Del Mar Great Books
Del Mar Great Books Reading and Discussion Group meets monthly at the Barnes and Noble bookstore in Del Mar Highlands shopping center at the corner of Del Mar Heights Road and El Camino Real. We use the Reading and Discussion plan published by the Great Books Foundation and have been meeting since 1990. The group alternates its readings between the traditional five year series published by the Foundation and the new 50th Anniversary series.
The date of our monthly meeting varies depending on the length of the next reading and is determined collectively at the end of the discussion, which runs from 7:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m.on a Friday evening.
We welcome new members.
SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING MEETINGS
January 11, 2008: FUENTES: The Two Shores CLA
February 1, 2008: DUBOIS: The Souls of Black Folks CLA
March 2008 meeting has been moved up to February 29,2008: TOLSTOY: Death of Ivan Ilych 3rd Ser. V. 3
April 11, 2008: SCHOPENHAUER: The Indestructibility of Our Inner Nature 4th Ser V.1
May 9, 2008: BIBLE: Genesis (Text is from great Books Adult 1st Series, volume 1; if using your Bible, read the following chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: 28-32, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11:1-9, 12,14: 1,2, 11-24, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22:1-19, 23)
June 6, 2008: LESSING: The Antheap CLA
July 18, 2008: EURIPIDES: Medea (Complete work) 4th Ser. V.1
August 2007: No Meeting
September 12, 2008: FORSTER: A Passage to India (Complete work)
October 17, 2008: WEBER: Spirit of Capitalism 4th Ser. V.1
November 2008: WALCOTT: The Schooner Flight CLA
December 2008: Bible: Job 4th Ser. V.1
Books Used: Great Books 3rd Series, ($28.95 for a three volume set),
Clashes of Culture (ADU-CLA) ($15.95, also available used at bn.com),
Great Books 4th Series (ADU-04) ($28.95 for a 3 volume set)
Forster: A Passage to India $14 ISBN 0-15-671142-7
Books (with the exceptions of the novels) can be ordered at www.greatbooks.org or by calling (800) 222-5870
Another Great Books Reading and Discussion Group also meets at the Downtown San Diego Public Library on Saturdays from 2-4 p.m. For more information, contact: RPurves@cox.net or check out their web page Go To This URL
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