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Die Frösche
Among extant Greek comedies, the Frogs is unique for the light it throws on classical Greek attitudes to tragedy and to literature in general. It merits a much more extensive commentary than it has so far received, for the establishment of the text itself has rested for over a century on collations which were inadequate and inaccurate. At the same time, its most problematic passages have been the…
Gemeinsame Themen: Great_books, Great_books_of_the_western_world, History
Die Geschichte der Philosophie
Includes chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, and Nietzsche.
Gemeinsame Themen: Philosophers, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir, History
Memorabilien
A souvenir (French for remembrance or memory), memento, keepsake, or token of remembrance is an object a person acquires for the memories the owner associates with it. A souvenir can be any object that can be collected or purchased and transported home by the traveler as a memento of a visit. The object itself may have intrinsic value, or be a symbol of experience. Without the owners input, the…
Gemeinsame Themen: Philosophers, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir
Die Bekenntnisse
Je forme une entreprise qui n'eut jamais d'exemple, et dont l'execution n'aura point d'imitateur. Je veux montrer a mes semblables un homme dans toute la verite de la nature; et cet homme, ce sera moi. Moi seul. Je sens mon coeur, et je connais les hommes. Je ne suis fait comme aucun de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent. Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins…
Gemeinsame Themen: Philosophers, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir, History
Emile oder über die Erziehung
Rousseau wrote about the difficulty of being a good individual within an inherently corrupting collectivity: society. Emile deals specifically with education, and outlines a system which would allow for human goodness. He uses the fictional story of Emile and his tutor to outline his ideas. The book was banned and publicly burned on its publication, but became a European bestseller and provided a…
Gemeinsame Themen: Education, Essays, Philosophy, History
Parallelleben
Character studies comparing statesmen and generals of pre-Christian Greece and Rome.
Gemeinsame Themen: Philosophers, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir, History