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Great Books, Great Conversations
Wednesday, December 3 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Free
Location: via Zoom
Members and guests – Free!
The Village’s Great Books Great
Conversations program has been going strong for over 14 years!
Our conversations are modeled after the shared inquiry of and uses short readings published by the Great Books Foundation.
December Readings:
- “The Gospel of Wealth” by Andrew Carnegie
- “Self Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Compassion: The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel” by Sogyal Rinpoche
- “A Bed for the Night” by Bertolt Brecht
- “Four Traditions of Philanthropy” by Elizabeth Lynn and D. Susan Wisely
- “Misneh Torah” by Moses Maimonides
- “If All Who Have Begged Help” by Anna Akhmatova
Readings are found in the Giving section in “The Civically Engaged Reader” published by the Great Books Foundation Chicago and available on its website.
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