The Skeptic’s Guide to the Great Books

Short Review: I like the idea of Great Courses, but they are not always what I am looking for. This was a mix of two parts. The first part was 7 lectures on lesser known great books. Ones that are more approachable and shorter than some of their better known but more intimidating cousins. I had not read any of these seven books, although I was sort of familiar with two of them.

The second part of the course was five books that were outside of the great books cannon because of genre but were themselves pretty important and worth reading. Of those five I had read three and was familiar with the other two. The second part was more enjoyable and I think I got more out of because I was learning more about the context of the books.

I was really wanting something more like How to read like a professor. And this was not that.


my only slightly longer review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/skeptics-guide-to-the-great-books/