Readings in Western Culture - Great Conversations 4




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ClassGraphic Expand your understanding in dialogue with others equally interested in exploring the Western cannon by reading selections curated by the Great Books Foundation. Discussions encourage participants to exchange ideas generated by some of our culture's most thought-provoking writers, from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, to the Enlightenment to contemporary America. Selections include prose, drama, philosophy, poetry, and essays. For the Spring 2026 semester, we will use Great Conversations 4 (Great Books Foundation, 2008). We will also read Candide by Voltaire in its entirety; any edition or publisher is acceptable. Other authors include Plato, Kant, Thoreau, Shaw, Chekov, and O’Brien. Please join us for lively and thought-provoking discussions.
 

Class Details

14 Session(s)
Weekly - Thu

Location
Wieboldt Hall

Instructor
Multiple

Tuition: 

$0.00

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Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
3/5/2026 - 6/4/2026 Weekly - Thu 09:45 AM - 11:45 AM Chicago, Wieboldt Hall  Map Marcie Marcovitz  ; Nancy Kelly Martin  ; Anita Fript 

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