tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596140.post5018928598251808436..comments2023-07-21T06:32:36.658-07:00Comments on A P O C A L O O P S I S: ambrose menschhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16415052196450763715noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596140.post-80734432016577542632008-11-06T21:14:00.000-08:002008-11-06T21:14:00.000-08:00The subtitle should have read, Every Negative Fact...The subtitle should have read, Every Negative Fact and Innuendo I Could Dredge Up<BR/><BR/>Although he was not particularly unkind to me in the book, I found virtually every page to be a smart-alecky and snide diatribe of the worst order against the Great Books, Adler, Hutchins, et al. Plus the book is replete with errors of commission and omission.<BR/><BR/>As an effective antidote, I prescribe Robert Hutchins' pithy essay, The Great Conversation.<BR/><BR/>If the Great Books crusade is as bleak as Beam purports, then happily, not many will read his invective book.<BR/><BR/>Max Weismann,<BR/>President and co-founder with Mortimer Adler, Center for the Study of The Great Ideas<BR/>Chairman, The Great Books AcademyMax Weismannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02461338802201367403noreply@blogger.com