The Harvard Classics, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (635 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008M050LO |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 356 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Nancy Moore said Five Stars. Very interesting! Thank you!. Fibonacci said The Classic Roots of American Thought. Dr. Charles Elliot, then president of Harvard University, used to tell people in his speeches that the elements of a liberal arts education could be obtained by reading 15 minutes a day from classic books that would fit on a five foot bookshelf. A publisher took him up on his challenge and asked him to identify the books that would have to go on that shelf. Thus was born the "Harvard Classics" and "classics" is a good choice for these books. They form the foundation of thought that went into the development of our nation and are among the best, most thoughtful, books . Amazon Customer said Worth it? Probably. The main issue I have with the Harvard Classics library on Amazon is that it IS a public domain work, so you should not have to pay for it. However, all versions freely available don't display properly on the Kindle or Kindle fire. They're also loaded with a number of technical errors, flow issues, and very odd scan issues. Luckily or unluckily for us, Amazon has gone through the works and cleaned them up and created a package that is easily accessible and most importantly READABLE. For the list price of two dollars is well worth the work you would put in trying to de
He did not give formal instruction after the fashion of other philosophers of his time, but went about engaging people in conversation, seeking, chiefly by questions, to induce his contemporaries, and especially the young menf to think clearly and to act reasonably. C. Athenian sculptor, was born in 469 B. He was trained in his fathers art, but gave it up early to devote hits time to the search for truth and virtue. It was natural that such a habit should create enemies, andS ocrates was finally accused of introducing new gods and of corrupting the youth. He became a disciple of Socrates at the age of twenty, and after the death of his master he traveled in Egypt, Sicily, and elsewhere, returning to A thens about 388. He could, in all probability, have easily escaped the death sentence had he been willing to take a conciliatory ton