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This is a curated path to enter in the Great Conversation to pursue it's own life-long self directed education to climb on the shoulders of giants and have a glimpse to this horizon that define what it mean to be an human being who value freedom and wisdom. We cannot blindly run into the future without listening and honoring the voices from the past that colored our present.

ca. 2000 BCE. The Epic of Gilgamesh.

Homer, ca. 800 BCE. The Iliad.

600-300 BCE, The Old Testament.

Confucius, 551-479 BCE. The Analects.

Aeschylus, 525-456/5 BCE. The Oresteia.

Sophocles, 496-406 BCE. Oedipus Rex.

Euripides, 484-406 BCE. Medea.

Herodotus, ca. 484-425 BCE. The Histories.

Thucydides, 470/460-ca.400 BCE. The Peloponnesian War.

Hippocrates, 460-370 BCE. On Ancient Medicine.

Aristophanes, 448-388 BCE. The Clouds.

Sun-tzu, ca. 450-380 BCE. The Art of War.

Xenophon, 430–354 BC. Anabasis.

(cf. Hellenica)

Plato, 428-348 BCE. The Republic.

Aristotle, 384-322 BCE. Ethics.

Epicurus, 341-270 BCE. Letters.

Euclid, 300 BCE. Elements.

Archimedes, 287-212 BCE. The Sand-Reckoner.

Apollonius of Perga, 240 BCE. Conics.

Cicero, 106-43 BCE. On Friendship.

Lucretius, 99-55 BCE. Of the Nature of Things.

Virgil, 70-19 BCE. The Aeneid.

Horace, 65-8 BCE. Odes.

Livy, 59 BCE.-17 AD. History of Rome.

Ovid, 43 BCE.-17 AD. Metamorphoses.

Pliny the Elder, 23-79 AD. Naturalis Historia.

100 AD. The New Testament.

Plutarch, 46–120 AD. Parallel Lives.

Tacitus, 56–120 AD. Annals.

Nicomachus of Gerasa, 60–120 AD. Introduction to Arithmetic.

Epictetus, 55–135 AD. Discourses.

Ptolemy, 100-170 AD. Almagest.

Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 AD. Meditations.

Plotinus, 205-270 AD. The Enneads.

Saint Augustine, 354-430 AD. Confessions.

Boethius, 480–524 AD. The Consolation of Philosophy.

609–632 AD. The Koran.

1000 AD. Beowulf.

1100 AD. The Song of Roland.

Saint Anselm, 1033-1109 AD. Proslogium.

Maimonides, 1135-1204 AD. The Guide for the Perplexed.

Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274 AD. Summa Theologica.

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 AD. The Divine Comedy.

Geoffrey Chaucer, 1343-1400 AD. The Canterbury Tales.

Niccolo Macchiavelli, 1469-1527 AD. The Prince.

Erasmus, 1469-1536 AD. The Praise of Folly.

Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473-1543 AD. On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres.

Thomas More, 1478-1535 AD. Utopia.

François Rabelais, 1483-1553 AD. Gargantua and Pantagruel.

Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, 1533-1592 AD. Essays.

Miguel de Cervantes, 1547-1616. Don Quixote.

Martin Luther, 1483–1546 AD. Ninety-five Theses.

John Calvin, 1509-1564 AD. Institutes of the Christian Religion.

William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 AD. Hamlet.

Francis Bacon, 1561-1626 AD. Novum Organum.

Johannes Kepler, 1571-1630 AD. Harmony of the World.

Galileo Galilei, 1574-1642 AD. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.

William Harvey, 1578-1657 AD. De Motu Cordis (On The Motion of The Heart And Blood In Animals)

René Descartes Descartes: Discourse on Method, Meditations, Rules for the Direction of the Mind Rene Descartes (1596-1650) Rules for the Direction of the Mind Discourse on the Method Geometry Meditations on First Philosophy DESCARTES: Meditations, Rules for the Direction of the Mind Rene Descartes - Meditations DESCARTES: Geometry, Discourse on Method René Descartes, 1596-1650. Discourse on Method.

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Paradise Lost by John Milton Milton: Paradise Lost John Milton - Paradise Lost MILTON: Paradise Lost John Milton (1608-1674) Works (esp. the minor poems, Areopagitica, Paradise Lost, Samson Agonistes) John Milton, 1608-1674. Paradise Lost; Lycidas; On the Morning of Christ's Nativity; Sonnets; Areopagitica.

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Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes Hobbes: Leviathan Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) The Leviathan HOBBES: Leviathan Thomas Hobbes, 1588-1679. Leviathan.

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Moliere - Tartuffe MOLIERE: Le Misanthrope Moliere: Le Misanthrope Molière, 1622-1673. Selected Plays. Molière Molière (1622-1673) Comedies (esp. The Miser, The School for Wives, The Misanthrope, The Doctor in Spite of Himself)

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Blaise Pascal Pascal: Pensees Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) The Provincial Letters Pensees Scientific Treatises PASCAL: Pensees PASCAL: Generation of Conic Sections Blaise Pascal, 1623-1662. Thoughts (Pensées).

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The Pilgrim's Progress -John Bunyan John Bunyan - Grace Abounding in the Chief of Sinners John Bunyan, 1628-1688. Pilgrim's Progress.

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LOCKE: Second Treatise of Government John Locke (1632-1704) Letter Concerning Toleration "Of Civil Government" (second treatise in Two Treatises on Government) Essay Concerning Human Understanding Thoughts Concerning Education Locke: Second Treatise of Government John Locke - The True End of Civil Government Second Treatise of Government by John Locke John Locke, 1632-1688. Second Treatise of Government.

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Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe Daniel Defoe, 1660-1731. Robinson Crusoe.

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SWIFT: Gulliver’s Travels Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) A Tale of a Tub Journal to Stella Gulliver's Travels A Modest Proposal Swift: Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745. Gulliver's Travels.

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Thomas Paine - Common Sense Paine: Common Sense, The Rights of Man

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William Congreve - The Way of the World William Congreve (1670-1729) The Way of the World

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RACINE: Phaedre Racine: Phaedre Jean Baptiste Racine (1639-1699) Tragedies (esp. Andromache, Phaedra)

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Benedict de Spinoza (1632-1677) Ethics SPINOZA: Theological-Political Treatise Spinoza: Ethics, Theological-Political Treatise

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LEIBNIZ: Monadology, Discourse on Metaphysics, Essay On Dynamics, Philosophical Essays, Principles of Nature and Grace Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716) Discourse on Metaphysics New Essays Concerning Human Understanding Monadology Leibniz: The Monadology, 1714.

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NEWTON: Principia Mathematica Isaac Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica (1687/1713/1726) Isaac Newton - excerpts from Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica Newton: Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy Optics

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Voltaire, 1694-1778. Candide and Other Works. Voltaire, Candide Voltaire: Candide Voltaire (1694-1778) Letters on the English Candide Philosophical Dictionary

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David Hume (1711-1776) Treatise on Human Nature Essays Moral and Political An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding HUME: Treatise of Human Nature Hume: Treatise of Human Nature David Hume - The History of England, Volume V David Hume, 1711-1776. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.

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kant Kant: Critique of Pure Reason, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals, What is Enlightenment? Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) Critique of Pure Reason Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals Critique of Practical Reason The Science of Right Critique of Judgment Perpetual Peace KANT: Critique of Pure Reason, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals

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HUYGENS: Treatise on Light, On the Movement of Bodies by Impact Christiaan Huygens (1629-1695) Treatise on Light

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A. Pope: Essay on Man Alexander Pope (1688-1744) Essay on Criticism Rape of the Lock Essay on Man

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Montesquieu: Spirit of the Laws (1748) Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) Persian Letters Spirit of Laws Montesquieu

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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Franklin: Autobiography Benjamin Franklin - The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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Fielding: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749) Henry Fielding (1707-1754) Joseph Andrews Tom Jones Henry Fielding, 1707-1754. Tom Jones.

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ROUSSEAU: Social Contract, The Origin of Inequality Jean Jacques Rousseau - Confessions Jean Jaques Rousseau (1712-1778) On the Origin of Inequality On the Political Economy Emile The Social Contract Rousseau: Social Contract, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Emile, Confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The Social Contract On the Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1712-1778. Confessions.

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Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) Tristram Shandy A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy Laurence Sterne, 1713-1768. Tristram Shandy.

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Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) Elements of Chemistry LAVOISIER: Elements of Chemistry

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Adam smith The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith Adam Smith: Wealth of Nations, Theory of Sentiments Adam Smith (1723-1790) The Theory of Moral Sentiments Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations ADAM SMITH: Wealth of Nations

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James Boswell, 1740-1795. The Life of Samuel Johnson. Boswell: The Life of Johnson James Boswell (1740-1795) Journal (esp. London Journal) Life of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D

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Jefferson: writings Thomas Jefferson and others. Basic Documents in American History, edited by Richard B. Morris

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Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Autobiography Edward Gibbon - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Gibbon: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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AMERICAN FOUNDING DOCUMENTS: “Articles of Confederation,” “Declaration of Independence,” “Constitution of the United States of America” “Articles of Confederation,” “Declaration of Independence,” “Constitution of the United States of America” The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison Hamilton, Jay and Madison: The Federalist John Jay (1745-1829), James Madison (1751-1836), and Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) Federalist Papers (together with the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution of the United States, and the Declaration of Independence) HAMILTON, JAY AND MADISON: The Federalist Hamilton, Madison, and Jay. The Federalist Papers, edited by Clinton Rossiter.

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goethe Goethe: Faust, Metamorphosis of Plants Goethe: Faust, Metamorphosis of Plants Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) Faust Poetry and Truth GOETHE: Faust Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832. Faust.

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William Blake - Songs of Innocence and of Experience William Blake, 1757-1827. Selected Works.

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Williams Wordsworth WORDSWORTH: The Two Part Prelude of 1799 William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Poems (esp. Lyrical Ballads, Lucy poems, sonnets; The Prelude) William Wordsworth, 1770-1850. The Prelude; Selected Shorter Poems; Preface to the Lyrical Ballads (1800).

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) Poems (esp. "Kubla Khan," Rime of the Ancient Mariner) Biographia Literaria Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834. The Ancient Mariner; Christabel; Kubla Khan; Biographia Literaria; Writings on Shakespeare.

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Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen JANE AUSTEN: Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen (1775-1817) Pride and Prejudice Emma Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen, 1775-1817. Pride and Prejudice; Emma.

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) Phenomenology of Spirit Philosophy of Right Lectures on the Philosophy of History Hegel: Phenomenology of Spirit HEGEL: Phenomenology of Mind, “Logic” (from the Encyclopedia)

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Stendhal Stendhal: The Red and the Black Stendhal (1783-1842) The Red and the Black The Charterhouse of Parma On Love Stendhal Stendhal, 1783-1842. The Red and the Black.

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Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850) Père Goriot Eugénie Grandet Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850. Père Goriot; Eugénie Grandet.

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Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Representative Men Essays Journal Ralph Waldo Emerson Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882. Selected Works.

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Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1804-1864. The Scarlet Letter; Selected Tales.

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Alexis De Tocqueville - Democracy in America Alexis de Tocqueville Tocqueville: Democracy in America Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) Democracy in America TOCQUEVILLE: Democracy in America Alexis de Tocqueville, 1805-1859. Democracy in America.

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John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) A System of Logic On Liberty Representative Government Utilitarianism The Subjection of Women Autobiography John Stuart Mill: On Liberty, Autobiography On Liberty by John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873. On Liberty; The Subjection of Women.

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Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species (1859) Charles Darwin - On the Origin of Species Darwin: Origin of Species, Descent of Man, Voyage of the Beagle DARWIN: Origin of Species Charles Darwin (1809-1882) The Origin of Species The Descent of Man Autobiography Charles Darwin, 1809-1882. The Voyage of the Beagle; The Origin of Species.

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KIERKEGAARD: Philosophical Fragments, Fear and Trembling Fear and Trembling by Soren Kierkegaard Kierkegaard: Philosophical Fragments, Fear and Trembling

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Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

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Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849. Short Stories and Other Works.

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William Makepeace Thackeray, 1811-1863. Vanity Fair.

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Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Works (esp. Pickwick Papers, David Copperfield, Hard Times) Charles Dickens, 1812-1870. Pickwick Papers; David Copperfield; Great Expectations; Hard Times; Our Mutual Friend; Little Dorrit.

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Anthony Trollope, 1815-1882. The Warden; The Last Chronicle of Barset; The Eustace Diamonds; The Way We Live Now; Autobiography.

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Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte The Brontë Sisters Charlotte Brontë, 1816-1855. Jane Eyre

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Emily Brontë, 1818-1848. Wuthering Heights

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Henry David Thoreau - Walden Walden by Henry David Thoreau Thoreau: Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Civil Disobedience Walden Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862. Walden; Civil Disobedience.

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Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, 1818-1883. Fathers and Sons.

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MARX: Capital, Political and Economic Manuscripts of 1844, The German Ideology Karl Marx (1818-1883) Capital (together with the Communist Manifesto) Marx: Capital, Political and Economic Manuscripts of 1844, The German Ideology Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels - Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx Karl marx Karl Marx, 1818-1883, and Friedrich Engels, 1820-1895. The Communist Manifesto.

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

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Melville: Billy Budd, Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno MELVILLE: Benito Cereno Moby Dick - Herman Melville Herman Melville (1819-1891) Moby Dick Billy Budd Moby Dick by Herman Melville Herman Melville, 1819-1891. Moby Dick; Bartleby the Scrivener.

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George Eliot: Middlemarch George Eliot (1819-1880) Adam Bede Middlemarch ELIOT: Middlemarch George Eliot, 1819-1880. The Mill on the Floss; Middlemarch.

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Whitman, Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman Walt Whitman, 1819-1892. Selected Poems; Democratic Vistas; Preface to the first issue of Leaves of Grass (1855); A Backward Glance O'er Travelled Roads.

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Gustave Flaubert Flaubert: Un Coeur Simple, Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) Madame Bovary Three Stories FLAUBERT: Un Coeur Simple Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880. Madame Bovary.

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Dostoevski: Brothers Karamazov, Demons, Crime and Punishment, Notes form Underground DOSTOEVSKI: Brothers Karamazov Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime And Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) Crime and Punishment The Idiot The Brothers Karamazov Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, 1821-1881. Crime and Punishment; The Brothers Karamazov.

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Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy: War and Peace, Anna Kerenina Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) War and Peace Anna Karenina What is Art? Twenty-Three Tales Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy TOLSTOY: War and Peace Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, 1828-1910. War and Peace.

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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) Plays (esp. Hedda Gabler, A Doll's House, The Wild Duck) Henrik Ibsen - A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen, 1828-1906. Selected Plays.

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Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886. Collected Poems.

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Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll, 1832-1898. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking-Glass.

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Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain TWAIN: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain (1835-1910) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Mysterious Stranger Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Mark Twain, 1835-1910. Huckleberry Finn.

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Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams (1918) Henry Adams, 1838-1918. The Education of Henry Adams.

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The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy thomas hardy Thomas Hardy, 1840-1928. The Mayor of Casterbridge.

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WILLIAM JAMES; Psychology, Briefer Course William James (1842-1910) The Principles of Psychology The Varieties of Religious Experience Pragamatism Essays in Radical Empiricism William James, Psychology, Briefer Course William James, 1842-1910. The Principles of Psychology; Pragmatism; Four Essays from The Meaning of Truth; The Varieties of Religious Experience.

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The Portrait of a Lady - Henry James Henry James (1843-1916) The American The Ambassadors Henry James Henry James, 1843-1916. The Ambassadors.

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Marcel Mauss

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Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil, Birth of Tragedy, Uses and Abuses of History for Life Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) Thus Spoke Zarathustra Beyond Good and Evil The Genealogy of Morals The Will to Power NIETZSCHE: Beyond Good and Evil Friedrich Nietzsche - Ecce Homo Beyond Good and Evil by Freidrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, 1844-1900. Thus Spake Zarathustra; The Genealogy of Morals; Beyond Good and Evil; and other works.

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FREUD: Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) The Interpretation of Dreams Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Civilization and Its Discontents New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Freud: Interpretation of Dreams Freud, Civilization and its Discontents (1929) Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939. Selected Works, including The Interpretation of Dreams; Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality; and Civilization and Its Discontents.

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George Bernard Shaw - Saint Joan George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)Plays (and Prefaces) (esp. Man and Superman, Major Barbara, Caesar and Cleopatra, Pygmalion, Saint Joan) George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950. Selcted Plays and Prefaces.

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Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad CONRAD: Heart of Darkness Conrad, Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924. Nostromo.

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Anton Chekhov - The Cherry Orchard Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904. Uncle Vanya; Three Sisters; The Cherry Orchard; Selected Short Stories.

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The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton Edith Wharton, 1862-1937. The Custom of the Country; The Age of Innocence; The House of Mirth.

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William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats, 1865-1939. Collected Poems; Collected Plays; The Autobiography.

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Natsume Soseki, 18676-1916. Kokoro.

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Marcel Proust (1871-1922) Remembrance of Things Past Marcel Proust Proust, In search of lost time Proust: Swann’s Way Marcel Proust, 1871-1922. Remembrance of Things Past.

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Robert Frost, 1874-1963. Collected Poems.

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Thomas Mann (1875-1955) The Magic Mountain Joseph and His Brothers Thomas Mann,Magic Mountain Thomas Mann, 1875-1955. The Magic Mountain.

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E. M. Forster, 1879-1970. A Passage to India.

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Lu Hsün, 1881-1936. Collected Short Stories.

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James Joyce: The Dead, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses James Joyce (1882-1941) "The Dead" in Dubliners Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Ulysses Ulysses by James Joyce James Joyce James Joyce, 1882-1941. Ulysses.

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Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Wolfe WOOLF: Mrs. Dalloway Woolf,To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway Virginia Woolf, 1882-1941. Mrs. Dalloway; To the Lighthouse; Orlando; The Waves.

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Franz Kafka, 1883-1924. The Trial.

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Frederick Douglass - Life and Times of Frederick Douglas FREDERICK DOUGLASS: Selected Speeches Douglass: Narrative of the Life 1818 – 1895)

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Booker T. Washington - Up from Slavery Booker T. Washington: Selected Writings BOOKER T. WASHINGTON: Selected Writings

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D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930. Sons and Lovers; Women in Love.

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Tanizaki Junichiro, 1886-1965. The Makioka Sisters.

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Eugene O'Neill - Long Day's Journey into Night Eugene O'Neill, 1888-1953. Mourning Becomes Electra; The Iceman Cometh; Long Day's Journey into Night.

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T.S. Eliot T.S. Eliot - Murder in the Cathedral T.S. Eliot, The Wasteland T.S. Eliot T. S. Eliot, 1888-1965. Collected Poems; Collected Plays.

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Aldous Huxley, 1894-1963. Brave New World.

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FAULKNER: Go Down Moses William Faulkner, 1897-1962. The Sound and the Fury; As I Lay Dying.

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Ernest Hemingway, 1899-1962. Short Stories. The man and the Sea

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Kawabata Yasunari, 1899-1972. Beauty and Sadness.

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Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986. Labyrinths Dreamtigers.

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Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977. Lolita; Pale Fire; Speak, Memory.

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George Orwell, 1903-1950. Nineteen Eighty-Four;.

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R. K. Narayan, 1906- . The English Teacher; The Vendor of Sweets.

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Samuel Beckett - Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989. Waiting for Godot; Endgame; Krapp's Last Tape.

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W. H. Auden, 1907-1973. Collected Poems.

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Arthur Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Studies in Pessimism

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The Stranger by Albert Camus Albert Camus The Stranger - Albert Camus Albert Camus, 1913-1960. The Plague; The Stranger.

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Mohandas Gandhi - An Autobiography: The Story of my Experiments with Truth

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Saul Bellow, 1915- . The Adventures of Augie March; Herzog; Humboldt's Gift.

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The Gulag Archipelago Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn (1918- ) The First Circle The Cancer Ward Aleskandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, 1918- . The First Circle; Cancer Ward.

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Thomas Kuhn: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Thomas Kuhn, 1922-1996. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

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Mishima Yukio, 1925-1970. Confessions of a Mask; The Temple of the Golden Pavilion.

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1928- . One Hundred Years of Solitude.

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Husserl: Crisis of the European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology HUSSERL: Crisis of the European Sciences

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Jean Paul Sartre (1905- ) Nausea No Exit Being and Nothingness Jean Paul Sartre - No Exit

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Heidegger, Being and Time (1927), selections from “Basic Writings” HEIDEGGER: Basic Writings

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Albert Einstein (1879-1955) The Meaning of Relativity On the Method of Theoretical Physics The Evolution of Physics (with L. Infeld) Albert Einstein - The General Theory of Relativity Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory (1916) EINSTEIN: Selected papers

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Max Planck (1858-1947) Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory Where Is Science Going? Scientific Autobiography Max Planck, “The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory” (1922) Max Planck - The Origin and Development of the Quantum Theory

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Henri Bergson (1859-1941) Time and Free Will Matter and Memory Creative Evolution The Two Sources of Morality and Religion Bergson, Creative Evolution

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Arnold Toynbee (1889- ) A Study of History Civilization on Trial Arnold Toynbee: A Study of History

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Max Weber - The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism Max Weber, Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Science as a Vocation, Economy and Society

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John Maynard Keynes: The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) Keynes: The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. (1936)

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F. A. Hayek The Road to Serfdom

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Karl Polanyi The Great Transformation

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Bertrand Russell

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Wittgenstein: Tractatus, Philosophical Investigations, Blue and Brown Books Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophical Investigations (1920)

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Hannah Arendt, Totalitarism

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