

Harvard Classics Anthology - Complete 51 Volumes
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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 'Harvard Classics Anthology - Complete 51 Volumes' is a monumental collection that beckons readers into the depth and breadth of centuries' worth of wisdom and creative expression. This compendium embraces a variety of themes, ranging from the philosophical inquiries of existence and morality to the dazzling flights of literary imagination. Through essays, plays, poetry, and philosophical discourses, this anthology showcases a marvelous spectrum of human thought and artistry. Standout pieces across these volumes, while not individually attributed here, paint an intricate tapestry of intellectual triumphs echoing the historical and cultural zeitgeist across ages. The anthology is enriched by the contributions of a stellar ensemble of legendary thinkers and literary giants, including luminaries such as Shakespeare, Descartes, Darwin, and more. Across its extensive lineage from classical antiquity to the Enlightenment and beyond, this collection serves as a bridge connecting readers to diverse cultural and historical currents. As a curated selection aligning with key literary and philosophical movements, it reveals the profound insights these authors imbue into themes such as human nature, society, and the cosmos, fostering a deeper appreciation of the interconnectedness of their ideas across history. This anthology offers a unique opportunity to journey through the annals of human thought and creativity, presenting a formidable educational resource for those eager to explore multiple perspectives and styles unified in one voluminous work. Each volume serves as a dialogue between the minds of the past and present, fostering reflection and growth. Dive into this rich collection to uncover the compelling narratives and timeless truths that continue to shape our world and broaden your understanding of humanity's literary heritage.