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Tao Te Ching
"Within ancient Chinese, a sole character possesses a broad, and sometimes contradictory, range of meanings. Moreover, the Tao Te Ching is rife with terms and expressions that have no exact counterpart in English. So while the Tao Te Ching ranks behind only the Bible as the most widely translated book in the world, it remains one of the least understood.".
"Jonathan Star's Tao Te Ching: The…
Gemeinsame Themen: Chinese Philosophy, Philosophy
Die Kunst des Krieges
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise dating from the Late Spring and Autumn Period. The work, which is attributed to the ancient Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu
Gemeinsame Themen: Great_books_of_the_western_world, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
Selbstbetrachtungen
Meditations is a collection of personal reflections and notes by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned 161 to 180 AD), offering a profound look into the philosophy of Stoicism. It was never intended for publication, making it a raw and intimate self-help manual for the emperor during his campaigns and rule. The central theme revolves around living a good, rational, and virtuous life in…
Gemeinsame Themen: Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
Parallelleben
Character studies comparing statesmen and generals of pre-Christian Greece and Rome.
Gemeinsame Themen: Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
Politik
"This new translation of one of the fundamental texts of Western political thought combines strict fidelity to Aristotle's Greek with a contemporary English prose style. Lord's intention throughout is to retain Aristotle's distinctive style. The accompanying notes provide literary and historical references, call attention to textual problems, and supply other essential information and…
Gemeinsame Themen: Great_books_of_the_western_world, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
Die Canterbury-Erzählungen
A collection of stories written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer at the end of the 14th century. The tales (mostly in verse, although some are in prose) are told as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. In a long list of works, including Troilus and Criseyde,…
Gemeinsame Themen: Great_books_of_the_western_world, Philosophy
Nikomachische Ethik
An detailed examination of what the best life might be for human beings. In order to anwer this question, Aristotle finds he also has to examine what virtue itself is and all of the various virtues that might make up the best life.
Gemeinsame Themen: Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
Vom pflichtgemäßen Handeln
De Officiis (On Duties, On Obligations, or On Moral Responsibilities) is a 44 BC treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero divided into three books, in which Cicero expounds his conception of the best way to live, behave, and observe moral obligations. The posthumously published work discusses what is honorable (Book I), what is to ones advantage (Book II), and what to do when the honorable and private…
Gemeinsame Themen: Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
Moralia
The Moralia of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an eclectic collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They provide insights into Roman and Greek life, but often are also timeless observations in their own right.
Gemeinsame Themen: Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy