Confessions by St Augustine; R S Pine-Coffin (Translated by)
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
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
Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for None and All by Friedrich Nietzsche
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This revelatory new translation by strips Thus Spoke Zarathustra down to its foundations in Gothic horror, and discovers a much darker book than previously understood. Not content to focus erringly on God is dead, this new translation sings a dithyramb to the earth at the same time as it mercilessly hun ...Show more
The Bacchae and Other Plays - Ion; Women of Troy; Helen; The Bacchae by Euripides
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The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. This volumecontains: Ion, Bacchae, Helen, Women of Troy Penguin Classics. Features a general introduction, individual prefaces to each play, chronology, notes, bibliography, and glossary
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
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On the Origin of Species is Charles Darwin's classic treatise on his theory of evolution and natural selection and is among the most important works in the history of science and evolutionary biology. When on board H.M.S. Beagle, as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of ...Show more
Ethics by Benedict Spinoza
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A profoundly beautiful and uniquely insightful description of the universe, Benedict de Spinoza's Ethics is one of the masterpieces of Enlightenment-era philosophy. Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive cosmology derived from ...Show more
The Birth of Tragedy: Out of the Spirit of Music by Friedrich Nietzsche
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The first book by the author of the classic philosophical text Beyond Good and Evil. The youthful faults of this work were exposed by the author himself in the brilliant Attempt at a Self-Criticism, which he added to the new edition of 1886. But the book, whatever its excesses, remains one of the most ...Show more
Paradise Lost by John Milton
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John Milton's celebrated epic poem exploring the cosmological, moral and spiritual origins of man's existence, "Paradise Lost" has been fully revised with an introduction by John Leonard in "Penguin Classics". In "Paradise Lost" Milton produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosm ...Show more
Selected Poems by William Wordsworth
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One of the most enduringly popular of Romantic poets, William Wordsworth epitomized the spirit of his age with his celebration of the natural world and belief in the importance of feeling. This volume brings together a rich selection from the most creative period of Wordsworth's life - from 'Tintern Abb ...Show more
The Complete Poems by William Blake
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Category: Penguin Black Classics | Series: English Poets Ser.
One of the great Enlgish Romantic poets, William Blake was also an artist, mystic, and visionary. His work ranges from the deceptively simple and lyrical Songs of Innocence and their counterpoint Experience--which juxtapose poems such as "The Lamb" and "The Tyger," and "The Blossom" and "The Sick Rose"- ...Show more