I wanna do the "start with the greeks" meme but I'm not sure what to read. I came across this list below about the great books of the wester world: logos.com/product/55052/great-books-of-the-western-world It seems good but I wanted to know if it was a exhaustive collection. Reason being is that I'm a absolute autistic completist that wants to have the full history so that I don't feel as though I'm missing something.
So, if this list isn't complete enough, can you guys please recommend be all the books I should read? I'm aiming to read a books a week and don't mind even if it's gonna take me years. Also, none of that start with the greek infographs of books to read. That's because I know damn well those things aren't exhaustive and like I said earlier, I'm a completist autist that likes to read all of a certain genre.
Matthew Cooper
You can download pdfs of all those works for free
Ayden Rodriguez
I know but is it exhaustive enough? I there is more, what should I read?
Dominic Murphy
The authors are good. Ignore the science and math stuff unless youre interested in the history of those things.
However its far from a complete collection of their works (e.g. war and peace and no anna karenina, PI and no tractatus, and so on)
Landon Davis
at approximately 8 bucks a book i'd be questioning the quality of this set.
Ryan Powell
So, how do I fill the gaps?
Carson Cruz
Here's an idea >Start with the Sumerians >Advance to the Akkadians >Bask in the Babylonians >Engage with the Egyptians >Commune with the Chinese >Gorge on the Greeks >Proceed to the Persians >Revel in the Romans >Continue with the Christians >Navigate the Nicceans >Breathe in the Byzantines >Assimilate the Arabs >Mature with the Muslims >Succumb to the Sufis >Internalize the Indians >Binge on the Buddhists >Meddle with the Mayans >Acquaint with the Aztecs >Peruse the Peruvians >Study the Spanish >Tango with the Tibetans >Seize the Sardinians >Follow through with the French >Germinate with the Germanics >Rush through the Russians >Achieve with the Americans >Avoid the Anglos >Investigate the Italians >Hurry through the Hungarians >Dabble in the Danish >Ponder the Polish >Consider the Croatians >Suck in the Swiss >Inquire with the Irish >Wash in the Welsh >Investigate the Italians >Mull over the Maltese >Brood over the Belgians >Tolerate the Turkish >Scrutinize the Serbians >Nonce with the Nazis >Transcend the traditionalists >Dialogue with the deconstructionists >Misfit with the modernists >Promenade to the postmodernists
Jacob Price
Don't do a planned reading list, you don't have the context to know what you'll need or want to read next.
The Odyssey and Illiad are the best bedrock, followed by Plato's Socratic dialogues (Apologia, Phaedo and Crito) and then The Republic if you can get behind Plato's style. The pre-Socratics can be basically understood by trawling Wikipedia, but after Homer and the Socratic Dialogues the Greeks (and all of the Canon) becomes a sprawling CYOA.
Carson Wood
>Doesn't even contain Ovid How could you make such a foolish omission?
Jack Ward
Hesiod->Homer->Herodotus->Pre-Socratics->Thucydides->Aeschylus->Sophocles->Plato->Aristotle No Fagles Loeb are always good Lattimore is terse Fitzgerald takes some liberties Pope writes his own Homer
