The Great Books and World Classics Discussion Group is a joint project of Northern New Jersey Mensa and Mensa in Georgia. On November 8, we will be discussing The Nun's Priest's Tale, which is one of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. Read an interlinear translation of the Middle English original into modern English. Watch an animated … Continue reading The Nun’s Priest’s Tale, by Geoffrey Chaucer
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We used to meet only on Saturdays. Now we meet Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 2PM ET It turns out that some Mensans enjoy talking to others about a wide variety of subjects. Other Mensans simply enjoy hearing other points of view. The problem is getting enough of us together. We can do that … Continue reading M Virtual Discussion
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The Great Books and World Classics Discussion Group is a joint project of Northern New Jersey Mensa and Mensa in Atlanta. On November 15, we will be discussing Le Tartuffe, or the Imposter, or the Hypocrite. This play is a comedy, actually a farce, that was first performed in 1664. Originally suppressed by Louis XIV, … Continue reading Tartuffe, by Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Molière)
The Great Books and World Classics Discussion Group is a joint project of Northern New Jersey Mensa and Mensa in Georgia. On November 22, we will be discussing Dante's Inferno. The Inferno is the first part of Dante Alighieri's three part narrative poem The Divine Comedy. The Inferno is followed by Purgatorio and Paradiso. The … Continue reading The Inferno, Dante Alighieri
The Great Books and World Classics Discussion Group is a joint project of Northern New Jersey Mensa and Mensa in Georgia. On November 29, we will be discussing Lucretius' On the Nature of Things (sometimes translated as On the Nature of the Universe). This poem is about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism. Read an … Continue reading On the Nature of Things, Lucretius
The Great Books and World Classics Discussion Group is a joint project of Northern New Jersey Mensa and Mensa in Georgia. On December 6, we will be discussing A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore. It was the first source to name Santa's Reindeer (except for Rudolph).
