18 books like Agudeza y arte de ingenio, en que se explican todos los modos y differencias de conceptos, con ejemplares escogidos de todo lo más bien dicho, assi facto, como hymano

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Way to wealth Benjamin Franklin · 1758 · ★ 4.5 · 28p · ≈ 56m · Demanding This is an essay written by Benjamin Franklin in 1758. It is a collection of adages and advice presented in Poor Richard's Almanac during its first 25 years of publication, organized into a speech given by Father Abraham to a group of people. Many of the phrases Father Abraham quotes continue to be familiar today. The essay's advice is based on the themes of work ethic and frugality. This book is… Shares: Maxims, Quotations, Conduct of life, Early works to 1800

Sir John Cockle at Court. Being the sequel of the King and the Miller of Mansfield. A dramatick tale Robert Dodsley · 1738 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Demanding The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: Courts and courtiers, Early works to 1800

Le dictionnaire des idées reçues Gustave Flaubert · 1913 · 91p · ≈ 3h · Challenging An English translation of "Dictionnaire des idées reçues", a postumous publication of Flaubert's collection of overheard comments, "the cliché, the platitude, the borrowed and unquestioned idea", "absurdities", "half-truths, and social lies." "[A] very contemporary self-portrait of the middle-class philistine, a species as much alive today as when Flaubert railed against him"--P. 4. of cover. Shares: Wisdom, Philosophy

Imaginary portraits Walter Pater · 1887 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Walter Pater is best known for his Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873) and for his first novel Marius the Epicurean (1885). His short fiction deserves a much wider audience. This edition includes the four intricate and influential narratives he published as Imaginary Portraits in 1887 together with five of his other portraits, published only in periodical form. Fully annotated and… Shares: Courts and courtiers, Aesthetics, Philosophy

Maximes François duc de La Rochefoucauld · 1694 · ★ 5.0 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Demanding "The translation of this bilingual edition of La Rochefoucauld's Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales (long known in English simply as the Maxims) is the first to appear in forty years. It is completely new and aims - unlike all previous versions - at being as literal as possible. This involves, among other things, rendering the same word - for example, amour-propre as "self-love" - as… Shares: Maxims, Early works to 1800, Philosophy

What I Know For Sure Oprah Winfrey · 2014 · ★ 4.5 · 228p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "After film critic Gene Siskel asked her, "What do you know for sure?" Oprah Winfrey began writing the "What I Know For Sure" column in O, The Oprah Magazine. Saying that the question offered her a way to take "stock of her life," Oprah has penned one column a month over the last fourteen years, years in which she retired The Oprah Winfrey Show (the highest-rated program of its kind in history),… Shares: Quotations, Conduct of life, Philosophy

Self-help Samuel Smiles · 1800 · ★ 3.8 · 386p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Self-Help; With Illustrations of Character and Conduct is a book published in 1859 by Samuel Smiles. The second edition of 1866 added Perseverance to the subtitle. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism".M. J. Cohen and John Major (eds.), History in Quotations (London: Cassell, 2004), p. 611. Darwin biographer Janet Browne called it "the bible of the improving middle classes,"… Shares: Self-Improvement, Conduct of life, Early works to 1800, Philosophy

An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue Francis Hutcheson · 1725 · ★ 5.0 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Demanding "The Inquiry was written as a critical response to the work of Bernard Mandeville and as a defense of the ideas of Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Shaftesbury. It consists of two treatises exploring our aesthetic and our moral abilities. The first treatise argues that human beings possess a natural internal sense of beauty, whereas the second focuses on the "moral sense" that enables us to… Shares: Aesthetics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy

The human machine Arnold Bennett · 1908 · 123p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Considering that we have to spend the whole of our lives in this human machine, considering that it is our sole means of contact and compromise with the rest of the world, we really do devote to it very little attention. When I say 'we,' I mean our inmost spirits, the instinctive part, the mystery within that exists. And when I say 'the human machine' I mean the brain and the body - and chiefly… Shares: Self-Improvement, Conduct of life, Early works to 1800

Herders sämmtliche Werke Johann Gottfried Herder · 1877 · ★ 5.0 · 414p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares: Aesthetics, Philosophy

Don Quijote de la Mancha Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra · 1600 · ★ 3.9 · 506p · ≈ 16h · Demanding Don Quijote de la Mancha es una novela escrita por el español Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. Publicada su primera parte con el título de El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha a comienzos de 1605, es la obra más destacada de la literatura española y una de las principales de la literatura universal. En 1615 apareció su continuación con el título de Segunda parte del ingenioso caballero don… Shares: Quotations, Early works to 1800, Philosophy

The Natural Mind - Waking Up Alan Macmillan Orr · 2009 In The Natural Mind - Waking Up, the author deconstructs questions such as "do you know why you think the way you do? Do you know why you say the things you do? Do you know why you behave the way you do?", and hundreds like them, through topics that includes litter, war, love, supermarkets, banking, electricity, and desire. In such a diverse range of issues, one cannot help but be drawn in to a… Shares: Wisdom, Philosophy

When I loved myself enough Kim McMillen · 2001 · ★ 4.0 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate This began as a self-published book by a college student who wanted others to read her mother's words on life, love and self-reliance. Shares: Quotations, Conduct of life

It's All a Matter of Attitude Justin Herald · 2006 · 104p · ≈ 3h · Moderate A motivational gift book from the bestselling author of Would You Like Attitude With That? and What Are You Waiting For?, featuring 50 of Justin Herald's slogans accompanied by a brief, witty, commentary.I'm in the business of winning and business is good. If you think you're beaten you are! It's not whether you get knocked down it's whether you get back up. At the age of 25 Justin Herald used… Shares: Quotations, Self-Improvement

Staying On The Path Wayne W. Dyer · 1995 · ★ 4.3 · 152p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The wit and wisdom of Dr. Wayne Dyer is reflected in this extraordinary collection of inspirational quotes and observations. Whether you're already on "the path" or just doing your best to get there, this audio book will give you the impetus to keep moving forward. Sample quote: The measure of your life won't be in what you accumulate; it will be in what you gave. Shares: Quotations, Conduct of life

The Art of War 孙武 (Sun Tzu) · 1900 · ★ 3.9 · 60p · ≈ 2h · Challenging 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 Shares: Self-Improvement, Early works to 1800, Philosophy

Enneads Plotinus · 1914 · ★ 4.5 · 635p · ≈ 21h · Challenging The Six Enneads Plotinus - The Six Enneads is the collection of writings of Plotinus, edited and compiled by his student Porphyry. After correcting and naming each treatise, Porphyry wrote a biography of his master, Life of Plotinus, intended to be an Introduction to the Enneads. Porphyry's edition does not follow the chronological order in which Enneads were written, but responds to a plan of… Shares: Aesthetics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy

Meditaciones del Quijote José Ortega y Gasset · 1914 · ★ 2.0 · 194p · ≈ 6h · Challenging 247 pages ; 18 cm Shares: Aesthetics, Philosophy

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