

The Complete Harvard Classics - All 51 Volumes in One Edition
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Thomas Carlyle
Plato
René Descartes
Immanuel Kant
Charles Darwin
Martin Luther
Robert Louis Stevenson
William Shakespeare
Dante Alighieri
Euripides
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Charles Lamb
Henry David Thoreau
Samuel Johnson
John Stuart Mill
David Hume
Joseph Addison
John Locke
John Fletcher
Francis Beaumont
Leigh Hunt
Epictetus
Thomas De Quincey
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Jonathan Swift
Christopher Marlowe
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
William Hazlitt
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Daniel Defoe
Aesop
Richard Henry Dana
John Dryden
Philip Massinger
Pedro Calderón de la Barca
John Ruskin
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ernest Renan
Robert Burns
David Garrick
Ralph Waldo Emerson
John Webster
Izaak Walton
John Bunyan
James Russell Lowell
Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve
Homer
Edmund Burke
Plutarch
Molière
Aeschylus
Michael Faraday
Sophocles
William Makepeace Thackeray
Benjamin Franklin
Pierre Corneille
Jean Racine
Voltaire
Robert Browning
Oliver Goldsmith
Thomas Dekker
John Milton
Aristophanes
Blaise Pascal
Virgil
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Simon Newcomb
William Penn
Walter Bigges
Philip Sidney
Herodotus
Walter Raleigh
Francis Bacon
Giuseppe Mazzini
Francis Pretty
George Berkeley
Thomas Hobbes
Adam Smith
Alessandro Manzoni
Abraham Cowley
Michel de Montaigne
Ben Jonson
John Woolman
Benvenuto Cellini
Sydney Smith
Jean Froissart
William Henry Harrison
William Harvey
Marcus Aurelius
Hans Christian Andersen
Thomas Malory
George Gordon Byron
Thomas à Kempis
Richard Steele
Thomas Browne
Archibald Geikie
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Tacitus
William Roper
Hippocrates
Miguel de Cervantes
Thomas More
Friedrich von Schiller
Philip Nichols
Louis Pasteur
Joseph Lister
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Pliny the Younger
Edgar Alan Poe
Saint Augustine
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz
Francis Drake
Edward Haies
Niccolo Machiavelli
Ambroise Paré
William A. Neilson
The Complete Harvard Classics - All 51 Volumes in One Edition stands as a monumental anthology that intricately weaves the profound tapestry of Western thought. Within its extensive bounds lie the myriad voices of the West'Äôs most illustrious thinkers, dramatists, poets, and philosophers. From the philosophical musings of Plato and Descartes to the poetic eloquence of Dante and Shakespeare, this collection avails an unparalleled voyage through time and discipline. While each volume contains seminal works that have shaped the contours of literature, science, and moral philosophy, certain pieces 'Äî such as the storytelling prowess evident in traditional fables and epistles 'Äî showcase the evolution and diversity of literary style that defines the anthology'Äôs significance. The contributing figures in this anthology span centuries, continents, and intellectual movements, offering a panoramic view of the human experience as translated through various eras. Editors with the vision of crafting a seamless interplay of intellect imbue the collection with a unifying thread of brilliance. The compendium incorporates the Age of Enlightenment, Renaissance humanism, Romanticism, and early scientific inquiry, among others, guided by trailblazers who have shaped cultures and ideologies. This convergence of historical and cultural backgrounds promises the reader an enriched understanding of humanity'Äôs collective quest for knowledge. For learners and scholars alike, The Complete Harvard Classics is an indispensable resource, compacting the breadth of human wisdom into a singular entity. Beyond its scholarly appeal, it presents an invitation to discern the connections across epochs and the dialogue between disparate philosophies and perspectives. The anthology encourages devout exploration of its depths, promising revelations about past wisdom and its implications on contemporary life. As a bastion of educational value, this tome fosters intellectual engagement and prompts readers to ponder the timelessness of the human spirit's inquisitive nature.