Great Works Scholar Group: November 2014

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

November week 4 - An Invitation to Pain

Read: An Invitation to Pain by Adler
Read: chapter 7 of The Problem of Pain by C. S. Lewis
Bring your notes to class
Write a discussion question below

Thursday, November 13, 2014

November Week 3 - The Sacred Beetle

1. Read The Sacred Beetle by Henri Fabre - Volume 8 pages 94-96 and 105-119
I loved this reading! I hope you guys have as much fun as I did :-) (If you are reading it online - the link takes you to the entire book, just read chapter 1)
*if you have time you can also read A Laboratory of the Open Fields by the same author (pages 97-104).
2. Read Earth In the Beginning Chapter 6 - The Spirit Earth is Created
3. Write a favorite quote and discussion question below

Monday, November 10, 2014

November Week 2 - A Plea for Captain John Brown

-Read A Plea for Captain John Brown - Great Books Volume 6 pages 714-746 and bring your notes to class.
-Post a question below by Tuesday at 9pm

Note on the Great Books Readings

If you are new to reading from the Great Books set –
you may want to set yourself a time goal instead of a goal to finish the reading.

For example, you may choose to devote 20 minutes a day to reading the Plutarch article – looking up words and understanding what he has to say. You may just get through a few pages by the end of the week, but it would be better that you come to class having read and understood 4 pages than having read and not understood the entire 20 pages.

You are growing your brain like a muscle – so stretch yourself and work hard, but not to the point of frustration. When you feel you have reached your limit – push a little more – and then let yourself take a break. This will grow your brain much more than pushing through it in frustration.

Ideas for Understanding a Reading

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