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The Complete Harvard Classics - All 51 Volumes in One Edition : The Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature - Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf

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The Complete Harvard Classics - All 51 Volumes in One Edition' represents an unprecedented assembly of the seminal works that have shaped Western civilization. This anthology spans the gamut of human thought and expression, from philosophy, literature, and the natural sciences to the foundational texts of modern political theory. Its breadth encompasses a broad spectrum of literary styles, from the dialogues of Plato to the essays of Montaigne, the tragedians of ancient Greece to the romantics of Europe, and scientific treatises from the likes of Darwin and Faraday. The collection underlines not just the diversity of its contents but also the interconnectedness of thought across different epochs and disciplines, offering standout pieces that have each, in their unique way, pierced the veil of the mundane to touch upon the eternal and the universal. The diversity and significance of the works included promise a compendium of human knowledge and creative expression. The contributing figures to 'The Complete Harvard Classics' read like a who's who of the luminaries of Western thought and creativity. With authors ranging from the classical antiquity of Euripides and Aristophanes to the Enlightenment figures of Kant and Rousseau, and onto the modern minds of Thoreau and Emerson, the collection brings together voices from across the ages. These contributors were not just products of their time but often ahead of it, shaping and being shaped by the critical moments in human history. They engaged with the cultural, political, and intellectual movements of their times, offering insights that continue to influence current thought. Their collective works within this anthology provide a panoramic view of human achievement, reflecting the rich tapestry of human culture and its enduring quest for understanding and expression. To the discerning reader, 'The Complete Harvard Classics - All 51 Volumes in One Edition' offers an unparalleled opportunity to engage with the masterworks of Western thought and literature in a single collection. It promises not just an educational journey through the landscape of the human intellect but also an enriching experience that connects the reader with the minds who have shaped the course of human history. This anthology serves not just as a monument to human achievement but as a living dialogue between the past and present, urging readers to explore, understand, and engage with the ideas and ideals that continue to influence our world. It is an essential addition to any library, beckoning to those who seek to immerse themselves in the breadth and depth of human thought and creativity.


Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Author: Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Author: Thomas Carlyle Author: Plato Author: René Descartes Author: Immanuel Kant Author: Charles Darwin Author: Martin Luther Author: Robert Louis Stevenson Author: William Shakespeare Author: Dante Alighieri Author: Euripides Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley Author: Charles Lamb Author: Henry David Thoreau Author: Samuel Johnson Author: John Stuart Mill Author: David Hume Author: Joseph Addison Author: John Locke Author: John Fletcher Author: Francis Beaumont Author: Leigh Hunt Author: Epictetus Author: Thomas De Quincey Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge Author: Jonathan Swift Author: Christopher Marlowe Author: Jacob Grimm Author: Wilhelm Grimm Author: William Hazlitt Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero Author: Daniel Defoe Author: Aesop Author: Richard Henry Dana Author: John Dryden Author: Philip Massinger Author: Pedro Calderón de la Barca Author: John Ruskin Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes Author: Ernest Renan Author: Robert Burns Author: David Garrick Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson Author: John Webster Author: Izaak Walton Author: John Bunyan Author: James Russell Lowell Author: Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Author: Homer Author: Edmund Burke Author: Plutarch Author: Molière Author: Aeschylus Author: Michael Faraday Author: Sophocles Author: William Makepeace Thackeray Author: Benjamin Franklin Author: Pierre Corneille Author: Jean Racine Author: Voltaire Author: Robert Browning Author: Oliver Goldsmith Author: Thomas Dekker Author: John Milton Author: Aristophanes Author: Blaise Pascal Author: Virgil Author: Richard Brinsley Sheridan Author: Simon Newcomb Author: William Penn Author: Walter Bigges Author: Philip Sidney Author: Herodotus Author: Walter Raleigh Author: Francis Bacon Author: Giuseppe Mazzini Author: Francis Pretty Author: George Berkeley Author: Thomas Hobbes Author: Adam Smith Author: Alessandro Manzoni Author: Abraham Cowley Author: Michel de Montaigne Author: Ben Jonson Author: John Woolman Author: Benvenuto Cellini Author: Sydney Smith Author: Jean Froissart Author: William Henry Harrison Author: William Harvey Author: Marcus Aurelius Author: Hans Christian Andersen Author: Thomas Malory Author: George Gordon Byron Author: Thomas à Kempis Author: Richard Steele Author: Thomas Browne Author: Archibald Geikie Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay Author: Tacitus Author: William Roper Author: Hippocrates Author: Miguel de Cervantes Author: Thomas More Author: Friedrich von Schiller Author: Philip Nichols Author: Louis Pasteur Author: Joseph Lister Author: Jean Jacques Rousseau Author: Pliny the Younger Author: Edgar Alan Poe Author: Saint Augustine Author: Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz Author: Francis Drake Author: Edward Haies Author: Niccolo Machiavelli Author: Ambroise Paré Author: William A. Neilson