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has gloss | eng: A Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas (1952) is a two-volume index, published as volumes 1 and 2 of Encyclopaedia Britannica’s collection Great Books of the Western World. Compiled by Mortimer Adler, an American philosopher, under the guidance of Robert Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, the volumes were billed as a collection of the 102 great ideas of the western canon. The term “syntopicon” was coined specifically for this undertaking, meaning “a collection of topics.” The volumes catalogued what Adler and his team deemed to be the fundamental ideas contained in the works of the Great Books of the Western World, which stretched chronologically from Homer to Freud. The Syntopicon lists, under each idea, where every occurrence of the concept can be located in the collection’s famous works. |
lexicalization | eng: A Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas |
instance of | (noun) a book to which you can refer for authoritative facts; "he contributed articles to the basic reference work on that topic" reference, reference book, book of facts, reference work |
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has gloss | heb: סינטופיקון: אינדקס הרעיונות המופלאים (A Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas), הוא אינדקס שכתב מורטימר ג. אדלר ויצא לאור בשנת 1952. אינדקס זה יצא לאור בתור כרכים מספר שתיים ושלוש בסדרת "הספרים המופלאים של העולם המערבי". ההקדמה לכרך הראשון נכתבה על ידי רוברט האצינס, נשיא אוניברסיטת שיקגו. |
lexicalization | heb: סינטופיקון - אינדקס הרעיונות המופלאים |
lexicalization | heb: סינטופיקון: אינדקס הרעיונות המופלאים |
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