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On the Good Life (Penguin Classics)
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It's always a joy to return to the works of one Marcus Tullius Cicero. He was Rome's greatest orator, and anyone who has ever read his works can certainly see why. In the present work he discusses the concepts of friendship, moral virtue, one's duty to the state, one's duty to one's friends (and what to do when these come into conflict), oratory and... »
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The Book of Margery Kempe (Norton Critical Editions)
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The first autobiography written in English--by a brewery owner, Christian mystic, and mother of 14 named Margery Kempe, who died in the 15th century--is now available in a lively, modern translation by John Skinner. It begins with her stark conversion experience, heralded by a vision of Christ in her bedroom one night. The story follows Margery through... »
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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (Philosophical Library Series)
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Unreadable. A curiosity. A long way from English. The difficult made impossible. Many sentences, long and short, like, "So let these things have been spoken of just this much." Page 9. The footnotes are somewhat clearer than the text.... »
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The Portable Machiavelli
A useful compendium of Machiavelli's works that reveals a breadth of views not typically ascribed to Machiavelli; yes, we have The Prince, but we also hav... »
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The Homeric Hymns
I read this book over and over and each time I read it (The Homeric Hymns by Homer, Apostolos N. Athanassakis) its soothes me. I highly recommend this boo... »
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The Tain
I read this while going through a "what haven't I read that maybe I should have" period. If you are really interested in this period of Irish history, I c... »
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