The Great Ideas Today 1992

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"The Great Ideas Today" series are annual supplements to the Great Books of the Western World set published by Encylopaedia Britannica. Volumes were issued for the years 1961 through 1998. Cover Title A NOTE ON REFERENCE STYLE Contents Preface PART I - CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES Latin-American Literature Today, Part One: Background to the "Boom" The Evolution of Homo sapiens PART II - RECONSIDERATIONS OF GREAT BOOKS AND IDEAS Science as Mystery: A Speculative Reading of Newton's 'Principia' Contemporary Views of Happiness PART III - SPECIAL FEATURES An Introduction to Buddhist Thought The Romantic Imagination Kepler's Anguish and Hawking's Queries: Reflections on Natural Theology Natural Theology, Chance, and God Response to Mortimer J. Adier PART IV - ADDITIONS TO THE GREAT BOOKS LIBRARY Monkey (in part), Wu Ch'eng-en The Awakening, Kate Chopin Rediscovering Natural Law, Scott Buchanan