Book 3 of Encyclopedia Britannica - Great Books of the Western World Author: Mortimer J. Adler

The Great Ideas: Volume 2 (Syntopicon II)

Overview

Volume 3 of the Great Books of the Western World is the second part of the Syntopicon. It continues the topical index begun in Volume 2, covering the remaining 52 “Great Ideas” (51-102).

Ideas Included (51-102)

51. Man to 102. World

List of Ideas:

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, Universal and Particular, Virtue and Vice, War and Peace, Wealth, Will, Wisdom, World.

Appendices

Volume 3 also contains several important appendices for the entire set:

• Appendix I: Bibliography of Additional Readings: A master list of works cited in the “Additional Readings” sections.
• Appendix II: Syntopical Construction: An essay detailing the principles and methods used to construct the Syntopicon.
• Inventory of Terms: A cross-reference tool to help readers find specific topics within the 102 Great Ideas.

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