Book Series
This year the New York Society for Ethical Culture is supporting three book discussion groups:
- Classic Great Books Discussion Series
- Great Books Discussion Series: Great Conversations I
- Afternoon Ethical Culture Reading Discussion Group
Classic Great Books Discussion Series
First Wednesdays of the Month - 7:30 P.M.
October 2007 - June 2008
| Date | Readings |
|---|---|
| October 3 | Moliere, The Misanthrope* Euripides, Medea* |
| November 7 | Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire* |
| December 5 | Schopenhauer, Indestructibility of our Inner Nature Weber, The Spirit of Capitalism |
| January 2 | Shaw, Caesar and Cleopatra* |
| February 6 | Bible, The Book of Job St. Augustine, The City of God |
| March 5 | Mill, Utilitarianism Plato, Symposium |
| April 2 | Shakespeare, The Tempest* |
| May 7 | Montaigne, Of Experience* Hamilton et al, The Federalist |
| June 4 | Gogol, The Overcoat* Diderot, Rameau's Nephew |
- * Complete work
- Approximately 100 pages reading monthly
- New participants may join the group at any time during the year
- Annual tuition, books, and refreshments:
- Members $30.00
- Nonmembers $40.00
- For further information, call:
- Larry Schiff at 917-749-0695 or
- Peter Boysen at 212-764-3645
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Great Books Discussion Series: Great Conversations I
Third Wednesdays of the month - 7:30 P.M.
September 20067 - June 2008
Facilitators: Dr. Charles Debrovner and Dr. Norma Hymes
| Date | Readings |
|---|---|
| September 19 | Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer |
| October 17 | Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class (selection) |
| November 21 | Carl Jung, The Stages of Life |
| December 19 | Tillie Olsen, Tell Me a Riddle |
| January 16 | Alice Munro, Boys and Girls |
| February 20 | Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave |
| March 19 | Saul Bellow, Seize the Day |
| April 16 | Leo Tolstoy, Hadji Murad |
| May 21 | To be decided |
| June 18 | To be decided |
- Books are now available at the New York Society for Ethical Culture
- Annual tuition, books, and refreshments:
- Members $25.00
- Nonmembers $30.00
- For further information, please call Norma Hynes 212-787-7234
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Afternoon Ethical Culture Reading Discussion Group
Second Wednesdays of the month - 3:00 p.m.
September 2007 - June 2008
Facilitators: Ileane Silver and May Del Rio Dorfman
| Date | Readings |
|---|---|
| September 12 | Shirley Hazzard, The Transit of Venus |
| October 10 | Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go |
| November 14 | Orhan Pamuk, Snow |
| December 12 | Philip Roth, I Married A Communist |
| January 9 | John Banville, The Sea |
| February 13 | Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Idiot |
| March 12 | Jose Saramego, Blindness |
| April 9 | Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls |
| May 14 | Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart |
| June 11 | Milan Kundera, Book of Laughter and Forgetting |
- Annual fee:
- Members: no charge
- Nonmembers: $10.00
- For further information, call:
- Ileane Silver at 212-749-9566 or
- May Del Rio Dorfman at 212-243-5749
