Pavlos Papadopoulos on X: "Right-wing (or at least non-leftist) critiques of Great Books 1. Fritz Wilhelmsen (The Great Books: Enemies of Wisdom). Books are means to understanding reality (esp philosophically); the GB approach fetishizes the means, substituting “knowledge of texts” for true wisdom 2." / X
Right-wing (or at least non-leftist) critiques of Great Books 1. Fritz Wilhelmsen (The Great Books: Enemies of Wisdom). Books are means to understanding reality (esp philosophically); the GB approach fetishizes the means, substituting “knowledge of texts” for true wisdom 2.
Pavlos Papadopoulos @pleonidasp Right-wing (or at least non-leftist) critiques of Great Books 1. Fritz Wilhelmsen (The Great Books: Enemies of Wisdom). Books are means to understanding reality (esp philosophically); the GB approach fetishizes the means, substituting “knowledge of texts” for true wisdom 2. John Senior (The Thousand Good Books). GB movement has failed because its students lack experience with (1) reality and (2) good books, and are thus deformed especially with respect to their imaginations; nothing wrong with GBs as such, or the GB movement except its timing and context; if you
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