Classics (Antiquity)
The Symposium
The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a philosophical book written by Plato sometime after 385 BCE. On one level the book deals with t…
The Nicomachean Ethics
The Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle's foundational text on ethics, exploring the nature of the good life and the virtues necessary for achie…
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables or the Aesopica are a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Gree…
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is a classic adventure novel by the French writer Jules Ve…
Of the Shortness of Life
Seneca the Younger wrote the moral essay "De Brevitate Vitae" — "On the Shortness of Life" — to his friend Paulinus. The…
El Libro de Las Mil Noches y Una Noche
Ningún libro tan conocido, y menos conocido que esta famosa colección de novelas, monumento literario del pueblo árabe.…
The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
The Meditations is divided into 12 books that chronicle different periods of Marcus' life. Each book is not in chronological order and it wa…
Metamorphoses
The Metamorphoses of Ovid is probably one of the best known, certainly one of the most influential works of the Ancient world. It consists o…
The Apology of Socrates
Plato's account of Socrates' defense at his trial for "corrupting the youth" is a classic summation of his teacher's life and miss…
Commentaries on the Gallic War
Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a…
Historia de Heródoto
Las Historias (en griego antiguo ἱστορίαι historíai 'aproximaciones, investigaciones') de Heródoto de Halicarnaso (484–despu&e…
Macbeth
Macbeth cuenta una historia de crimen y castigo entreverada de brujería y elementos sobrenaturales. Amparado en las engañosas …
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus presents a collection of profound aphorisms from the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, whose teachings have influ…
Physics
In this foundational work, Aristotle explores the principles of the natural world, delving into concepts such as substance, causation, and m…
El Libro de Las Mil Noches y Una Noche
Ningún libro tan conocido, y menos conocido que esta famosa colección de novelas, monumento literario del pueblo árabe.…
Timaeus
"Our intention is, that Timaeus, who is the most of an astronomer amongst us, and has made the nature of the universe his special study…
The Analects of Confucius
The Analects, or Lunyu, also known as the Analects of Confucius, are considered a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinke…
Moral Letters
"Among the personalities of the early Roman Empire there are few who offer to the readers of to-day such dramatic interest as does Luci…
Odysseus
Odysseus, König von Ithaka, ist sicher einer der bekanntesten Helden der griechischen Mythologie. Nach der Eroberung Trojas begibt er s…
Odyssee
Odyssee von Homer (vermutlich gegen Ende des 8. Jahrhunderts v. Chr.)Ein Meisterwerk. Gilt als eines der ältesteten erhaltenen Werke de…