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ApologyPlato · c. 395 BCEOn 8 listsThe Great BooksThe BibleAnonymousAnonymous The BibleThe BibleAnonymous · c. 1000 BCEOn 3 lists
On DutiesCicero · 44 BCEOn 3 lists
Letter to the RomansThe Bible · c. 57 CEOn 3 lists
AreopagiticaJohn Milton · 1644On 3 lists
DeuteronomyThe Bible · c. 7th c. BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksLetter to MenoeceusEpicurusLetter to MenoeceusEpicurus · c. 300 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksThe First Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansPaul the ApostleThe First Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansPaul the Apostle · c. 53-55 CEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Provincial LettersBlaise PascalThe Provincial LettersBlaise Pascal · 1656-1657On 2 listsThe Great BooksA Letter Concerning TolerationJohn LockeA Letter Concerning TolerationJohn Locke · 1689On 2 listsThe Great BooksLetters on the EnglishVoltaireLetters on the EnglishVoltaire · 1733On 2 lists
Reflections on the Revolution in FranceEdmund Burke · 1790On 2 listsThe Great BooksSelected SpeechesFrederick DouglassFrederick Douglass Selected SpeechesSelected SpeechesFrederick Douglass · 1841-1894On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Lincoln-Douglas DebatesAbraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln The Lincoln-Douglas DebatesThe Lincoln-Douglas DebatesAbraham Lincoln · 1858On 2 lists
The Gettysburg AddressAbraham Lincoln · 1863On 2 listsThe Great BooksLetter to Herodotus and Letter to MenoeceusEpicurusLetter to Herodotus and Letter to MenoeceusEpicurus · c. 300 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Stoics ReaderVarious authorsThe Stoics ReaderVarious authors · 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksLettersCiceroCicero LettersLettersCicero · 68-43 BCEOn 1 listLetter to the GalatiansThe Bible · c. 48-55 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksMoral and Political EssaysSenecaMoral and Political EssaysSeneca · c. 41-62 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansPaul the ApostleThe Second Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansPaul the Apostle · c. 55-56 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksLettersPliny the YoungerLettersPliny the Younger · c. 97-112 CEOn 1 list
The Ascent of Mont VentouxPetrarch · 1336On 1 listThe Great BooksAppeal Concerning the PriestsFelipe Guamán Poma de AyalaAppeal Concerning the PriestsFelipe Guamán Poma de Ayala · c. 1615On 1 listThe Great BooksObjections Against the Meditations and RepliesRené DescartesObjections Against the Meditations and RepliesRené Descartes · 1641-1642On 1 listThe Great BooksCorrespondence with DescartesElisabeth of BohemiaCorrespondence with DescartesElisabeth of Bohemia · 1643-1649On 1 listTractate of EducationJohn Milton · 1644On 1 listThe Great BooksOn the Circulation of the BloodWilliam HarveyOn the Circulation of the BloodWilliam Harvey · 1649On 1 listThe Great BooksScientific TreatisesBlaise PascalScientific TreatisesBlaise Pascal · 1647-1665On 1 list
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Philosophical EssaysPhilosophical EssaysGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1686-1716On 1 list
Selected WorksSor Juana Inés de la Cruz · 1680s-1691On 1 listThe Great BooksJournal to StellaJonathan SwiftJonathan Swift Journal to StellaJournal to StellaJonathan Swift · 1710On 1 listThe Great BooksPersian LettersMontesquieuPersian LettersMontesquieu · 1721On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Collected Writings of Samson Occom, MoheganSamson OccomSamson Occom The Collected Writings of Samson Occom, MoheganThe Collected Writings of Samson Occom, MoheganSamson Occom · 1750s-1790sOn 1 listThe Great BooksA Vindication of the Rights of MenMary WollstonecraftA Vindication of the Rights of MenMary Wollstonecraft · 1790On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Debate between Sieyès and PaineEmmanuel Joseph Sieyès and Thomas PaineThe Debate between Sieyès and PaineEmmanuel Joseph Sieyès and Thomas Paine · 1791On 1 listThe Great BooksLetters upon the Aesthetic Education of ManFriedrich SchillerLetters upon the Aesthetic Education of ManFriedrich Schiller · 1795On 1 listThe Great BooksA Letter to a Noble LordEdmund BurkeA Letter to a Noble LordEdmund Burke · 1796On 1 listThe Great BooksWashington's Farewell AddressGeorge WashingtonWashington's Farewell AddressGeorge Washington · 1796On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Haitian Declaration of IndependenceJean-Jacques DessalinesThe Haitian Declaration of IndependenceJean-Jacques Dessalines · 1804On 1 listThe Great BooksAppeal to the Colored Citizens of the WorldDavid WalkerAppeal to the Colored Citizens of the WorldDavid Walker · 1829On 1 listThe Great BooksAin't I a Woman?Sojourner TruthAin't I a Woman?Sojourner Truth · 1851On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Idea of a UniversityJohn Henry NewmanJohn Henry Newman The Idea of a UniversityThe Idea of a UniversityJohn Henry Newman · 1852On 1 listThe Great BooksWhat to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?Frederick DouglassWhat to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?Frederick Douglass · 1852On 1 listThe Great BooksAddress to the Legislature of New YorkElizabeth Cady StantonAddress to the Legislature of New YorkElizabeth Cady Stanton · 1854On 1 listThe Great BooksSelected SpeechesAbraham LincolnSelected SpeechesAbraham Lincoln · 1838-1865On 1 listSecond Inaugural AddressAbraham Lincoln · 1865On 1 listThe Great BooksSesame and LiliesJohn RuskinSesame and LiliesJohn Ruskin · 1865On 1 listThe Great BooksInaugural Address at EdinburghThomas CarlyleInaugural Address at EdinburghThomas Carlyle · 1866On 1 listThe Great BooksAeterni PatrisPope Leo XIIIAeterni PatrisPope Leo XIII · 1879On 1 listThe Great BooksScience and CultureThomas Henry HuxleyScience and CultureThomas Henry Huxley · 1880On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Wave Theory of LightLord KelvinThe Wave Theory of LightLord Kelvin · 1884On 1 listThe Great BooksRerum NovarumPope Leo XIIIRerum NovarumPope Leo XIII · 1891On 1 listThe Great BooksSelected SpeechesBooker T. WashingtonSelected SpeechesBooker T. Washington · 1884-1915On 1 listThe Great BooksPascendi Dominici GregisPope Pius XPascendi Dominici GregisPope Pius X · 1907On 1 listThe Great BooksOrigin and Development of the Quantum TheoryMax PlanckOrigin and Development of the Quantum TheoryMax Planck · 1920On 1 list
What Is Metaphysics?Martin Heidegger · 1929On 1 list
Annihilation of CasteB. R. Ambedkar · 1936On 1 listThe Great BooksLetter from Birmingham JailMartin Luther King Jr.Letter from Birmingham JailMartin Luther King Jr. · 1963On 1 listThe Great BooksVeritatis SplendorPope John Paul IIVeritatis SplendorPope John Paul II · 1993On 1 list