Philosophers category: 1861 books

Montaigne es un libro biográfico del escritor austríaco Stefan Zweig. Es la historia de Michel Eyquem de Montaigne [miʃɛl ekɛm də mõ'tɛɲ] (Castillo de Montaigne, Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, cerca de Burdeos, 28 de febrero de 1533 - ibíd., 13 de septiembre de 1592) fue un filósofo, escritor,...

Émile Zola : sa vie, son œuvre, est un livre - biographie - écrit par l'avocat et écrivain français Edmond Lepelletier (1846 – 1913). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et comporte une table des matières dynamique....

Extrait : Quelques auteurs prétendent que la philosophie a pris naissance chez les barbares : ainsi Aristote, dans le traité de la Magie, et Sotion, au vingt-troisième livre de la Succession des Philosophes, disent qu’elle fut cultivée chez les Perses par les mages, chez...

O iluminista Jean Jaques Rousseau foi um dos grandes filósofos da humanidade e um dos inspiradores da Revolução Francesa. Em suas obras, Rousseau defende a ideia da volta à natureza, a excelência natural do homem, a necessidade do que chamava O Contrato Social para garantir os direitos do indivíduo...

The conflict between scientific observation and poetry, reflections on abolition, transcendental philosophy, other concerns are explored in this superb general selection from Thoreau's voluminous Journal. Here are "...the choicest fruits of Thoreau..." — Nation. Henry David Thoreau...

Frederick Douglass (née Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey) was born a slave in the state of Maryland in 1818. After his escape from slavery, Douglass became a renowned abolitionist, editor and feminist. Having escaped from slavery at age 20, he took the name Frederick Douglass for himself and...

Dans la vie d’un lecteur, certains auteurs occupent une place à part : lectures inaugurales, compagnons de tous les jours ou sources auxquelles on revient. La collection « Les Auteurs de ma vie » invite de grands écrivains d’aujourd’hui à partager leur admiration pour un auteur classique....

Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) was an English author and intellectual, best known for his book Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (1822). In 1821, he went to London to dispose of some translations from German authors, but was persuaded first to write and publish an account of his opium experiences,...

From 1837 to 1861, Henry D. Thoreau kept a Journal that would become the principal imaginative work of his career. The source of much of his published writing, the Journal is also a record of his interior life and of his monumental studies of the natural history of his native Concord, Massachusetts.

Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish writer, playwright, and painter. Along with Henrik Ibsen, Søren Kierkegaard, Selma Lagerlöf and Hans Christian Andersen he is arguably the most influential and famous of all Scandinavian authors. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theatre. His...

Awake in a moment she came to open the door in her smock, and without a light. As I wanted one, I told her to get the flint and steel, which she did, warning me in a modest voice that she was not dressed. “That’s of no consequence,” said I, “provided you are covered.” She said no more, and soon lighted a candle, but she could not help laughing when she saw me dripping wet.

When honest young Caleb Williams comes to work as a secretary for Squire Falkland, he soon begins to suspect that his new master is hiding a terrible secret. But as he digs deeper into Falkland's past and finally unearths the guilty truth, the results of his curiosity prove calamitous when - even...

Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. This Penguin Classics edition of The Complete Essays is translated from the French and edited with an introduction and notes by M.A. Screech. In...

The Sayings of Confucius (Lunyu) assembles Confucius' Pity sayings and notions over a lifetime, which enjoy lasting value. 100 sections are arranged under twelve topics such as "Benevolence", "The Rites", "Piety and Fraternity", "Administration", "Knowledge...