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On Clemency is a two volume (incomplete) hortatory essay written in 55-56 CE by Seneca the Younger, a Roman Stoic philosopher, to the emperor Nero in the first five years of his reign. From Seneca's remarks, it would appear that it was written after Nero had turned 18, which would place it after the murder of his rival Britannicus in 55 AD. It may therefore have been written partly as an apology, perhaps as a means of assuring the Roman nobility that the murder would be the end, not the beginning of bloodshed.

"Наедине с собой. Размышления" - сборник афористических мыслей римского императора Марка Аврелия. "Мечтайте о великом. Лишь великие мечты в силах затронуть людские души."

Plato (428/427 BC-348/347 BC), whose original name was Aristocles, was an ancient Greek philosopher, the second of the great trio of ancient Greeks - succeeding Socrates and preceding Aristotle - who between them, laid the philosophical foundations of Western culture. Plato was also a mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Plato's brilliance as a writer and thinker can be witnessed by reading his Socratic dialogues.

The Allegory of the Cave appears in Plato’s Republic and compares the effect of education and the lack of it on human nature. It is written as a dialogue between Plato's brother and Socrates, who tells of people that have been chained to the wall of a cave their whole lives. They see shadows projected on the wall from objects passing in front of a fire behind them. Socrates explains that the philosopher is like a prisoner who has escaped the cave and realizes that the shadows on the wall are not the true reality at all.

Plato's dialogue, Critias, recalls the story of Atlantis attempting to conquer Athens. In ancient times, the Earth was divide by the gods - and gods tended the humans in their allotment as shepherds. Atlantis, allotted to Poseidon, becomes corrupt over time, and Zeus must take matters into his own hands.

'Major Wilbraham' is the extraordinary tale of a respectable ex-army officer whose mysterious death is shrouded in the greatest mystery of all. What could have led to Major Wilbraham to behave like that? Causing a scene on Piccadilly, staying out all night in Green Park with a street fighter and a prostitute, causing a fight at Covent Garden Market in which he was fatally injured....

Sénèque est un philosophe de l'école stoïcienne, un dramaturge et un homme d'État romain du Ier siècle. Il est parfois nommé Sénèque le Philosophe, Sénèque le Tragique ou Sénèque le Jeune. Conseiller à la cour impériale sous Caligula et précepteur de Néron, Sénèque joue un rôle important de conseiller auprès de ce dernier avant d'être discrédité et acculé au suicide.

Las informaciones y comentarios de este ameno e instructivo ensayo conducen al lector por los vericuetos de la creación mitológica griega como si se tratase de una novela de aventuras, comentando la poderosa influencia que los mitos han ejercido en la génesis y evolución del pensamiento humano, con particular énfasis en la formación de las principales lenguas que se hablan en el mundo.

Caratacus is one of Britain's greatest kings. Not only did this Iron Age war leader single-handedly direct armed resistance against the Roman legions for eight years across southern England and Wales, but his name, deeds and exploits later resonated down through history. In the first detailed biography of Caratacus, Miles Russell deploys new research, placing the king in an archaeological and historical context, explaining his pivotal role in the early years of Roman Britain before looking at his literary legacy and reception in modern politics.

Una obra maestra de la literatura universal adaptada y editada por el reconocido filósofo Peter Singer El asno de oro de Apuleyo, un relato hilarante y subido de tono que narra la historia de un joven que incursiona en la magia y se convierte en burro, es un clásico de la literatura latina que...

The ancient story and legend of Odysseus's return home.

सप्तर्षीमधील एक चिरंजीव म्हणजे गौतमऋषी. प्रद्वेषी आणि दीर्घतमा म्हणजे ह्यांचे माता आणि पिता.दीर्घतमा अंगिरस...

रामायण आणि महाभारत ही दोन महाकाव्ये म्हणजे भारतीय संस्कृतीचे ज्ञानकोशच आहेत. महर्षी वेदव्यास आणि महर्षी...

In 3228 BCE in Mathura, India, a child was born who was destined to reshape the spiritual and temporal destiny of mankind, Sri Krishna. Mother Earth, unable to bear the burden of sins committed by evil kings and rulers, appealed to Brahma, the Creator for help. Brahma prayed to the Supreme Lord...

Common Sense was published anonymously by Thomas Paine in the year 1776. The book advocated independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine marshalled moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to...

लोकमान्य टिळकांचा गीतेचा अभ्यास सर्वश्रुत आहे. गीतेतील कर्मयोगाचे तत्वज्ञान त्यांनी त्यांच्या जीवनातही...

वेदवाङ्मय भारताला ललामभूत असे साहित्य हे वाङ्मय अतिप्राचीन आणि अपौरुषेय मानतात. चार वेदांपैकी दुसरा यजुर्वेद...

भारतीय समाजाचे वैचारिक भरणपोषण आपले संत, ऋषीमुनी आणि महापुरुषांनी केले आहे. त्यांनी आपल्या आचरणातून समाजापुढे...

भारताला विज्ञानाची फार मोठी उज्ज्वल परंपरा लाभली आहे. सुमारे अडीच – तीन हजार वर्षांपूर्वी भारताच्या...

अडॉल्फ हिटलरला प्रेयसी होती. जवळजवळ मृत्यूच्या दारापर्यंत ती त्याची प्रेयसी म्हणून वावरली आणि मृत्यूच्या...