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I am delighted to recommend Merryn Flavell's Book! It is an exceptional reading experience, recounting the lives of fascinating authors and connecting their wisdom to our times. At the end of each chapter, readers are led through a personal reflection unique to you, that brings out the deep meaning of the great ideas.
In Merryn Flavell's first chapter, she ignites our curiosity, encourages us to open our minds, and provides the structure and support needed to consume the wonderful ideas of The Great Books. I am excited to accept the invitation to join the Great Conversation!
Merryn’s approach is a tour de force, combining and contrasting the thinking of some of the world’s greatest thinkers. Her summaries and commentaries prepare the ground for further exploration and reflection.
Dear Fellow Seeker of Truth and Wisdom in these Most Trying Times
You are about to meet your Destiny!
Please consider this moment to be
your invitation to join...
The Great Conversation.
Reading the Great Books of the Western World has the power to awaken the inner-intelligence
and vitality of your soul.
It is my joy-filled mission to share with you
how to navigate a set of 60 volumes of
old books and cryptic language,
so that you may...
Open your Mind,
Free your Spirit, and
Uncover the Lasting Wisdom and Beauty of our Western Heritage.
This is your Rightful Heritage!
The Writers and Thinkers,
the Poets and Artists who came before us
understood that you would need
their thoughts and inspirations.
They spoke to you in their time and
the ripples of their thoughtful labors
have reached into our time.
These thinkers are our true and faithful guides.
To Begin...
The Great Books of the Western World
Starting in the 1950s, a set of the Western World's greatest books was compiled and published by Encyclopedia Britannica.
Updated in the 1990s to include 60 volumes and 130 authors, these great works are the golden threads of thought tying us to the wisdom of the ages.
The Great Books are divided into four main categories.
• Great Literature
• Mathematics and
Natural Sciences
• Philosophy and Theology
• The Rights of Man - History and Social Sciences
I live a completely different life, a far, far better life because of the Great Books. I add to these books the Classics of Literature, as well.
I cannot leave my mission in life undone, until I have shared these greatest thoughts of humankind with you.
These thoughts are divinely beautiful, supremely powerful, deeply kind, ever faithful, delightfully humorous, and they are your rightful heritage.
Let's begin with the delightfully humorous!
Do people really sit down in a leather chair, next to their brass lamp and read the 60 volumes and the 130 authors featured in the Great Books of the Western World?
What if I say, "Yes!"
I will share with you a process for reading the Great Books that will show you your unique place on the wheel of life and open your mind to understand the wisdom of these greatest writers.
And may I add, I will help with your pocketbook, as well.
You don't need to buy that 60-volume set of the Great Books, unless you want to. They do look really great on your book shelf. But you can find these books in your local library and in used books stores. Many are free to read online. I'll even provide the links.
In my book, Great Books, Great Ideas, Come Join the Great Conversation, I will share with you a meaningful process that frees you to naturally unlock the enlightening ideas that can change the very path of your destiny.
This conversation has gone on for nearly 30 centuries, starting with the Ancient Greeks and even before that. You have already participated in the Great Conversation, even if you did not know it, because it is woven into the very fabric of our society.
Now is your chance to participate fully in the joy and wonder of our Western Heritage.
You are smarter than you know!
I am not some great sage or anything, above you. We are all great thinkers.
Mortimer Adler, one of the founders of the Great Books of the Western World, understood that we are all more intelligent than we realize.
You are very important and we need your best good thoughts.
You are at the center of your place in the universe, creating ripples of precious thoughts in the pond of all humanity's searching for generations to come.
Your good thoughts will be moving out for centuries and in centuries of time from the very moment you join the Great Conversation, your influence will reach countless people just at the instant of time when they will need you most.
When you join the Great Conversation, you will enter a room filled with fellow seekers, young and old, from many walks of life. You will begin to recognize those who have been learning and growing and conquering the challenges of their lives for themselves and their families.
These fellow travelers within the mind move beyond borders, political parties, and denominations - all of which are very important to us but not so important that they should be allowed to pull us apart.
The Great Books bring us together.
We are not enemies.
We are not adversaries.
We are not masters and servants.
We are fellow seekers of truth,
beauty, and goodness.
When you begin to read the Great Books, in a moment of time, all the world shifts around you and you find that you are living a very different life, a far, far better life,
than the life you lived before.
The power of our thoughts is mightier than the armies of our foes.
The Greatest Thoughts of Humankind
As the Great Books of the Western World were being compiled, Mortimer Adler organized a team of scholars who researched the entire set of authors and their works and connected them to the
102 Great Ideas
giving us a framework for answering the deepest questions that have ever puzzled the mind and stirred the soul of all humanity.
Then in 1979, Bernice McCarthy published her work on the 4-MAT Learning Styles. McCarthy revealed that each of us has an inner guiding question, an inner wisdom. There is a cognitive and an emotive side to each of the 4 learning styles, making 8 types altogether.
Once you come to understand your place on the wheel of life, your eyes are open to the people around you. You see that while we are not all the same, we balance each other, bringing our unique strengths to the work of the ages. Each of us is important to the task at hand.
My book, Great Books, Great Ideas: Come Join the Great Conversation, will guide you in quickly discovering your inner question. I then reveal how you can begin to read the Great Books with a new level of consciousness that will unlock your intellect and allow your creative thoughts to flow freely.
Great Books, Great Ideas, Come Join the Great Conversation is a work of a lifetime. In my book, I ask seven universal questions and show how the golden threads of these questions are woven into the millennia, across vast continents, reaching out to galaxies beyond.
Here are the seven chapters.
1. Humanity's Most Intriguing Questions
2. The Beginning of Knowledge and Wisdom
3. Transformative Thinking
4. How to Think; How to Flourish
5. Inductive Reasoning; Deductive Reasoning; Phenomenology
6. The March of Mathematics and
Science and Love
7. The Power to Transcend
Did you know that Einstein and his friends started their own group of Great Books readers while he was working at that patent office, before he wrote his great scientific papers that changed the world?
About the Book
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Why I'm Giving The Book Away at Cost...
(And no, it's not a gimmick.)
I am selling each book in this first print-run at the cost of printing, fulfillment, and shipping, (the cost of U.S. Shipping or International Shipping.) Once they are gone, this offer will have to end.
Why am I doing this?
Because....
Time after time in my life, as I read and studied another great book or classic, it seemed to me that there must have been a guardian angel leading me to read that particular book at that particular moment, so that I had the value of the wisdom of the Western Heritage guiding me in my decisions.
Through my college years, my marriage, my career as a teacher and writer, it has come to seem as though each day is a miracle. I even wrote an entire Bachelors' Degree on the Great Books of the Western and Eastern World and had it approved by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
This degree is fully integrated with the historical events, the art, architecture, and poetry of the period, the lives of the mathematicians and scientists who made their groundbreaking discoveries that we stand on today. (My student loans are all paid off now. No need for you to go that route!)
And I think to myself, this is how we all deserve to live. Our heritage is worth more than rubies or gold. Having wisdom increases joy and wealth, it shines a light on the beauty and goodness that eyes half-closed do not even notice standing right before them. The Great Books tear away false boundaries between governments, religions, scientific methods, and endless thoughtless opinions that try to pull us down
I want you to have your heritage, your rightful heritage, you, your family, and generations going forward. We are the seekers of truth and wisdom, and my hope is that by keeping down the cost of this first print-run, the ripples of the pond will start expanding outward from your little corner of the universe, to reach the generations to come.
Once these books are sold, this offer will have to come to an end and I will start selling the book at retail price.
That's my offer. That simple.
Come, Join the Great Conversation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Your most asked questions...
How long will it take for the book to arrive?
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For U.S. customers, you can expect the book to arrive in 7-15 business days (could be a lot sooner).
For International, you can expect the book to arrive in 10-22 business days (could be a lot sooner).
You will receive a tracking number via email immediately after your order.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact support (listed at the footer of this page).
Do you offer refunds?
Yes. We believe in this book so much that if you're unsatisfied (for any reason), you can send the book back within one-year, and get a 100% refund. No questions asked. Just contact me via the support details at the footer of this page. I'll share the return address, and refund every penny.
If you're not happy, we're not happy!
About the Author
Meet The Person Resurrecting the Art of Reading...
Merryn Flavell
Merryn Olson Flavell grew up in the Chicago area and had the great advantage of attending the Art Institute of Chicago Junior School for 6 years. She earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Grand Valley University in Allendale, Michigan and worked for the Chicago Y.M.C.A., American Youth Hostels in Cable, Wisconsin, and Outward Bound in Ely, Minnesota.
After marrying, Merryn Flavell became a resident manager for residential living programs in the Twin Cities area. This work evolved into a teaching career, which opened-up opportunities for writing math, science and language arts curriculum. She earned her K-6 teaching certificate from Augsburg University, her master's degree from St. Mary's University, and her math and language arts middle school licensures and Ed.S. certificate from the University of Minnesota.
Through it all, Mrs. Flavell loved reading the Great Books and the Classics, which led to living a very different kind of life, a life filled with the great ideas of mankind. As part of her studies, Flavell wrote a bachelor's degree in the Great Books, which was approved by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education in 2005.
Mrs. Flavell is also trained in The Science of Reading, TEFL-TESOL for English Learners, Art Therapy, and the Barton Reading and Spelling Program for students with dyslexia. (Also, Zumba and Yoga, but I am not really very good at them!) She writes and illustrates books in four categories, the Great Books, Christian Fiction, Curriculum in Math, Science, Social Studies and Reading, and Children's Books.
Merryn Flavell is a wife, mother, grandmother, and a dog mom to a sweet English Springer Spaniel, named Bundle of Joy. She and her husband enjoy swimming together and visiting the grandkids. Merryn loves to crochet and walk with Joy every day.
Merryn's Bold Guarantee
I am so confident my book will make you a better reader, writer, and thinker that⸺ if you're unsatisfied (for whatever reason)⸺you can send the book back within one year and receive a 100% refund.
No questions asked!
Just contact me via the support details at the bottom of this page. You will be given a return address to send the book back to. I will personally see to it that you are refunded every penny⸺both the cost of the book and the shipping cost.
How's that for fair?
My Mission is to Open the Heritage of the Great Books of the Western World, to Seekers of Wisdom and Truth.
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