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“
A timeless work is one which speaks to its readers
on a human level. It is a work that does not require a
historical context, does not require that its reader be
male or female or of a certain race or from a certain
country. It might say something different to everyone,
but it always says something important to all.”
—
Pavlos Papadopoulos ’10
“
A timeless work is one whose questions are so
important and whose insights so provocative and
compelling that the work comes to
life when it is read sensitively, even
millennia after its completion.”
—
Peter Pesic, Tutor
“
A timeless work has meaning in
every generation. It’s a gift you can
go back to over and over again.”
—
Hannah Pasternak ’12
“
A timeless work is apt to be
self-sufficient, that is, to contain within itself, either
explicitly or implicitly, all that is needed to
understand it. Moreover, it seeks for assumptions that
don’t go out of date. Among these is, if well developed,
the claim that there are no such assumptions.”
—
Eva Brann, Tutor
“
If an author asks questions that go to the heart
of what it means to be human, and does that with
exceptional thought, there is no expiration
date after which the work gets stale.”
—
Susan Paalman, Tutor
What is
a timeless
work?