4 livres semblables à Les Confessions
Les Grandes Doctrines de l'histoire
Includes chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, and Nietzsche.
Thèmes communs : Philosophers, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir, History
Autobiographie de Benjamin Franklin
Few men could compare to Benjamin Franklin. Virtually self-taught, he excelled as an athlete, a man of letters, a printer, a scientist, a wit, an inventor, an editor, and a writer, and he was probably the most successful diplomat in American history. David Hume hailed him as the first great philosopher and great man of letters in the New World.
Written initially to guide his son, Franklin's…
Thèmes communs : Philosophers, Correspondence, Biography & Memoir, History
Cyrano de Bergerac
Cyrano de Bergerac, verse drama in five acts by Edmond Rostand, performed in 1897 and published the following year. It was based only nominally on the 17th-century nobleman of the same name, known for his bold adventures and large nose.
Set in 17th-century Paris, the action revolves around the emotional problems of the noble, swashbuckling Cyrano, who, despite his many gifts, feels that no woman…
Thèmes communs : French Authors, Classic Literature, Biography & Memoir, History
Vies
Character studies comparing statesmen and generals of pre-Christian Greece and Rome.
Thèmes communs : Philosophers, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir, History