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The Complete Harvard Classics - All 51 Volumes in One Edition

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, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 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, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Francis Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson

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The Complete Harvard Classics - All 51 Volumes in One Edition stands as a monumental anthology that intricately weaves the profound tapestry of Western thought. Within its extensive bounds lie the myriad voices of the West'Äôs most illustrious thinkers, dramatists, poets, and philosophers. From the philosophical musings of Plato and Descartes to the poetic eloquence of Dante and Shakespeare, this collection avails an unparalleled voyage through time and discipline. While each volume contains seminal works that have shaped the contours of literature, science, and moral philosophy, certain pieces 'Äî such as the storytelling prowess evident in traditional fables and epistles 'Äî showcase the evolution and diversity of literary style that defines the anthology'Äôs significance. The contributing figures in this anthology span centuries, continents, and intellectual movements, offering a panoramic view of the human experience as translated through various eras. Editors with the vision of crafting a seamless interplay of intellect imbue the collection with a unifying thread of brilliance. The compendium incorporates the Age of Enlightenment, Renaissance humanism, Romanticism, and early scientific inquiry, among others, guided by trailblazers who have shaped cultures and ideologies. This convergence of historical and cultural backgrounds promises the reader an enriched understanding of humanity'Äôs collective quest for knowledge. For learners and scholars alike, The Complete Harvard Classics is an indispensable resource, compacting the breadth of human wisdom into a singular entity. Beyond its scholarly appeal, it presents an invitation to discern the connections across epochs and the dialogue between disparate philosophies and perspectives. The anthology encourages devout exploration of its depths, promising revelations about past wisdom and its implications on contemporary life. As a bastion of educational value, this tome fosters intellectual engagement and prompts readers to ponder the timelessness of the human spirit's inquisitive nature.

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Publisher:
Good Press
Published:
2023-12-09
Pages:
21084
Language:
EN
ISBN:
Unknown
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