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In Great Books, Denby lives the common adult fantasy of returning to school with some worldly knowledge and experience of life. A gifted story-teller, he leads us on a glorious tour - by turns eloquent, witty, and moving - through the works themselves and through his experiences as a middle-aged man among freshmen. He recounts his failures and triumphs as a reader and student (taking an exam led to a hilarious near-breakdown). He celebrates his rediscovery...
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At college campuses across the country, a debate is raging: should we teach the traditional classics of western civilization, as the foundation of all our thought? Or is it cultural elitism to ignore the contributions of women, minorities, and the Third World? In this program with Bill Moyers, John Searle, professor of philosophy at the Univ. of California -- one of the foremost champions of the causes of rationality, intelligence, and the teaching...
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