The 17-volume Macropædia is the third part of the Encyclopædia Britannica; the other two parts are the 12-volume Micropædia and the one-volume Propædia. The name Macropædia is a neologism coined by Mortimer J. Adler from the ancient Greek words for 'large' and 'instruction'.
The 17-volume Macropædia is the third part of the Encyclopædia Britannica; the other two parts are the 12-volume Micropædia and the one-volume Propædia. The name Macropædia is a neologism coined by Mortimer J. Adler from the ancient Greek words for 'large' and 'instruction'.
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