The Harvard Classics: Complete 51-Volume Collection
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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
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
Brinsley Sheridan
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz
Francis Drake
Edward Haies
Niccolo Machiavelli
Ambroise Paré
William A. Neilson
The Harvard Classics: Complete 51-Volume Collection presents an unparalleled anthology that captures the expanse of human thought and creativity. Spanning a spectrum of literary styles and eras, this collection traverses from the philosophical inquiries of Plato to the poetic musings of Dante Alighieri and the scientific explorations of Charles Darwin. Within its pages lie dramatic masterpieces, foundational philosophical treatises, and seminal scientific works that offer readers diverse, yet interconnected narratives. Each text, whether by the hands of Goethe or the timeless wisdom of Aesop, contributes a unique thread to this vast tapestry, celebrating the continuum of intellectual tradition. Compiled by a cadre of distinguished authors, this anthology epitomizes the richness of the Western canon. The works showcased align with periods of revolutionary thought and cultural rediscovery, drawing from eras such as the Enlightenment and the Renaissance. With voices ranging from the poetic grandeur of Robert Browning to the stoic reflections of Marcus Aurelius, the collection serves as an intersection of divergent philosophies and art forms. It is a testament to humanity's enduring quest for knowledge, featured through the critical lenses of figures like Kant, Montaigne, and Rousseau. For both the scholar and the curious reader, The Harvard Classics provides a gateway to explore an extraordinary breadth of knowledge. It offers an exceptional opportunity to engage with myriad perspectives, encouraging dialogue between past and present. The collection stands as a comprehensive educational resource, inviting exploration into the minds that have shaped intellectual landscapes throughout history. Through its eclectic selections, readers are promised enlightenment and enrichment, contributing to an everlasting discourse on the human condition.