Author : DAVID HUME; CHARLES BRADLAUGH; ANTHONY COLLINS; JO.
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File Size : 41,69 MB
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ISBN : 9783956700828
Author : Cicero
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 16,42 MB
Release : 2006-03-09
Category : History
ISBN : 0191605271
'Two things alone I long for: first, that when I die I may leave the Roman people free...and second, that each person's fate may reflect the way he has behaved towards his country.' Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world and a leading politician of the closing era of the Roman republic. This book presents nine speeches which reflect the development, variety, and drama of his political career,among them two speeches from his prosecution of Verres, a corrupt and cruel governor of Sicily; four speeches against the conspirator Catiline; and the Second Philippic, the famous denunciation of Mark Antony which cost Cicero his life. Also included are On the Command of Gnaeus Pompeius, in which he praises the military successes of Pompey, and For Marcellus, a panegyric in praise of the dictator Julius Caesar. These new translations preserve Cicero's rhetorical brilliance and achieve new standards of accuracy. A general introduction outlines Cicero's public career, and separate introductions explain the political significance of each of the speeches. Together with its companion volume, Defence Speeches, this edition provides an unparalleled sampling of Cicero's oratorical achievements.
Author : Julius Julius Caesar
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 18,31 MB
Release : 2018-01-06
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ISBN : 9781983669354
This a presentation of the works of Julius Caesar in English translation. This includes his Gallic Wars and Civil Wars, plus three shorter works. Beyond its importance as a source document for military and Roman history, Caesar's clean prose style has long made his Gallic Wars the text of choice for second-year Latin. It is also of interest because of his first-hand observations of the Celtic tribes that he was waging war on. For instance, Book 6 contains a long passage about Gaulish society, the Druids, and his famous description of the original burning man ritual. Gaius Julius Caesar (13 July 100 BC - 15 March 44 BC), usually called Julius Caesar, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the events that led to the demise of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire. He is also known as a notable author of Latin prose.
Author : Chodo Cross
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Page : 333 pages
File Size : 11,48 MB
Release : 2021-09-06
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This translation, supported by the Japan Foundation, makes a strong claim to be the definitive translation of the 95 chapter edition of Shobogenzo, the essential Japanese Buddhist text, written in the 13th century by Zen Master Dogen. The translation adheres closely to the original Japanese, with a clear style and extensive annotations. Book 1 presents translations of twenty-one chapters of Shobogenzo including Genjo-koan (The Realized Universe), Soku-shin-ze-butsu (Mind Here & Now is Buddha), Uji (Existence-Time), and Sansuigyo (The Sutra of Mountains & Water). Its several reference sections include a Chinese/English appendix of references to the Lotus Sutra, and an extensive Sanskrit glossary. 'At last I visited Zen Master Nyojo of Dai-byaku-ho mountain, and there I was able to complete the great task of a lifetime of practice. After that, at the beginning of the great Sung era of Shojo, I came home determined to spread the Dharma and to save living beings, it was as if a heavy burden had been placed on my shoulders....I will leave this record to people who learn in practice and are easy in the truth, so that they can know the right Dharma of the Buddha's lineage. This may be a true mission.'
Author : Epictetus
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Page : 248 pages
File Size : 13,31 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Classical literature
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Author : David Hume
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Page : 796 pages
File Size : 48,31 MB
Release : 2013-01-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781789431599
Philosopher David Hume was considered to one of the most important figures in the age of Scottish enlightenment. ""A Treatise of Human Nature"" broke new ground by attempting to base philosophy on human nature, making it one of the most important texts in Western Philosophy. Human passions and the ability to distinguish between virtue and vice are elucidated in the text. In ""An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding"" Hume discusses the weaknesses that humans have in their abilities to unders
Author : René Descartes
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 856 pages
File Size : 34,76 MB
Release : 2017-01-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 178656064X
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Author : Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin (kni͡azʹ)
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Page : 552 pages
File Size : 29,8 MB
Release : 1899
Category : Soviet Union
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Author : Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 1042 pages
File Size : 30,93 MB
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0374712131
The month of November 1916 in Russia was outwardly unmarked by seismic events, but beneath the surface, society seethed fiercely. In Petrograd, luxury-store windows are still brightly lit; the Duma debates the monarchy, the course of war, and clashing paths to reform; the workers in the miserable munitions factories veer increasingly toward sedition. At the front all is stalemate except for sudden death's capricious visits, while in the countryside sullen anxiety among hard-pressed farmers is rapidly replacing patriotism. In Zurich, Lenin, with the smallest of all revolutionary groups, plots his sinister logistical miracle. With masterly and moving empathy, through the eyes of both historical and fictional protagonists, Solzhenitsyn unforgettably transports us to that time and place--the last of pre-Soviet Russia. Translated by H.T. Willetts. November 1916 is the second volume in Solzhenitsyn's multi-part work, the Red Wheel, following August 1914. The final volumes will deal with March and April of 1917. Each volume concentrates on a historical turning point, or "knot," as the wheel rolls on inexorably toward revolution.
Author : Friedrich Schiller
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Page : 566 pages
File Size : 46,17 MB
Release : 1846
Category : Germany
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