Talk:Great Books

I've always had the feeling that the phrase "critical thinking" is somewhat abused. How many of these books actually contain a direct critique? As much as I like Don Quixote, it's really more of a comedy. Fictional books aren't usually critiques in and of themselves, and literary devices like allegory are much closer to propaganda than critique. Thinking critically and speaking/writing critically are one and the same. It seems to me that a serious, dialectic critique is a very uncommon thing indeed. Though I'm sure many exist and I could cite a few of them, they do not seem as conspicuous as other works. AP295 (discuss • contribs) 20:27, 19 May 2024 (UTC)