Dead white guys : a father, his daughter, and the great books of the Western world

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  • Author: Burriesci, Matt
    Contributor:

    James, Lloyd

    Summary:

    After his daughter was born prematurely in 2010, Burriesci set out to write a book for her eighteenth birthday. In short, honest letters, Burriesci teaches his daughter about thirty-two great books, from Plato to Karl Marx, and how their lessons have applied to his life.

    Contents:
    • Preface: Dear Violet
    • 1. What Do I Know? Plato, Apology
    • 2. When Is It Right To Do The Wrong Thing? Plato, Crito
    • 3. Have We Become Gods? Aristophanes, The Clouds
    • 4. Is There Any Justice In The World? Plato, Republic
    • 5. What Is The Happiness? Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book I
    • 6. Is The Customer King? Aristotle, Politics, Book I
    • 7. Who Should Be In Charge? Plutarch, The Life of Lycurgus
    • 8. The State As Church Plutarch, The Life of Numa Pompilius
    • 9. Punch The Bully In The Face Plutarch, The Life of Alexander
    • 10. Hubris Plutarch, The Life of Julius Caesar
    • 11. What Would Jesus Do? St. Matthew, The Gospel of Jesus Christ
    • 12. Can People Change? St. Luke, The Acts of the Apostles
    • 13. How Can God Let Bad Things Happen? St. Augustine, The Confessions
    • 14. Do The Ends Justify The Means? Machiavelli, The Prince
    • 15. What's Your Major? Montaigne, Of the Education of Children
    • 16. Is America Exceptional? Montaigne, Of Cannibals
    • 17. What Am I Afraid? Montaigne, That the Relish of Good and Evil Depends in Great Measure Upon the Opinion We Have of Them
    • 18. What Don't I Know? Montaigne, That It Is Folly to Measure Truth and Error by Our Own Capacity
    • 19. What If Life Is Meaningless? William Shakespeare, Hamlet
    • 20. What Is Government For? John Locke, Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government
    • 21. What's Best For Everyone? Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
    • 22. Are Gods Immortal? Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapters 15-16
    • 23. What Are "American Values"? Various, including Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, The Declaration of Independence
    • 24. Your Rights* *Subject To Change At Any Time. Various, The Constitution of the United States
    • 25. Is Greed Good? Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
    • 26. Does Capitalism Work? Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party
    • Bibliography
    • About The Author.
    Genre: Essays, Literary arts
    Original Publisher: [Ashland, Oregon] , Blackstone Publishing
    Language(s): English
    ISBN:

    9781481531382

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    1481531387

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    9781481531405

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    1481531409

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James, Lloyd

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After his daughter was born prematurely in 2010, Burriesci set out to write a book for her eighteenth birthday. In short, honest letters, Burriesci teaches his daughter about thirty-two great books, from Plato to Karl Marx, and how their lessons have applied to his life.

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Essays
Literary arts
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[Ashland, Oregon]

Blackstone Publishing

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