David Copperfield (e-book)

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If you are interested in autobiography, you should read the masterpiece, "David Copperfield" written by Dickens.





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A Christmas Carol (e-book)

About this Book

Dickens began writing his "little carol" in October, 1843 finishing it by the end of November in time to be published for Christmas with illustrations by John Leech. Feuding with his publishers, Dickens financed the publishing of the book himself, ordering lavish binding, gilt edging, and hand-colored illustrations and then setting the price at 5 shillings so that everyone could afford it.

This combination resulted in disappointingly low profits despite high sales. In the first few days of its release the book sold six thousand copies and its popularity continued to grow. The first and best of his Christmas Books, A Christmas Carol has become a Christmas tradition and easily Dickens' best known book.

Source: Charles Dickens Page


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The Life of Michelangelo By Ascanio Condivi

La Vita di Michelangelo Buonarroti By Condivi, Ticciati, Mariette, Manni




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Daoism Philosophy (Video Lectures)

Daoism 1 of 6





Daoism 2 of 6




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Daoist Philosophy

Laozi

Confucianism, Daoism (Taoism), and Buddhism commonly name the three main pillars of traditional Chinese thought, although it should be obvious that like any “ism,” they are abstractions — what they name are not monolithic but multifaceted traditions with fuzzy boundaries and complex histories and internal divisions.

“Daoism,” in particular, needs to be handled with care, for it designates both a philosophical tradition and an organized religion, which in modern Chinese are identified separately as Daojia and Daojiao, respectively.

Source: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy







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Thus Spoke Zarathustra (F.Nietzsche)

A Book for All and None (German: Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen) is a philosophical novel by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885.

Much of the work deals with ideas such as the "eternal recurrence of the same", the parable on the "death of God", and the "prophecy" of the Overman, which were first introduced in The Gay Science.

Described by Nietzsche himself as "the deepest ever written", the book is a dense and esoteric treatise on philosophy and morality, featuring as protagonist a fictionalized Zarathustra.

A central irony of the text is that Nietzsche mimics the style of the Bible in order to present ideas which fundamentally oppose Christian and Jewish morality and tradition.













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Love's Labour's Lost (Discussion)

Hi Mate

I am reading this wonderful play, in one or two weeks, my ideas and perceptions, will be posted here.

The key lecture is based on "women's eyes" and also "contain and nourish all the world" at that time this opinion were not so simple.


Etymology

The name of the play comes from a poem written by the Greek Theognis:


"To do good to one's enemies is love's labours lost."

Source: Wiki








William Shakespeare (Biography)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare


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