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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).

The Great Books and World Classics Discussion Group is a joint project of Northern New Jersey Mensa and Mensa in Georgia. On December 13, we will be reading First and Second Maccabees, which talks about the story of Hanukkah. 1 MACCABEES CHAPTER 1 KJV

The Great Books and World Classics discussion group is a joint effort of Northern New Jersey Mensa and Mensa in Georgia.  On December 20, we will be discussing A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens. Read the original text of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

The Great Books and World Classics discussion group is a joint effort of Northern New Jersey Mensa and Mensa in Georgia.  On December 27, we will be reading the original text of the 12 days of Christmas. Here's a version sung by the Pentatonix.