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Great books of the Western World
Robert Maynard Hutchins, editor in chief
Encyclopædia Britannica, c1952
Founders' ed
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"This is the Founders' edition of Great books of the Western World, limited to 500 numbered copies signied by the editor."--V. 1, p. 1
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1
- The principles of psychology
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by William James
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 53 Available at 3 libraries
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2
- The Brothers Karamazov
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by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky ; translated by Constance Garnett
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 52 Available at 3 libraries
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3
- War and peace
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by Leo Tolstoy ; translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 51 Available at 3 libraries
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4
- Capital . Manifesto of the communist party
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by Karl Marx ; [translated from the third German edition by Samuel Moore and Edward Aveling] ; edited by Friedrich Engels ; [revised, with additional translation from the fourth German edition by Marie Sachey and Herbert Lamm] . by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels ; [translated by Samuel Moore ; and edited by Friedrich Engels]
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 50 Available at 3 libraries
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5
- The origin of species by means of natural selection ; The descent of man and selection in relation to sex
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by Charles Darwin
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 49 Available at 3 libraries
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6
- Moby-Dick, or, The whale
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by Herman Melville
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 48 Available at 4 libraries
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7
- Faust : parts one and two
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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; translated by George Madison Priest
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 47 Available at 3 libraries
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8
- The philosophy of right ; The philosophy of history
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by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel ; [translated by T.M. Knox and J. Sibree]
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 46 Available at 3 libraries
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9
- Elements of chemistry . Analytical theory of heat . Experimental researches in electricity
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by Antoine Laurent Lavoisier ; [translated by Robert Kerr] . by Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier ; [translated by Alexander Freeman] . by Michael Faraday
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 45 Available at 3 libraries
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10
- Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
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by James Boswell
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 44 Available at 4 libraries
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11
- American state papers . The federalist . On liberty ; Representative government ; Utilitarianism
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. by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay . by John Stuart Mill
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 43 Available at 3 libraries
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12
- The critique of pure reason ; The critique of practical reason and other ethical treatises ; The critique of judgement
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by Immanuel Kant
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 42 Available at 3 libraries
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13
- The decline and fall of the Roman Empire
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by Edward Gibbon
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 40-41 v. 1 , v. 2
Available at 3 libraries
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14
- An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations
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by Adam Smith
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 39 Available at 4 libraries
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15
- The spirit of laws . On the origin of inequality ; On political economy ; The social contract
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by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu ; [translated by Thomas Nugent ; revised by J.V. Prichard] . by Jean Jacques Rousseau ; [translated by G.D.H. Cole]
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 38 Available at 3 libraries
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16
- The history of Tom Jones : a foundling
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by Henry Fielding
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 37 Available at 3 libraries
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17
- Gulliver's travels . Tristram Shandy
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by Jonathan Swift . by Laurence Sterne
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 36 Available at 3 libraries
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18
- A letter concerning toleration ; Concerning civil government, second essay ; An essay concerning human understanding . The principles of human knowledge . An enquiry concerning human understanding
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by John Locke . by George Berkeley . by David Hume
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 35 Available at 3 libraries
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19
- Mathematical principles of natural philosophy ; Optics . Treatise on light
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by Sir Isaac Newton . by Christiaan Huygens ; [translated by Silvanus P. Thompson]
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 34 Available at 3 libraries
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20
- The provincial letters ; Pensées ; Scientific treatises
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by Blaise Pascal ; [translated by Thomas M'Crie ... at al.]
Encyclopædia Britannica c1952 Founders' ed Great books of the Western World / Robert Maynard Hutchins,
editor in chief 33 Available at 3 libraries