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Has anyone here read the Harvard Universal Classics, aka Dr. Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf?

It sounds like the quickest path to big-braindom, and it even starts with the greeks

>> No.13097599

Might try

>> No.13097600

>>13097573
emerson? and who is burns? other wise the rest look good

>> No.13097606

>>13097573
outdated translation, available free online e

>> No.13097607

>>13097600
>who is burns?

>> No.13097608

>reading selections picked by someone else
>big-braindom

>> No.13097610

>>13097573
Yeah, most of it is not hard. You only need 15 minutes a day.

>> No.13097627
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Vol. 1-10
1.1 Vol. 1: FRANKLIN, WOOLMAN, PENN
1.2 Vol. 2. PLATO, EPICTETUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
1.3 Vol. 3. BACON, MILTON'S PROSE, THOS. BROWNE
1.4 Vol. 4. COMPLETE POEMS IN ENGLISH, MILTON
1.5 Vol. 5. ESSAYS AND ENGLISH TRAITS, EMERSON
1.6 Vol. 6. POEMS AND SONGS, BURNS
1.7 Vol. 7. CONFESSIONS OF ST. AUGUSTINE, IMITATION OF CHRIST
1.8 Vol. 8. NINE GREEK DRAMAS
1.9 Vol. 9. LETTERS AND TREATISES OF CICERO AND PLINY
1.10 Vol. 10. WEALTH OF NATIONS, ADAM SMITH
2 Vol. 11-20
2.1 Vol. 11. ORIGIN OF SPECIES, DARWIN
2.2 Vol. 12. PLUTARCH'S LIVES
2.3 Vol. 13. AENEID, VIRGIL
2.4 Vol. 14. DON QUIXOTE, PART 1, CERVANTES
2.5 Vol. 15. PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, DONNE & HERBERT, BUNYAN, WALTON
2.6 Vol. 16. THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS
2.7 Vol. 17. FOLKLORE AND FABLE, AESOP, GRIMM, ANDERSEN
2.8 Vol. 18. MODERN ENGLISH DRAMA
2.9 Vol. 19. FAUST, EGMONT, ETC. DOCTOR FAUSTUS, GOETHE, MARLOWE
2.10 Vol. 20. THE DIVINE COMEDY, DANTE
3 Vol. 21-30
3.1 Vol. 21. I PROMESSI SPOSI, MANZONI
3.2 Vol. 22. THE ODYSSEY, HOMER
3.3 Vol. 23. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST, DANA
3.4 Vol. 24. ON THE SUBLIME, FRENCH REVOLUTION, ETC., BURKE
3.5 Vol. 25. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, ETC., ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES, J.S. MILL, T. CARLYLE
3.6 Vol. 26. CONTINENTAL DRAMA
3.7 Vol. 27. ENGLISH ESSAYS: SIDNEY TO MACAULAY
3.8 Vol. 28. ESSAYS: ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
3.9 Vol. 29. VOYAGE OF THE BEAGLE, DARWIN
3.10 Vol. 30. FARADAY, HELMHOLTZ, KELVIN, NEWCOMB, ETC
4 Vol. 31-39
4.1 Vol. 31. AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BENVENUTO CELLINI
4.2 Vol. 32. LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS
4.3 Vol. 33. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS
4.4 Vol. 34. FRENCH AND ENGLISH PHILOSOPHERS, DESCARTES, VOLTAIRE, ROUSSEAU, HOBBES
4.5 Vol. 35. CHRONICLE AND ROMANCE, FROISSART, MALORY, HOLINSHEAD
4.6 Vol. 36. MACHIAVELLI, MORE, LUTHER
4.7 Vol. 37. LOCKE, BERKELEY, HUME
4.8 Vol. 38. HARVEY, JENNER, LISTER, PASTEUR
4.9 Vol. 39. PREFACES AND PROLOGUES TO FAMOUS BOOKS
5 Vol. 40
5.1 Vol. 40. ENGLISH POETRY 1: CHAUCER TO GRAY
6 Vol. 41
6.1 Vol. 41. ENGLISH POETRY 2: COLLINS TO FITZGERALD
7 Vol. 42
7.1 Vol. 42. ENGLISH POETRY 3: TENNYSON TO WHITMAN
8 Vol. 43-49
8.1 Vol. 43. AMERICAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
8.2 Vol. 44. SACRED WRITINGS: VOLUME I
8.3 Vol. 45. SACRED WRITINGS: VOLUME II
8.4 Vol. 46. ELIZABETHAN DRAMA 1
8.5 Vol. 47. ELIZABETHAN DRAMA 2
8.6 Vol. 48. THOUGHTS AND MINOR WORKS, PASCAL
8.7 Vol. 49. EPIC AND SAGA
9 Vol. 50
9.1 Vol. 50. INTRODUCTION, READER'S GUIDE, INDEXES

>> No.13097632

Eliot had stated in speeches that the elements of a liberal education could be obtained by spending 15 minutes a day reading from a collection of books that could fit on a five-foot shelf. (Originally he had said a three-foot shelf.) The publisher P. F. Collier and Son saw an opportunity and challenged Eliot to make good on this statement by selecting an appropriate collection of works, and the Harvard Classics was the result.

>> No.13098651

Bump for interest

>> No.13099187

>>13097627
Does it include "My Diary, Desu" by Anonymous?

>> No.13099195

I have a couple of the books and the translations are shit. The Meditations has a bunch of thees and thous, it reads like the King James bible. I can't even imagine what the more difficult texts like the Divine Comedy read like but I'm sure it's not the sort of thing you recommend for a first time reader. You're better off just getting individual books.

>> No.13099199

>>13097600
>who is burns?

>> No.13099206

>>13099195
>the translations are shit
>it reads like the King James Bible
Pick one

>> No.13099221

>>13099206
My top priority in reading anything is to understand it, and that's how I measure translations. If your goal is to understand the text, the King James is a shitty translation of the bible. I think it's prime reason protestants believe in so much silly shit.

>> No.13099324

>>13097573
good GOD this is some psued shit.

>>13099206
this better be a shitpost.

>> No.13099381

>>13099221
Im sorry lemme go pay for fucking forgiveness and oh shit I must be behind in my monthly child rape scandal quota

>> No.13100709

>>13099195
>the translations are shit. The Meditations has a bunch of thees and thous
the brainlet post

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>>13099206
>>13100709
>colloquial English bad

>> No.13101076

>>13100719
Nice selfieposting

>> No.13101079

>>13097632
>15 min a day

But for how long ?

>> No.13101089

>>13099187
I hope so that is a modern classic

>> No.13101118
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>>13100719
>I can only read colloquial English