The Syntopicon was a massive, intellectual effort to chart and index the important themes and ideas across 431 “Great Books”. Mortimer Adler, and his staff, spent a decade in the middle of the 20th century identifying and indexing 102 “Great Ideas” and each mention of them in the works of 71 authors. Our project is similar, we will make use of the tremendous technology that is available to us to digitize and share the great books (that exist in the public domain) for free while providing indexed resources that help create a better understanding of how these authors are creating, interacting, and conversing with each other. Launching: Summer 2018.
