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The Harvard Classics: Complete 51-Volume Collection

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Thomas Carlyle, Plato, René Descartes, Immanuel Kant, Charles Darwin, Martin Luther, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Charles Lamb, Henry David Thoreau, Samuel Johnson, John Stuart Mill, David Hume, Joseph Addison, John Locke, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, Leigh Hunt, Epictetus, Thomas De Quincey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Jonathan Swift, Christopher Marlowe, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, William Hazlitt, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Daniel Defoe, Aesop, Richard Henry Dana, John Dryden, Philip Massinger, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, John Ruskin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Ernest Renan, Robert Burns, David Garrick, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Webster, Izaak Walton, John Bunyan, James Russell Lowell, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Homer, Edmund Burke, Plutarch, Molière, Aeschylus, Michael Faraday, Sophocles, William Makepeace Thackeray, Benjamin Franklin, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Voltaire, Robert Browning, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Dekker, John Milton, Aristophanes, Blaise Pascal, Virgil, Simon Newcomb, William Penn, Walter Bigges, Philip Sidney, Herodotus, Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, Giuseppe Mazzini, Francis Pretty, George Berkeley, Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith, Alessandro Manzoni, Abraham Cowley, Michel de Montaigne, Ben Jonson, John Woolman, Benvenuto Cellini, Sydney Smith, Jean Froissart, William Henry Harrison, William Harvey, Marcus Aurelius, Hans Christian Andersen, Thomas Malory, George Gordon Byron, Thomas à Kempis, Richard Steele, Thomas Browne, Archibald Geikie, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Tacitus, William Roper, Hippocrates, Miguel de Cervantes, Thomas More, Friedrich von Schiller, Philip Nichols, Louis Pasteur, Joseph Lister, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Pliny the Younger, Edgar Alan Poe, Saint Augustine, Brinsley Sheridan, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Francis Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson

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The Harvard Classics: Complete 51-Volume Collection presents an unparalleled anthology that captures the expanse of human thought and creativity. Spanning a spectrum of literary styles and eras, this collection traverses from the philosophical inquiries of Plato to the poetic musings of Dante Alighieri and the scientific explorations of Charles Darwin. Within its pages lie dramatic masterpieces, foundational philosophical treatises, and seminal scientific works that offer readers diverse, yet interconnected narratives. Each text, whether by the hands of Goethe or the timeless wisdom of Aesop, contributes a unique thread to this vast tapestry, celebrating the continuum of intellectual tradition. Compiled by a cadre of distinguished authors, this anthology epitomizes the richness of the Western canon. The works showcased align with periods of revolutionary thought and cultural rediscovery, drawing from eras such as the Enlightenment and the Renaissance. With voices ranging from the poetic grandeur of Robert Browning to the stoic reflections of Marcus Aurelius, the collection serves as an intersection of divergent philosophies and art forms. It is a testament to humanity's enduring quest for knowledge, featured through the critical lenses of figures like Kant, Montaigne, and Rousseau. For both the scholar and the curious reader, The Harvard Classics provides a gateway to explore an extraordinary breadth of knowledge. It offers an exceptional opportunity to engage with myriad perspectives, encouraging dialogue between past and present. The collection stands as a comprehensive educational resource, inviting exploration into the minds that have shaped intellectual landscapes throughout history. Through its eclectic selections, readers are promised enlightenment and enrichment, contributing to an everlasting discourse on the human condition.

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Publisher:
DigiCat
Published:
2023-11-10
Pages:
21084
Language:
EN
ISBN:
Unknown
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