The Great Books of the Western World: A Complete Review
Earlier this year I bought the Great Books of the Western World collection for $150. After about a year of actually owning them, here's my honest review. In this video, I cover: What the Great Books collection is and why it matters The story of how I found my set The Syntopicon: a research tool that turns the Great Books into an encyclopedia of ideas What I've actually read from the collection in one year The pros and cons of owning this 60-volume set Why physical books matter for fighting "brain rot" culture If you're considering picking up a set or are just curious about the Great Books tradition, then this video is for you.

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The Book That Started It All

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The Great Books of the Western World: Bookshelf Tour

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A Tour of Callihan's Personal Library

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Why Leonardo was a saboteur, Gutenberg went broke, and Florence was weird – Ada Palmer

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James Madison's Library

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Mortimer Adler on Great Books of Western World

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Great books of the western world 2nd edition, compared to the first edition

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The Most Suppressed Books Explained in 25 Minutes

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How the Great Books fell out of favor

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Guide to collecting nice/fine books, Part 1: What is a nice book?

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Every Novel I Taught This Year

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How Reading the Great Books Affects You

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UNLOCKING THE WESTERN CANON: The Ultimate Guide to Classic Literature & Great Books

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Is Donald Trump A 'Fascist'? | Slavoj Zizek And Piers Morgan Debate

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TGC Ep. 5 | The Great Books Are Harder to Read Than We Thought...

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The history of our world in 18 minutes | David Christian | TED

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Does reading make you a better person? | Dominic Sandbrook | The New Society

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AMA with a Classicist with a 20,000 Book Library (Complete Loebs, rare Latin & Greek books)

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Britannica Great Books of the Western World: book design pros and cons

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