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Thucydides History of the Peloponnesian WarHistory of the Peloponnesian WarThucydides · c. 431-400 BCEOn 7 lists
PoeticsAristotle · c. 335 BCEOn 5 listsThe Great BooksThe CloudsAristophanesThe CloudsAristophanes · 423 BCEOn 4 lists
PhaedrusPlato · c. 370 BCEOn 4 lists
Aristotle OrganonOrganonAristotle · c. 350 BCEOn 4 listsThe Great BooksPrinciples of Human KnowledgeGeorge BerkeleyPrinciples of Human KnowledgeGeorge Berkeley · 1710On 4 listsThe Great BooksThe BirdsAristophanesThe BirdsAristophanes · 414 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksThe FrogsAristophanesThe FrogsAristophanes · 405 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksGorgiasPlatoGorgiasPlato · c. 385 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksOn Christian DoctrineAugustineOn Christian DoctrineAugustine · 397-426On 3 listsThe Great BooksRichard IIWilliam ShakespeareRichard IIWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595On 3 lists
OthelloWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1603-1604On 3 listsThe Great BooksSonnetsWilliam ShakespeareSonnetsWilliam Shakespeare · 1609On 3 listsThe Great BooksAn Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingJohn LockeJohn Locke An Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingAn Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingJohn Locke · 1689On 3 lists
Antoine Lavoisier Elements of ChemistryElements of ChemistryAntoine Lavoisier · 1789On 3 lists
Heart of DarknessJoseph Conrad · 1899On 3 listsThe Great BooksPhiloctetesSophoclesPhiloctetesSophocles · 409 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksProtagorasPlatoProtagorasPlato · c. 390 BCEOn 2 lists
ParmenidesPlato · c. 365 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksTheaetetusPlatoTheaetetusPlato · c. 365 BCEOn 2 listsSophistPlato · c. 360 BCEOn 2 lists
RhetoricAristotle · c. 335 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksOn the TeacherAugustineOn the TeacherAugustine · 389On 2 listsThe Great BooksGargantua and PantagruelFrançois RabelaisFrançois Rabelais Gargantua and PantagruelGargantua and PantagruelFrançois Rabelais · 1532-1564On 2 lists
Julius CaesarWilliam Shakespeare · 1599On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Provincial LettersBlaise PascalThe Provincial LettersBlaise Pascal · 1656-1657On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe MisanthropeMolièreThe MisanthropeMolière · 1666On 2 lists
James Boswell Life of Samuel JohnsonLife of Samuel JohnsonJames Boswell · 1791On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Lincoln-Douglas DebatesAbraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln The Lincoln-Douglas DebatesThe Lincoln-Douglas DebatesAbraham Lincoln · 1858On 2 listsThe Great BooksIntroduction to MetaphysicsMartin HeideggerIntroduction to MetaphysicsMartin Heidegger · 1935On 2 listsIonPlato · c. 390 BCEOn 1 list
WorksLucian · c. 160-180On 1 listThe Great BooksIsagogePorphyryIsagogePorphyry · c. 270On 1 listThe Great BooksChristian CreedsAnonymousChristian CreedsAnonymous · c. 150-451On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Guide of the PerplexedMaimonidesMaimonides The Guide of the PerplexedThe Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides · c. 1190On 1 listThe Great BooksOn the TeacherThomas AquinasOn the TeacherThomas Aquinas · c. 1256-1259On 1 listThe Great BooksCommentary on the Posterior AnalyticsThomas AquinasThomas Aquinas Commentary on the Posterior AnalyticsCommentary on the Posterior AnalyticsThomas Aquinas · c. 1271-1272On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymousAnonymous The Thousand and One NightsThe Thousand and One NightsAnonymous · c. 9th c.On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Defense of PoesyPhilip SidneyThe Defense of PoesyPhilip Sidney · c. 1580On 1 listThe Great BooksRichard IIIWilliam ShakespeareRichard IIIWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1592-1593On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Discovery of GuianaWalter RaleighThe Discovery of GuianaWalter Raleigh · 1596On 1 listThe Great BooksHenry VWilliam ShakespeareHenry VWilliam Shakespeare · 1599On 1 listThe Great BooksMuch Ado About NothingWilliam ShakespeareMuch Ado About NothingWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1598-1599On 1 listThe Great BooksTroilus and CressidaWilliam ShakespeareTroilus and CressidaWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1602On 1 listThe Great BooksThe AlchemistBen JonsonThe AlchemistBen Jonson · 1610On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsJohn DonneJohn Donne PoemsPoemsJohn Donne · c. 1590On 1 listThe Great BooksObjections Against the Meditations and RepliesRené DescartesObjections Against the Meditations and RepliesRené Descartes · 1641-1642On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Critique of the School for WivesMolièreThe Critique of the School for WivesMolière · 1663On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Way of the WorldWilliam CongreveThe Way of the WorldWilliam Congreve · 1700On 1 listThe Great BooksA Tale of a TubJonathan SwiftA Tale of a TubJonathan Swift · 1704On 1 listThe Great BooksNew Essays Concerning Human UnderstandingGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz New Essays Concerning Human UnderstandingNew Essays Concerning Human UnderstandingGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1704On 1 listThe Great BooksAn Essay on CriticismAlexander PopeAn Essay on CriticismAlexander Pope · 1711On 1 listThe Great BooksThree Dialogues Between Hylas and PhilonousGeorge BerkeleyThree Dialogues Between Hylas and PhilonousGeorge Berkeley · 1713On 1 listThe Great BooksA Modest ProposalJonathan SwiftA Modest ProposalJonathan Swift · 1729On 1 listThe Great BooksA Dictionary of the English LanguageSamuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson A Dictionary of the English LanguageA Dictionary of the English LanguageSamuel Johnson · 1755On 1 listThe Great BooksA Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulEdmund BurkeA Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulEdmund Burke · 1757On 1 listThe Great BooksOf the Standard of TasteDavid HumeOf the Standard of TasteDavid Hume · 1757On 1 list
Laurence Sterne Tristram ShandyTristram ShandyLaurence Sterne · 1759-1767On 1 listThe Great BooksPhilosophical DictionaryVoltaireVoltaire Philosophical DictionaryPhilosophical DictionaryVoltaire · 1764On 1 listThe Great BooksPreface to ShakespeareSamuel JohnsonPreface to ShakespeareSamuel Johnson · 1765On 1 listThe Great BooksThe School for ScandalRichard Brinsley SheridanThe School for ScandalRichard Brinsley Sheridan · 1777On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Lives of the PoetsSamuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson The Lives of the PoetsThe Lives of the PoetsSamuel Johnson · 1779-1781On 1 listThe Great BooksLyrical BalladsWilliam WordsworthLyrical BalladsWilliam Wordsworth · 1798On 1 listThe Great BooksOn the Tragedies of ShakespeareCharles LambOn the Tragedies of ShakespeareCharles Lamb · 1811On 1 listThe Great BooksBiographia LiterariaSamuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge Biographia LiterariaBiographia LiterariaSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817On 1 listThe Great BooksA Defence of PoetryPercy Bysshe ShelleyA Defence of PoetryPercy Bysshe Shelley · 1821On 1 listThe Great BooksOf Persons One Would Wish to Have SeenWilliam HazlittOf Persons One Would Wish to Have SeenWilliam Hazlitt · 1826On 1 listThe Great BooksCromwellVictor HugoVictor Hugo CromwellCromwellVictor Hugo · 1827On 1 listThe Great BooksA System of LogicJohn Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill A System of LogicA System of LogicJohn Stuart Mill · 1843On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Poetic PrincipleEdgar Allan PoeThe Poetic PrincipleEdgar Allan Poe · 1848On 1 listThe Great BooksWhat Is a Classic?Charles Augustin Sainte-BeuveWhat Is a Classic?Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve · 1850On 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 BooksInaugural Address at EdinburghThomas CarlyleInaugural Address at EdinburghThomas Carlyle · 1866On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Study of PoetryMatthew ArnoldThe Study of PoetryMatthew Arnold · 1880On 1 listThe Great BooksAn Introduction to MetaphysicsHenri BergsonAn Introduction to MetaphysicsHenri Bergson · 1903On 1 listThe Great BooksPygmalionGeorge Bernard ShawPygmalionGeorge Bernard Shaw · 1912On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Analysis of MindBertrand RussellThe Analysis of MindBertrand Russell · 1921On 1 list
James Joyce UlyssesUlyssesJames Joyce · 1922On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Word of God and the Word of ManKarl BarthThe Word of God and the Word of ManKarl Barth · 1924On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Blue BookLudwig WittgensteinThe Blue BookLudwig Wittgenstein · 1933-1934On 1 listThe Great BooksAtomic Theory and the Description of NatureNiels BohrAtomic Theory and the Description of NatureNiels Bohr · 1929-1934On 1 listThe Great BooksLogic: The Theory of InquiryJohn DeweyJohn Dewey Logic: The Theory of InquiryLogic: The Theory of InquiryJohn Dewey · 1938On 1 listThe Great BooksAn Inquiry into Meaning and TruthBertrand RussellBertrand Russell An Inquiry into Meaning and TruthAn Inquiry into Meaning and TruthBertrand Russell · 1940On 1 listThe Great BooksAnimal FarmGeorge OrwellAnimal FarmGeorge Orwell · 1945On 1 listThe Great BooksHuman KnowledgeBertrand RussellBertrand Russell Human KnowledgeHuman KnowledgeBertrand Russell · 1948On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Syntopicon: An Index to the Great IdeasMortimer J. AdlerMortimer J. Adler The Syntopicon: An Index to the Great IdeasThe Syntopicon: An Index to the Great IdeasMortimer J. Adler · 1952On 1 list
Waiting for GodotSamuel Beckett · 1952On 1 list
Philosophical InvestigationsLudwig Wittgenstein · 1953On 1 list
Physics and PhilosophyWerner Heisenberg · 1958On 1 list
Claude Lévi-Strauss Structural AnthropologyStructural AnthropologyClaude Lévi-Strauss · 1958On 1 listThe Great BooksCrises of the RepublicHannah ArendtCrises of the RepublicHannah Arendt · 1972On 1 list
CitizenClaudia Rankine · 2014On 1 list