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History of European morals
History of ethics.
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Nicomachean Ethics
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.
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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.
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Self-knowledge
published 1813. covered in brown (leather or paper?) Hardbound, abt 51/2 by 31/2" written in old fashioned type; f's look like s's
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Gli eroici furori
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Meditations
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…
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An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue
"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…
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Areopagitica
Areopagitica: A speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of England is John Milton's famous tract against censorship. Published in 1644, Areopagitica is named after a speech by Isocrates, a fifth century BC Athenian orator. The work is counted as one of the most influential and inspired defenses of the right to freedom of expression in history. It is also a personal issue…
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Two Sisters
Originally published in 1970 this fairly short novel (174 pages) contains, according to the blurb on the dust jacket of the first edition, “Gore Vidal’s singular speculations on love, sex, death, literature and politics.”
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Missing Persons
Missing Persons
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Mr. Nice
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The Library of American Biography
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Marse Henry : An Autobiography
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Autobiography
Autobiography
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A history of autobiography in antiquity
A history of autobiography in antiquity
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Philosophy and living
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Principia ethica
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Histoire de Charles XII
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