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Πρωταγόρας Plato · 1828 · ★ 3.9 · 120p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Shares Socrates, Early works to 1800, Philosophy with this book.

Lives Plutarch · 1564 · ★ 4.0 · 732p · ≈ 24h · Demanding Character studies comparing statesmen and generals of pre-Christian Greece and Rome. Shares Philosophers, Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir

A history of autobiography in antiquity

A history of autobiography in antiquity Georg Misch · 1950 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Marse Henry : An Autobiography Henry Watterson · 1919 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Mr. Nice Howard Marks · 1996 · 468p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Two Sisters Gore Vidal · 1970 · ★ 5.0 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate 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.” Shares Biography & Memoir

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 Shares Philosophy with this book.

Missing Persons

Missing Persons Mary Evans · 1998 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Autobiography

Autobiography Anderson L Staff · 2001 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

The Library of American Biography Jared Sparks · 1846 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Histoire de Charles XII Voltaire · 1731 · 293p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares Early works to 1800, Biography & Memoir with this book.

The Story of Philosophy Will Durant · 1926 · ★ 4.1 · 578p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Includes chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, and Nietzsche. Shares Philosophers, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir

Unended quest Karl Popper · 1976 · 270p · ≈ 9h · Moderate At the age of eight, Karl Popper was puzzling over the idea of infinity and by fifteen was beginning to take a keen interest in his father's well-stocked library of books. Unended Quest recounts these moments and many others in the life of one of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, providing an indispensable account of the ideas that influenced him most. As an introduction to… Shares Philosophers, Biography & Memoir

Autobiography John Stuart Mill · 1873 · ★ 4.0 · 141p · ≈ 4h · Challenging John Stuart Mill was an English philosopher, political economist, Member of Parliament and civil servant. One of the most influential thinkers in the history of classical liberalism, he contributed widely to social theory, political theory, and political economy Shares Philosophers, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir

Oeuvres de Descartes René Descartes · 1842 · 12p · ≈ 24m · Challenging Shares Philosophers, Early works to 1800, Philosophy with this book.

Some thoughts concerning education John Locke · 1693 · ★ 3.6 · 322p · ≈ 10h · Challenging This volume offers two complementary works by John Locke, unabridged, in modernized, annotated texts - the only available edition priced for classroom use. Of interest to students and instructors of philosophy, political theory, and education, these important works shed light on conceptions of reason and freedom essential for understanding Locke's philosophy. With renewed interest in the… Shares Philosophers, Early works to 1800, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir

Μένων Plato · 1869 · ★ 4.0 · 108p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Text and essays edited by Malcom Brown: St. Augustine / From On the teacher ; G.W. Leibniz / From Discourse on metaphysics ; Friedrich Nietzsche / From Introduction to the study of the Platonic dialogues ; F.M. Cornford / Anamnesis; Karl Popper / The nature of philosophical problems and their roots in science ; H.-P. Stahl / beginnings of propositional logic in Plato ; Malcolm Brown / Plato… Shares Socrates, Early works to 1800, Philosophy

Les confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1782 · ★ 4.0 · 674p · ≈ 22h · Demanding 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… Shares Philosophers, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir

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