Which Classic would you like to read and discuss?

pctacitus

Vote and post a message to tell me what you voted for. These are the best available options for those who don't read Italian and/or Greek, either in price and/or in quality. The internet also contains several copies of the text in both English and the original languages of most, if not all of these works. Your best bet is www.bartleby.com/hc/ for all three in English. I have included a way to obtain the original text, a link to bartleby and a listing on amazon for each choice.

Option number one is The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli.

www.fausernet.novara.it/f...dex007.htm

www.bartleby.com/36/ 1/

www.amazon.com/exec/obido...09-5403160

Option number two is Antigone by Sophocles.

www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/L021.html

www.bartleby.com/8/6/

ww w.amazon.com/exec/obido...09-5403160

Option number three is The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius.

www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/L058.html

www.bartleby.com/2/3/

www .amazon.com/exec/obido...s&n=507846

Results (total votes = 8):


The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli	4 / 50.0%

Antigone by Sophocles	0 / 0.0%

The Meditations by Marcus Aurelius	4 / 50.0%

…[T]o ignore the classics is ultimately to weaken the very foundations of our society. - James Atlas, Book Wars

Chris OConnor

I voted for The Prince.

Chris

pctacitus

I voted for the Meditations.

…[T]o ignore the classics is ultimately to weaken the very foundations of our society. - James Atlas, Book Wars

Mr. Pessimistic

When would this discussion period be? Would there be a time limit or just on-going?

Mr. P.

The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.

I came to get down, I came to get down. So get out ya seat and jump around - House of Pain

HEY! Is that a ball in your court? - Mr. P

I came to kick ass and chew Bubble Gum...and I am all out of Bubble Gum - They Live, Roddy Piper

Chris OConnor

I think he is suggesting the reading/discussion period be concurrent with our main book reading. So all of 1st quarter 2005, which is January, February, and March.

Chris

pctacitus

I figured we would not have a time limit. I just put up the poll now because I felt it might be best to time the poll to coincide with the Jan, Feb, Mar poll. We could limit ourselves to three months, but I had no intention of making that decision before seeing how many people were going through the chosen work at what rate. It may be that the great advantage a classic has is that it does not have a time limit like works that are relatively new.

…[T]o ignore the classics is ultimately to weaken the very foundations of our society. - James Atlas, Book Wars

Mr. Pessimistic

If there is no time limit, lets do it!

I would pick the Prince at this point...I have read it once and I am familiar with it. I dont know too much of the HISTORY of the time, so I could learn more on that.

Mr. P.

The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.

I came to get down, I came to get down. So get out ya seat and jump around - House of Pain

HEY! Is that a ball in your court? - Mr. P

I came to kick ass and chew Bubble Gum...and I am all out of Bubble Gum - They Live, Roddy Piper

pctacitus

It occurs to me that I never explained my vote. Let me first explain why I did not choose the other two. I have already read Antigone twice for different courses in my life. The Prince for the same reason four times. Both as recently as this fall.

I voted above for the Meditations because, 1) I had never read it. 2) It is a work that will make people ask questions, if for no other reason than no oneis really sure what many of the references mean. 3) As someone who is feeling a bit rudderless in life, reading someone talk about how they dealt with such problems seems like a good idea to me.

…[T]o ignore the classics is ultimately to weaken the very foundations of our society. - James Atlas, Book Wars

ecstian

I would definitely like to read one of the 3 above listed classics. The problem is that I would be happy with all three, especially since there are online copies of each. I think I personally lean toward Meditations as my first choice and Prince as a second choice. I have read excerpts of the writings of Marcus Aurelius and have found them inspiring. For now I will think a little more about which one to choose but if we run out of time before I post back, then I vote for Meditations.

Eric

ZachSylvanus

I voted for The Prince because I've not read it in a while, whereas I read bits and pieces of Meditations on and off repeatedly. I would be equally happy doing either, however.

MamaGadfly

I also voted Meditations, largely because I've read the others several times...even taught Antigone while substituting (years ago....oh my).
I'm embroiled in Dawkins now--Climbing Mount Improbable but with some time I could get a copy and read it of whatever is chosen.

ST

I would defend the liberty of concenting adult creationists to practice whatever intellectual perversions they like in the privacy of their own homes; but it is also necessary to protect the young and innocent. -Arthur C. Clarke


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