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A Nietzsche Reader by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Selected and Translated with an Introduction by R. J. Hollingdale.The literary career of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) spanned less than twenty years, but no area of intellectual inquiry was left untouched by his iconoclastic genius. The philosopher who announced the death of God in The Gay Science (1 ...Show more
Beyond Good And Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
Beyond Good and Evil (German: Jenseits von Gut und Böse; subtitled "Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future" (German: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft)) is a book by the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, first published in 1886. It takes up and expands on the ideas of his previous work, Thus Spoke Za ...Show more
Bhagavad Gita by Juan Mascaro (Translator)
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Category: No Category | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The 18 chapters of The Bhagavad-Gita (c. 500 BC), encompass the whole spiritual struggle of a human soul, and the three central themes of this immortal poem - love, light and life - arise from the symphonic vision of God in all things and of all things in God.
Bhagavad Gita by Juan Mascaro (Translator)
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Category: Second Hand Titles | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
The 18 chapters of The Bhagavad-Gita (c. 500 BC), encompass the whole spiritual struggle of a human soul, and the three central themes of this immortal poem - love, light and life - arise from the symphonic vision of God in all things and of all things in God.
Buddhist Scriptures by Donald Lopez
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Category: Buddhist Sacred Texts | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
While Buddhism has no central text comparable to the Bible or Koran, there is a powerful body of scripture from across Asia that encompasses the dharma, or the teachings of the Buddha. In this rich anthology, eminent scholar Donald S. Lopez, Jr., brings together works from a broad historical and geograp ...Show more
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
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Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Tayo, a young World War II veteran of mixed ancestry, returns home to the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. Deeply scarred by his experience as a prisoner of the Japanese, and further wounded by the rejection and alienation that he feels amongst his own people, he faces a fierce struggle to find inner peace. O ...Show more
Confessions by St Augustine; R S Pine-Coffin (Translated by)
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Category: Christianity | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: good
Augustine's Confessions might be one of the most profound Christian testimonies ever recorded. Not necessarily because Augustine led an unusual life or faced intriguing circumstances which had to be overcome; because, in reality, the actual events of his life were relatively less than extraordinary. Aug ...Show more
Confucius - The Analects by Confucius
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Category: Taoism | Series: Penguin Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The Analects are a collection of Confucius's sayings brought together by his pupils shortly after his death in 497 BC. Together they express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which Confucius, one of the most humane thinkers of all time, believed everyone should live. Upholding the ideals of wisdom, self ...Show more
Demian by Hermann Hesse
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Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Demian is a coming-of-age story that follows a young boy's maturation as he grapples with good and evil, lightness and darkness, and forges alternatives to the ever-present corruption and suffering that he sees all around him. Crucial to this development are his relationships with a series of older ment ...Show more
Early Socratic Dialogues by Plató; Chris Emlyn-Jones (Editor); Trevor J. Saunders (Editor, Translator, Introduction by)
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Rich in drama and humour, the Early Socratic Dialogues include the controversial Ion, a debate on poetic inspiration; Laches, in which Socrates seeks to define bravery; and Euthydemus, which considers the relationship between philosophy and politics. Together, these dialogues provide a definitive portra ...Show more
Faces of Love: Hafez...Poets of Shiraz by Hafez; Dick Davis (Translator, Introduction by); Hafez; Jahan Malek Khatun; Obayd-e Zakani
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Category: Sufism | Series: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition Ser.
Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into the timeless works of three masters of fourteenth-century Persian literature.Together, Hafez, a giant of world literature; Jahan Malek Khatun, an eloquent princess; and Obayd-e Zakani, a dissolute satirist, represent one of the most remarkable liter ...Show more
Human, All Too Human by Friedrich Nietzsche
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits (German: Menschliches, Allzumenschliches: Ein Buch für freie Geister) is a book by 19th-century philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, originally published in 1878. A second part, Assorted Opinions and Maxims (Vermischte Meinungen und Sprüche), was published in 18 ...Show more