The Great ideas today, 1991
By: Mortimer J. Adler, editor
Contributors: Whewell, William, 1794-1866; Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904
Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780852295502
Subjects: Protected DAISY; Accessible book
Other titles: Biology of immune responses.; Twentieth-century dance.; New Pythagoreans III: The scientists of the mind (part two); Great books and liberal arts.; Transcultural and the multicultural.; State of Christian theology in North America.; Music as a liberal art.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface. I. Current developments in the arts and sciences. The biology of immune responses / Michael Edidin; title: Twentieth-century dance / Sally Banes. II. Reconsiderations of great books and ideas. The new Pythagoreans III: The scientists of the mind (part two) / Thomas K. Simpson; title: Great books and liberal arts / Otto Bird; title: The transcultural and the multicultural / Mortimer J. Adler. III. Special features. The state of Christian theology in North America / William J. Abraham; title: Music as a liberal art / Bruce Venable. IV. Additions to the great books library. The making of the Bill of Rights, 1791 / arranged by George Anastaplo; title: Concerning liberal education / William Whewell; title: Ward Number Six / Anton Chekhov.