Harvard Classics Anthology - Complete 51 Volumes
By Plato, Marcus Aurelius, William Shakespeare, Benjamin Franklin, Homer, Friedrich von Schiller, William Makepeace Thackeray, John Ruskin, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Alan Poe, Henry David Thoreau, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Immanuel Kant, Thomas Hobbes, John Woolman, William Penn, Epictetus, Francis Bacon, John Milton, Thomas Browne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Burns, Saint Augustine, Thomas à Kempis, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Cicero, Pliny the Younger, Adam Smith, Charles Darwin, Plutarch, Virgil, Miguel de Cervantes, John Bunyan, Izaak Walton, Aesop, The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, John Dryden, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, David Garrick, Oliver Goldsmith, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, George Gordon Byron, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christopher Marlowe, Dante Alighieri, Alessandro Manzoni, Richard Henry Dana, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Carlyle, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Molière, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Philip Sidney, Ben Jonson, Abraham Cowley, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Johnson, David Hume, Sydney Smith, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt, Charles Lamb, Thomas De Quincey, Thomas Babington Macaulay, James Russell Lowell, Michael Faraday, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz, Simon Newcomb, Archibald Geikie, Benvenuto Cellini, Michel de Montaigne, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Ernest Renan, Giuseppe Mazzini, Herodotus, Tacitus, Francis Drake, Philip Nichols, Francis Pretty, Walter Bigges, Edward Haies, Walter Raleigh, René Descartes, Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, William Henry Harrison, Niccolò Machiavelli, William Roper, Thomas More, Martin Luther, John Locke, George Berkeley, Hippocrates, Ambroise Pare, William Harvey, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Dekker, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, John Webster, Philip Massinger, Blaise Pascal, William A. Neilson & Charles W. Eliot
- Release Date: 2019-12-18
- Genre: Literary Criticism
The Harvard Classics Anthology, spanning an impressive 51 volumes, presents a monumental assembly of works that traverse vast historical, philosophical, and literary landscapes. This collection encapsulates the monumental thoughts and expressions from antiquity to the dawn of modernity, featuring an array of genres that include philosophy, drama, poetry, and scientific inquiry. The anthology stands as a testament to the intellectual diversity of human thought and creativity. It is particularly noted for its inclusion of key philosophical treatises, influential literary masterpieces, and pioneering scientific discourses, all of which have shaped the contours of global civilization. The authors and contributors to this anthology are among the titans of their respective fields, ranging from the foundational insights of Plato and Aristotle to the dramatic geniuses of Shakespeare and Molière, alongside scientific luminaries such as Charles Darwin and Louis Pasteur. This diverse collection provides a panoramic view of the human experience, informed by various epochs and movements—enlightenment thought, romanticism, and the early stirrings of modern scientific questioning. Together, their works not only underscore the thematic richness of the anthology but also reflect the evolving dialogue of mankind's quest for knowledge and expression over centuries. The Harvard Classics Anthology is more than just an academic resource; it is a gateway to the world's intellectual heritage, curated to foster an appreciation for the depth and breadth of human inquiry and creativity. Readers, scholars, and lifelong learners are invited to explore this extensive collection, which offers unique insights into the interconnectedness of diverse intellectual traditions. Engaging with these volumes promises not only a deeper understanding of seminal texts but also an invaluable perspective on the dialogues that have propelled human thought forward throughout history.
