theologica, by Thomas Aquinas and Father Laurence Shapcote
Contents:
- Summa Theologica, continued, by Thomas Aquinas and Father Laurence Shapcote
Contents:
- The Divine Comedy, by Dante and Charles S. Singleton
- Troilus and Criseyde, by Geoffrey Chaucer and Nevill Coghill
- The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer and Nevill Coghill
Contents:
- Institutes of the Christian Religion, by John Calvin and Henry Beveridge
Volume 21: Machiavelli. Hobbes
- Authors: Nicolò Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Nelle Fuller and W.K. Marriott
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 296
Contents:
- The Prince, by Nicolò Machiavelli and W.K. Marriott
- Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes and Nelle Fuller
Contents:
- Gargantua and Pantagruel, by François Rabelais, Sir Thomas Urquhart, and Peter Motteux
Volume 23: Erasmus. Montaigne
- Authors: Desiderius Erasmus and Michel de Montaigne
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Donald M. Frame and Betty Radice
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 609
Contents:
- Praise of Folly, by Desiderius Erasmus and Betty Radice
- Essays, by Michel de Montaigne and Donald M. Frame
Contents:
- The Plays and Sonnets, vol. 1, by William Shakespeare
Contents:
- The Plays and Sonnets, vol. 2, by William Shakespeare
Volume 26: Gilbert. Galileo. Harvey
- Authors: William Gilbert, Galileo Galilei, and William Harvey
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Henry Crew, Alfonso de Salvio, P. Fleury Mottelay, and Robert Willis
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 510
Contents:
- On the Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies, by William Gilbert and P. Fleury Mottelay
- Concerning the Two New Sciences, by Galileo Galilei, Henry Crew, and Alfonso de Salvio
- On the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals, by William Harvey and Robert Willis
- On the Circulation of the Blood, by William Harvey and Robert Willis
- On the Generation of Animals, by William Harvey and Robert Willis
Contents:
- The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha, by Miguel de Cervantes and Samuel Putnam
Volume 28: Bacon. Descartes. Spinoza
- Authors: Francis Bacon, René Descartes, and Benedict de Spinoza
- Editors: Mortimer J. Adler and A.H. Stirling
- Translators: Elizabeth S. Haldane, Marcia L. Latham, G.R.T. Ross, David Eugene Smith, and W.H. White
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 711
Contents:
- Advancement of Learning, by Francis Bacon
- Novum Organum, by Francis Bacon
- New Atlantis, by Francis Bacon
- Rules for the Direction of the Mind, by René Descartes, Elizabeth S. Haldane, and G.R.T. Ross
- Discourse on the Method, by René Descartes, Elizabeth S. Haldane, and G.R.T. Ross
- Meditations on First Philosophy, by René Descartes, Elizabeth S. Haldane, and G.R.T. Ross
- Objections Against the Meditations and Replies, by René Descartes, Elizabeth S. Haldane, and G.R.T. Ross
- The Geometry, by René Descartes, David Eugene Smith, and Marcia L. Latham
- Ethics, by Benedict de Spinoza and W.H. White
Contents:
- English Minor Poems, by John Milton
- Paradise Lost, by John Milton
- Samson Agonistes, by John Milton
- Areopagitica, by John Milton
Contents:
- The Provincial Letters, by Blaise Pascal
- Pensées, by Blaise Pascal
- Scientific Treatises, by Blaise Pascal
Volume 31: Molière. Racine
- Authors: Molière and Jean Racine
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Morris Bishop, Wallace Fowlie, Samuel Solomon, and John Wood
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 379
Contents:
- The School for Wives, by Molière and Morris Bishop
- The Critique of the School for Wives, by Molière and Morris Bishop
- Tartuffe, by Molière and Morris Bishop
- Don Juan, by Molière and John Wood
- The Miser, by Molière and Wallace Fowlie
- The Would-Be Gentleman, by Molière and Morris Bishop
- The Would-Be Invalid, by Molière and Morris Bishop
- Berenice, by Jean Racine and Samuel Solomon
- Phaedra, by Jean Racine and Samuel Solomon
Contents:
- Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, by Sir Isaac Newton and Andrew Mott
- Optics, by Sir Isaac Newton
- Treatise on Light, by Christiaan Huygens and Silvanus P. Thompson
Contents:
- A Letter Concerning Toleration, by John Locke and William Popple
- Second Essay on Civil Government, by John Locke
- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, by John Locke
- The Principles of Human Knowledge, by George Berkeley
- An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, by David Hume
Volume 34: Swift. Voltaire. Diderot
- Authors: Jonathan Swift, Voltaire, and Denis Diderot
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Jacques Brazu and Peter Gay
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 325
Contents:
- Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift
- Candide, by Voltaire and Peter Gay
- Rameau’s Nepew, by Denis Diderot and Jacques Brazu
Volume 35: Montesquieu. Rousseau
- Authors: Montesquieu and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Editors: Mortimer J. Adler and J.V. Prichard
- Translators: G.D.H. Cole and Thomas Nugent
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 461
Contents:
- The Spirit of Laws, by Montesquieu and Thomas Nugent
- A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and G.D.H. Cole
- A Discourse on Political Economy, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and G.D.H. Cole
- The Social Contract, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and G.D.H. Cole
Contents:
- An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, by Adam Smith
Contents:
- The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. 1, by Edward Gibbon
Contents:
- The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. 2, by Edward Gibbon
Volume 39: Kant
- Author: Immanuel Kant
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, W. Hastie, J.M.D. Meiklejohn, and James Creed Meredith
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 625
Contents:
- The Critique of Pure Reason, by Immanuel Kant and J.M.D. Meiklejohn
- Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, by Immanuel Kant and Thomas Kingsmill Abbott
- The Critique of Practical Reason, by Immanuel Kant and Thomas Kingsmill Abbott
- Preface and Introduction to the Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, With a Note on Conscience, by Immanuel Kant and Thomas Kingsmill Abbott
- General Introduction to the Metaphysic of Morals, by Immanuel Kant and W. Hastie
- The Science of Right, by Immanuel Kant and W. Hastie
- The Critique of Judgement, by Immanuel Kant and James Creed Meredith
Volume 40: American State Papers. Federalist. J.S. Mill
- Authors: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, and John Stuart Mill
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 487
Contents:
- Declaration of Independence
- Articles of Confederation
- The Constitution
- The Federalist, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
- On Liberty, by John Stuart Mill
- Representative Government, by John Stuart Mill
- Utilitarianism, by John Stuart Mill
Contents:
- The Life of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell
Contents:
- Elements of Chemistry, by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier and Robert Kerr
- Experimental Researches in Electricity, by Michael Faraday
Volume 43: Hegel. Kierkegaard. Nietzsche
- Authors: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Søren Kierkegaard, and Friedrich Nietzsche
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Walter Lowrie, T.M. Knox, Walter Lowrie, and J. Sibree
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 559
Contents:
- The Philosophy of Right, by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and T.M. Knox
- The Philosophy of History, by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and J. Sibree
- Fear and Trembling, by Søren Kierkegaard and Walter Lowrie
- Beyond Good and Evil, by Friedrich Nietzsche and Walter Lowrie
Contents:
- Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville and George Lawrence
Volume 45: Goethe. Balzac
- Authors: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Honoré de Balzac
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Marion Ayton Crawford and Philip Wayne
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 392
Contents:
- Faust, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Philip Wayne
- Cousin Bette, by Honoré de Balzac and Marion Ayton Crawford
Contents:
- Emma, by Jane Austen
- Middlemarch, by George Eliot
Contents:
- Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens
Contents:
- Moby Dick; or, The Whale, by Herman Melville
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
Contents:
- The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, by Charles Darwin
- The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, by Charles Darwin
Volume 50: Marx. Engels
- Authors: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
- Editors: Mortimer J. Adler, Friedrich Engels, Marie Sachey, and Herbert Lamm
- Translators: Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 447
Contents:
- Capital, by Karl Marx, Samuel Moore, and Edward Aveling
- Manifesto of the Communist Party, by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, and Samuel Moore
Contents:
- War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude, and Aylmer Maude
Volume 52: Dostoevsky. Ibsen
- Authors: Fyodor Dostoevsky and Henrik Ibsen
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Jens Arup, Constance Garnett, and James W. McFarlane
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 609
Contents:
- The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Constance Garnett
- A Doll’s House, by Henrik Ibsen and James W. McFarlane
- The Wild Duck, by Henrik Ibsen and James W. McFarlane
- Hedda Gabler, by Henrik Ibsen and Jens Arup
- The Master Builder, by Henrik Ibsen and James W. McFarlane
Contents:
- The Principles of Psychology, by William James
Volume 54: Freud
- Author: Sigmund Freud
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Cecil M. Baines, A.A. Brill, Harry W. Chase, E.B.M. Herford, C.J.M. Hubback, E. Colburn Mayne, Joan Riviere, W.J.H. Sprott, Alix Strachey, and James Strachey
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 892
Contents:
- The Origin and Development of Psycho-analysis (1910), by Sigmund Freud and Harry W. Chase
- Selected Papers on Hysteria (chapters 1–10) (1893–1908), by Sigmund Freud and A.A. Brill
- The Future Prospects of Psycho-analytic Therapy (1910), by Sigmund Freud and Joan Riviere
- Observations on “Wild” Psycho-analysis (1910), by Sigmund Freud and Joan Riviere
- The Interpretation of Dreams (1900), by Sigmund Freud and A.A. Brill
- On Narcissism (1914), by Sigmund Freud and Cecil M. Baines
- Instincts and Their Vicissitudes (1915), by Sigmund Freud and Cecil M. Baines
- Repression (1915), by Sigmund Freud and Cecil M. Baines
- The Unconscious (1915), by Sigmund Freud and Cecil M. Baines
- A General Introduction to Psycho-analysis (1915–17), by Sigmund Freud and Joan Riviere
- Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920), by Sigmund Freud and C.J.M. Hubback
- Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego (1921), by Sigmund Freud and James Strachey
- The Ego and the Id (1923), by Sigmund Freud and Joan Riviere
- Inhibitions, Symptoms, and Anxiety (1926), by Sigmund Freud and Alix Strachey
- Thoughts for the Times on War and Death (1915), by Sigmund Freud and E. Colburn Mayne
- Civilization and Its Discontents (1929), by Sigmund Freud and Joan Riviere
- New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-analysis (1932), by Sigmund Freud and W.J.H. Sprott
Volume 55: 20th Century Philosophy and Religion
- Authors: William James, Henri Bergson, John Dewey, Alfred North Whitehead, Bertrand Russell, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Karl Barth
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: G.E.M. Anscombe, Alan Crick, Douglas Horton, R.F.C. Hull, and T.E. Hulme
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 570
Contents:
- Pragmatism, by William James
- An Introduction to Metaphysics, by Henri Bergson and T.E. Hulme
- Experience and Education, by John Dewey
- Science and the Modern World, by Alfred North Whitehead
- The Problems of Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell
- What Is Metaphysics?, by Martin Heidegger, R.F.C. Hull, and Alan Crick
- Philosophical Investigations, by Ludwig Wittgenstein and G.E.M. Anscombe
- The Word of God and the Word of Man, by Karl Barth and Douglas Horton
Volume 56: 20th Century Natural Science
- Authors: Henri Poincaré, Max Planck, Alfred North Whitehead, Albert Einstein, Arthur Eddington, Niels Bohr, G.H. Hardy, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, Theodosius Dobzhansky, and C.H. Waddington
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Frank Gaynor, William John Greenstreet, and Robert W. Lawson
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 765
Contents:
- Science and Hypothesis, by Henri Poincaré and William John Greenstreet
- Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers, by Max Planck and Frank Gaynor
- An Introduction to Mathematics, by Alfred North Whitehead
- Relativity: The Special and the General Theory, by Albert Einstein and Robert W. Lawson
- The Expanding Universe, by Arthur Eddington
- Selections from Atomic Theory and the Description of Nature, by Niels Bohr
- Discussion with Einstein on Epistemological Problems in Atomic Physics, by Niels Bohr
- A Mathematician’s Apology, by G.H. Hardy
- Physics and Philosophy, by Werner Heisenberg
- What Is Life?, by Erwin Schrödinger
- Genetics and the Origin of Species, by Theodosius Dobzhansky
- The Nature of Life, by C.H. Waddington
Contents:
- The Theory of the Leisure Class, by Thorstein Veblen
- The Acquisitive Society, by R.H. Tawney
- The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, by John Maynard Keynes
Volume 58: 20th Century Social Science II
- Authors: James George Frazer, Max Weber, Johan Huizinga, and Claude Lévi-Strauss
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: H.H. Gerth, Frederik Jan Hopman, Claire Jacobson, C. Wright Mills, and Brooke Grundfest Schoepf
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 547
Contents:
- Selections from The Golden Bough, by James George Frazer
- Selections from Essays in Sociology, by Max Weber, H.H. Gerth, and C. Wright Mills
- The Waning of the Middle Ages, by Johan Huizinga and Frederik Jan Hopman
- Selections from Structural Anthropology, by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Claire Jacobson, and Brooke Grundfest Schoepf
Volume 59: 20th Century Imaginative Literature I
- Authors: Henry James, George Bernard Shaw, Joseph Conrad, Anton Chekhov, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust, Willa Cather, Thomas Mann, and James Joyce
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Elisaveta Fen, Terence Kilmartin, H.T. Lowe-Porter, C.K. Scott Moncrieff, Edward Storer
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 669
Contents:
- The Beast in the Jungle, by Henry James
- Saint Joan, by George Bernard Shaw
- Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad
- Uncle Vania, by Anton Chekhov and Elisaveta Fen
- Six Characters in Search of an Author, by Luigi Pirandello and Edward Storer
- Swann in Love (from Remembrance of Things Past), by Marcel Proust, C.K. Scott Moncrieff, and Terence Kilmartin
- A Lost Lady, by Willa Cather
- Death in Venice, by Thomas Mann and H.T. Lowe-Porter
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce
Volume 60: 20th Century Imaginative Literature II
- Authors: Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka, D.H. Lawrence, T.S. Eliot, Eugene O’Neill, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Bertolt Brecht, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, and Samuel Beckett
- Editor: Mortimer J. Adler
- Translators: Ralph Manheim, Edwin Muir, and Willa Muir
- Edition: 2nd
- Series: Great Books of the Western World
- Publisher: Encyclopædia Britannica
- Publication Date: 1990
- Pages: 595
Contents:
- To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf
- The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, Willa Muir, and Edwin Muir
- The Prussian Officer, by D.H. Lawrence
- The Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot
- Mourning Becomes Electra, by Eugene O’Neill
- The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- A Rose for Emily, by William Faulkner
- Mother Courage and Her Children, by Bertolt Brecht and Ralph Manheim
- The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, by Ernest Hemingway
- Animal Farm, by George Orwell
- Waiting for Godot, by Samuel Beckett
About Mortimer J. Adler
Mortimer Jerome Adler (December 28, 1902–June 28, 2001) was a philosopher, professor, and editor. He taught the philosophy of law at the University of Chicago, served as director of the Institute for Philosophical Research, and was the chairman and cofounder of the Center for the Study of The Great Ideas. Adler is well-known for his contributions to the Great Books of the Western World series and his advocacy for liberal arts education.
Mortimer Adler was also the author of several books, including How to Read a Book, The Revolution in Education, and Aristotle for Everyone. Adler was the editor of the 10-volume Gateway to the Great Books, director of planning for the 15th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, and served as the chairman of Encyclopædia Britannica’s board of editors.