The Harvard Classics: Complete 51-Volume Collection: The Greatest Works of World Literature

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

déc. 2023 · Good Press

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The Harvard Classics: Complete 51-Volume Collection stands as a monumental anthology that encapsulates the core of Western literary tradition, philosophy, and scientific thought. This collection traverses the dynamic landscapes of literature, from the epics of Homer to the existential musings of Kierkegaard, embodying a remarkable diversity in literary style and thematic depth. It weaves together the seminal works that have shaped human intellect and culture, including pivotal pieces in drama, poetry, philosophy, political theory, and science. The anthology distinguishes itself by the inclusion of works that have not only stood the test of time but have fundamentally transformed our understanding of the world and our place within it. The contributing authors and editors of this anthology are titans of literature and thought, each bringing their unique perspective to the collective human story. This diverse array of authors, ranging from Plato to Darwin, Goethe to Descartes, reflects a confluence of eras, cultures, and disciplines. The anthology aligns with various historical and cultural movements, offering readers an immersive journey through the Enlightenment, the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution, and beyond, fostering a rich dialogue between disparate yet interconnected schools of thought. This collection is indispensable for readers seeking to delve into the multifaceted landscape of Western intellectual heritage. It provides a unique opportunity to engage with the seminal works that have defined and reshaped our world, encouraging a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of the pivotal events, ideas, and figures in human history. The Harvard Classics: Complete 51-Volume Collection is not solely an academic resource but a gateway to the vast and varied dialogues that have propelled humanity forward, making it an essential addition to any intellectual's library.