issues, not a monolithic school of thought. Mortimer Adler argued in the introduction to the second edition: Presenting a wide variety and divergence of views or opinions, among which there is likely to be some truth but also much more error, the Syntopicon [and by extension the larger set itself] invites readers to think for themselves and make up their own minds on every topic under consideration. See also Gateway to the Great Books Syntopicon Other series of classics: Ancient Classics for English Readers Great Illustrated Classics Harvard Classics Loeb Classical Library Modern Library Oxford World's Classics Penguin classics (several articles) Sacred Books of the East Educational perennialism References External links Center for the Study of the Great Ideas Mortimer Adler web pages with extensive discussion of the Great Books Greater Books – a site documenting lists of "great books," classics, canons, including the Great Books of the Western World (54 volumes.) 1952 non-fiction books Encyclopædia Britannica Great Books Publications established in 1952 Series of books