• A Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas (1952; second edition, 1990) is a two-volume index, published as volumes 2 and 3 of Encyclopædia Britannica...
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    as identified by the editor of the series's comprehensive index, the Syntopicon, to which they belonged. The books were chosen not on the basis of ethnic...
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    served on the Board of Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica, compiled its Syntopicon and later Propaedia, and succeeded Hutchins as its chairman from 1974...
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  • Synopticon, an 1880 book by W. G. Rushbrooke concerning Gospel Harmony A Syntopicon: An Index to The Great Ideas, compiled in 1952 by Mortimer Adler Panopticism...
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  • Theory of forms (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Platon-Lexikon, Darmstadt 2007, p. 157. "Chapter 28: Form" of The Great Ideas: A Syntopicon of Great Books of the Western World (Vol. II). Encyclopædia Britannica...
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    list (link) Adler, Mortimer J., ed.; et al. (1952). The Great Ideas: A Syntopicon of Great Books of the Western World. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica...
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  • of Mortimer J. Adler, published 22 years after he published a similar effort (the Syntopicon) that attempts to provide an overview of the relationships...
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    Western World (1952), which also includes A Syntopicon, Mortimer J. Adler and many collaborators created a large shared collection of tagged and indexed...
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  • similar to the Great Books' Syntopicon, along with reading plans of increasing difficulty. Hutchins wrote an introduction with a more informal tone than he...
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    Britannica Great Books Syntopicon. In 1949 Ratner accepted the position of full-time director of public health in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, an appointment...
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