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This book discussion series provides an in-depth exploration of ideas from another age and their relevance to current times through the discussion of great books. Books have included Democracy in America (Alexis de Tocqueville), Apology, Nichomachean Ethics (Aristotle), Euthyphro and Crito (Plato), The Ideas of a University (Newman), Gulliver’s Travels (Swift), Beyond Good and Evil (Nietzsche), Second Treatise of Government (John Locke), The Confessions (St. Augustine) and Orthodoxy (G.K. Chesterton).

The cost is $25, including the book.

Tom Ventresca, Ph.D., director

Register your attendance by calling (816) 501-4025.

For more information, call The Center for Arts and Letters (816) 501-4607 or e-mail cynthia.cartwright@rockhurst.edu.

 
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