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1 On War - Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
by Carl von Clausewitz, Louise Wilmot, Colonel F. N. Maude, Louise Willmot, Colonel J. J. Graham, Tom Griffith
| Format: | Paperback 400 pages |
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| Published: | 05/07/1997 |
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In both a philosophical and a practical work, Clausewitz defines the essential nature of war, debates the qualities of a great commander, assesses... Read more
2 Ethics - Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
by Benedictus de Spinoza, Don Garrett, A. H. Stirling, W. H. White, Tom Griffith
| Format: | Paperback 368 pages |
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| Published: | 05/03/2001 |
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First published in a posthumous edition of 1677, this work by Spinoza is a systematic attempt to work out the nature of God, the relation between... Read more
3 Democracy in America - Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
by Alexis de Tocqueville, Patrick Renshaw, Patrick Renshaw, Tom Griffith
| Format: | Paperback 416 pages |
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| Published: | 07/05/1996 |
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Tocqueville examines the structures, institution and operation of democracy, and analyzes the lessons that Europe could learn from American... Read more
4 The Nicomachean Ethics - Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
by Aristotle, Stephen Watt, Tom Griffith
| Format: | Paperback 320 pages |
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| Published: | 06/05/1996 |
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This work contains Artistotle's views on what makes a good human life. It has served as an influence on the history of ideas and offers insights... Read more
5 Thus Spake Zarathustra - Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Anthony Common, Nicholas Davey, Tom Griffith
| Format: | Paperback 352 pages |
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| Published: | 11/06/1997 |
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This series of aphorisms, put into the mouth of Zarathustra, contains the kernel of Nietzche's original thought. In it he states that "God... Read more
6 Tao Te Ching - Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
by Lao Tzu, Arthur Waley, Arthur Waley, Robert Wilkinson, Tom Griffith
| Format: | Paperback 112 pages |
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| Published: | 07/05/1996 |
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Dating for around 300 BC, this is an early work of the Chinese school of philosophy called Taoism. It offers a complete view of the cosmos and how... Read more
7 Twilight of the Idols with The Antichrist and Ecce Homo - Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Antony M. Ludovici, Ray Furness, Tom Griffith
| Format: | Paperback 288 pages |
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| Published: | 05/06/2001 |
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Includes three works, all dating from Nietzsche's last lucid months, that aim show him at his most stimulating and controversial: the portentous... Read more
8 The Republic - Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
by Plato, Stephen Watt, John Llewelyn Davies, David James Vaughan, Tom Griffith
| Format: | Paperback 400 pages |
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| Published: | 07/05/1996 |
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"The Republic" deals with almost the whole range of Plato's thought, but is particularly concerned with what makes a well-balanced... Read more
9 The Art of War/The Book of Lord Shang - Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
by Tzu Sun, Shang Yang, Robert Wilkinson, Yuan Shibing, J. J. L. Duyvendak, Tom Griffith
| Format: | Paperback 256 pages |
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| Published: | 11/06/1997 |
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The two political works in this text are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from an epoch in Chinese history known... Read more
10 The Social Contract - Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Derek Matravers, Tom Griffith
| Format: | Paperback 160 pages |
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| Published: | 05/03/1998 |
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In this translated classic, Rousseau argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. He says that we can only be free under... Read more
