Cosimo feb 2010 (15 Ergebnisse)

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Author names not noted above: Sir Francis Drake, Francis Petty, Walter Biggs, Edward Hayes, Sir Walter RaleighEditor name not noted above: Philip NicholsTranslator names not noted above: G.C. Macaulay, Thomas GordonOriginally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XXXIII features essential writings of ethnography and exploration. In their own voices, hear:¿ Herodotus, 'the father of story-tellers,' on the gods of ancient Egypt¿ Tacitus, in the 'front rank' of ancient historians, on the Teutonic tribes of the Roman era¿ Sir Francis Drake, 'the greatest of the naval adventurers of England of the time of Elizabeth,' relates his historic 16th-century journey around the Straits of Magellan¿ Sir Walter Raleigh, 'courtier and statesman, soldier and sailor, scientist and man of letters,' tells of his 1594 discovery of Guiana¿ and others.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Author names not noted above: Sir William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Simon Newcomb, Sir Archibald GeikieOriginally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XXX collects foundational essays from the 19th century that expanded our knowledge of and prompted further study in the fields of physics, chemistry, astronomy, and geology:¿ from English natural philosopher MICHAEL FARADAY (1791-1867), 'The Forces of Matter' and 'The Chemical History of a Candle'¿ from German physicist HERMANN VON HELMHOLTZ (1821-1894), 'On the Conservation of Force' and 'Ice and Glaciers'¿ from English mathematician SIR WILLIAM THOMSON, LORD KELVIN (1824-1907), 'The Wave Theory of Light' and 'The Tides'¿ from Canadian-American astronomer Simon Newcomb (1835-1909), 'The Extent of the Universe'¿ from Scottish geologist Sir Archibald Geikie (1836-1924), 'Geographical Evolution.'. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Author names not noted above: Jean Racine, Molière, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich von SchillerOriginally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XXVI features the six 17th- and 18th-century plays that have most influenced Western European literature and culture:¿ Life Is a Dream, by Spanish dramatist PEDRO CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA (1600-1681), his 1635 allegory debating free will and fate¿ Polyeucte, by French playwright and father of French tragedy PIERRE CORNEILLE (1606-1684), his 1642 drama based on the life of the martyr Saint Polyeuctus¿ Phèdre, by French dramatist JEAN RACINE (1639-1699), his 1677 tragedy from Greek mythology¿ Tartuffe, by the French comic master Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), aka MOLIÈRE, his 1664 masterpiece about hypocrisy¿ Minna von Barnhelm, by German playwright GOTTHOLD EPHRAIM LESSING (1729-1781), a groundbreaking comedy¿ Wilhelm Tell, by German author FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER (1759-1805), a tragedy of the Swiss fight for independence in the 14th century. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Author name not noted above: Marcus Aurelius. Translator names not noted above: Benjamin Jowett, Hastings Crossley, and George Long. Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume II features: ¿ The Apology, Phaedo, and Crito, by Greek philosopher PLATO (c. 428 BC-c. 347 BC), three of his greatest dialogues about his mentor, Socrates, and essential for understanding the Socratic method. ¿ The Golden Sayings, by Greek philosopher EPICTETUS (55-135), a collection of Stoic aphorisms and wisdom. ¿ The Meditations, by Roman emperor MARCUS AURELIUS (121-180), an ode to the obligations and rewards of duty.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Author names not noted above: J.J. Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes.Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XXXIV features great works by French and English philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries:¿ 'Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking the Truth in the Sciences,' by RENÉ DESCARTES (1596-1650)¿ 'Letters on the English,' by François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), aka VOLTAIRE¿ 'Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind' and 'Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar,' by JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712-1778)¿ 'Of Man, Being the First Part of Leviathan,' by THOMAS HOBBES (1588-1679).…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume V features two collections from American poet and philosopher RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882): Essays-on such topics as 'The American Scholar,' 'Self-Reliance,' 'Friendship,' 'Heroism,' and more-and English Traits, in which he examines the British character as gathered from his travels in England. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Translator names not noted above: E.S. Shuckburgh, William Melmoth, F.C.T. BosanquetOriginally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume IX features:¿ three works by Roman philosopher MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO (106 BC-43 BC): the dialogue On Friendship, a timeless consideration of that happy state; the essay On Old Age, his reflections on aging and death; and his Letters, including his thoughts on matters both personal and political¿ the Letters of Roman lawyer PLINY THE YOUNGER (61-c. 112), which remain some of the most valuable firsthand documents we have of the period, particularly since he moved in politically important circles; the letters include his eyewitness account of the disastrous eruption of Mount Vesuvius. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Translator name not noted above: Arthur Hugh CloughOriginally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XII features selections from the biographical writings of the Greek historian PLUTARCH (c. 46 A.D.-120 A.D.), which offer us the only sources of information that have survived for some personages, and exerted a profound influence on the literature to come, particularly throughout the Renaissance and Enlightenment. Included are Plutarch's biographies of Themistocles, Pericles, Aristides, Coriolanus, Demosthenes, Cicero, and others.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Author names not noted above: Matthew Arnold, John Ruskin, Walter Bagehot, Thomas Henry Huxley, Edward Freeman, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Ellery Channing, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Abraham Lincoln, James Russell LowellOriginally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XXVIII features essays from 12 essential writers on both sides of the Atlantic, personal reflections and cultural criticisms that continue to impact literature today:¿ 'Jonathan Swift' by William Thackeray¿ 'The Idea of a University' by John Henry Newman¿ 'The Study of Poetry' by Matthew Arnold¿ 'Sesame and Lilies' by John Ruskin¿ 'John Milton' by Walter Bagehot¿ 'Science and Culture' by Thomas Henry Huxley¿ 'Race and Language' by Edward Freeman¿ 'Truth of Intercourse' and 'Samuel Pepys' by Robert Louis Stevenson¿ 'On the Elevation of the Laboring Classes' by William Ellery Channing¿ 'The Poetic Principle' by Edgar Allan Poe¿ 'Walking' by Henry David Thoreau¿ 'Abraham Lincoln' and 'Democracy' by James Russell Lowell.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XVI features a selection of 42 folktales from the collection of Persian, Indian, and Arabic stories-some dating as far back as the ninth century AD-sometimes known as The Arabian Nights. It represents one of the earliest examples of a framing story, as young Shahrazad, under threat of execution by the King, postpones her death by regaling him with these wildly diverting stories over the course of 1,001 nights. The stories themselves have profoundly influenced our notions of popular entertainment with their early examples of fantasy, adventure, mystery, and even science fiction. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume IV features all the verse written in the English language by English poet JOHN MILTON (1608-1674), including the essential Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, plus 'Song on May Morning,' 'Sonnet to the Nightingale,' 'The Passion,' 'To a Virtuous Young Lady,' and others. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Author name not noted above: Sir Thomas Browne. Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume III features:¿ Essays or Counsels--Civil and Moral and The New Atlantis, by English scientist and philosopher SIR FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626), the former the foundational writings of his development of the scientific method, and the latter his utopian novel that influenced British notions of science as a noble endeavor.¿ Areopagitica and Tractate on Education, by English poet JOHN MILTON (1608-1674), respectively his tract against censorship and his ideas on educational reform; both helped modernize English society.¿ Religio Medici, by English polymath SIR THOMAS BROWNE (1605-1682), one of the earliest personal memoirs that, as a psychological self-evaluation, would later influence Jung.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume X features the revolutionary work of economic theory from Scottish economist and philosopher ADAM SMITH (1723-1790), still the basis of much of today's understanding of how the global economy works. Smith's proposals of rules governing labor and supply and demand remain powerfully influential, and his defense for free-market capitalism continues to garner something akin to religious devotion among some market watchers. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Author name not noted above: William Harrison. Translator name not noted above: Lord Berners. Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XXXV features essential works of the Renaissance in England and France:¿ 'Chronicles,' by Frenchman JEAN FROISSART (c. 1337-c. 1405), documenting the causes and early battles of the Hundred Years War¿ 'The Holy Grail,' by English writer SIR THOMAS MALORY (c. 1405-1471), selections from his legendary Morte d'Arthur¿ 'A Description of Elizabethan England,' by English clergyman WILLIAM HARRISON (1534-1593), a vital source for understanding the world of William Shakespeare. …

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name 'Harvard Classics,' this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as 'Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,' it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume VI features the poems and songs of Scottish national poet ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796), whose lyrical and humanistic verse inspired the 19th-century Romantic poets and, in the 20th century, such diverse artists as novelist John Steinbeck and songwriter Bob Dylan. Included here are Burns's most famous works, such as 'John Barleycorn: A Ballad,' 'To a Mouse,' 'A Red, Red Rose,' 'Auld Lang Syne,' and many more. The work also includes a glossary of Scottish dialect. …