Death and mortality
Living in the knowledge that we die.
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ConfessionsAugustine · 397-400On 9 lists
Homer The IliadThe IliadHomer · c. 750 BCEOn 8 lists
ApologyPlato · c. 395 BCEOn 8 listsPhaedoPlato · c. 380 BCEOn 7 lists
On the Nature of ThingsLucretius · c. 55 BCEOn 7 lists
Michel de Montaigne EssaysEssaysMichel de Montaigne · 1580-1595On 7 lists
PenséesBlaise Pascal · 1657On 7 listsThe Great BooksHamletWilliam ShakespeareHamletWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1600On 6 lists
King LearWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1605-1606On 6 listsThe Great BooksEnchiridionEpictetusEnchiridionEpictetus · c. 125 CEOn 5 lists
To the LighthouseVirginia Woolf · 1927On 5 lists
Oedipus at ColonusSophocles · c. 406 BCEOn 4 listsThe Great BooksOn the SoulAristotleOn the SoulAristotle · c. 350 BCEOn 4 lists
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius · c. 170-180On 4 lists
Sappho If Not, Winter: Fragments of SapphoIf Not, Winter: Fragments of SapphoSappho · c. 600 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksThe FrogsAristophanesThe FrogsAristophanes · 405 BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksMedical WritingsHippocratesHippocrates Medical WritingsMedical WritingsHippocrates · c. 430-350 BCEOn 3 lists
Gospel of LukeThe Bible · c. 80-90 CEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksSonnetsWilliam ShakespeareSonnetsWilliam Shakespeare · 1609On 3 lists
The Epic of GilgameshAnonymous · c. 1200 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksLetter to MenoeceusEpicurusLetter to MenoeceusEpicurus · c. 300 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksThe First Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansPaul the ApostleThe First Epistle of Paul to the CorinthiansPaul the Apostle · c. 53-55 CEOn 2 listsGospel of JohnThe Bible · c. 90-110 CEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksDiscoursesEpictetusEpictetus DiscoursesDiscoursesEpictetus · c. 108 CEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Qur'anAnonymousAnonymous The Qur'anThe Qur'anAnonymous · 610On 2 listsThe Great BooksTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey ChaucerTroilus and CriseydeGeoffrey Chaucer · c. 1382-1386On 2 listsThe Great BooksAntony and CleopatraWilliam ShakespeareAntony and CleopatraWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1606-1607On 2 lists
English Minor PoemsJohn Milton · 1629-1673On 2 listsThe Great BooksDon GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus MozartDon GiovanniWolfgang Amadeus Mozart · 1787On 2 listsThe Great BooksPoemsWilliam WordsworthPoemsWilliam Wordsworth · 1798-1850On 2 listsThe Great BooksPoemsJohn KeatsPoemsJohn Keats · 1816-1820On 2 lists
The Gettysburg AddressAbraham Lincoln · 1863On 2 listsThe Great BooksHedda GablerHenrik IbsenHedda GablerHenrik Ibsen · 1890On 2 lists
Marcel Proust Swann's WaySwann's WayMarcel Proust · 1913On 2 lists
DublinersJames Joyce · 1914On 2 lists
Beyond the Pleasure PrincipleSigmund Freud · 1920On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Waste LandT. S. EliotThe Waste LandT. S. Eliot · 1922On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Trojan WomenEuripidesThe Trojan WomenEuripides · 415 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksMinor Biological Works (Parva Naturalia)AristotleMinor Biological Works (Parva Naturalia)Aristotle · c. 350 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksLetter to Herodotus and Letter to MenoeceusEpicurusLetter to Herodotus and Letter to MenoeceusEpicurus · c. 300 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksBuddhist WritingsAnonymousBuddhist WritingsAnonymous · c. 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksEcclesiastesAnonymousEcclesiastesAnonymous · c. 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksLettersCiceroCicero LettersLettersCicero · 68-43 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOn Old AgeCiceroOn Old AgeCicero · 44 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksGeorgicsVirgilGeorgicsVirgil · 29 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOdes and EpodesHoraceOdes and EpodesHorace · 30-13 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksLettersPliny the YoungerLettersPliny the Younger · c. 97-112 CEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Golden Sayings of EpictetusEpictetusThe Golden Sayings of EpictetusEpictetus · c. 108 CEOn 1 list
WorksLucian · c. 160-180On 1 listThe Great BooksOn the IncarnationAthanasiusOn the IncarnationAthanasius · c. 318On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Consolation of PhilosophyBoethiusThe Consolation of PhilosophyBoethius · 524On 1 list
BeowulfAnonymous · c. 8th c.On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelAnonymousThe Destruction of Dá Derga's HostelAnonymous · c. 8th c.On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Poetic EddaAnonymousThe Poetic EddaAnonymous · c. 800On 1 listThe Great BooksThe New LifeDante AlighieriThe New LifeDante Alighieri · c. 1293-1295On 1 listThe Great BooksShowingsJulian of NorwichShowingsJulian of Norwich · c. 1373-1393On 1 listThe Great BooksTraditional BalladsAnonymousTraditional BalladsAnonymous · c. 1300-1700On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Life of Sir Thomas MoreWilliam RoperThe Life of Sir Thomas MoreWilliam Roper · c. 1556On 1 listThe Great BooksJourneys in Diverse PlacesAmbroise ParéJourneys in Diverse PlacesAmbroise Paré · 1585On 1 listThe Great BooksDoctor FaustusChristopher MarloweDoctor FaustusChristopher Marlowe · c. 1592On 1 list
Romeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595On 1 listThe Great BooksHenry IV, Part 2William ShakespeareHenry IV, Part 2William Shakespeare · c. 1597-1598On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Duchess of MalfiJohn WebsterThe Duchess of MalfiJohn Webster · c. 1613On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsJohn DonneJohn Donne PoemsPoemsJohn Donne · c. 1590On 1 list
Religio MediciThomas Browne · 1643On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Lives of Donne and HerbertIzaak WaltonThe Lives of Donne and HerbertIzaak Walton · 1640On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Imaginary InvalidMolièreThe Imaginary InvalidMolière · 1673On 1 listThe Great BooksAll for LoveJohn DrydenAll for LoveJohn Dryden · 1677On 1 list
The Pilgrim's ProgressJohn Bunyan · 1678On 1 listThe Great BooksSt. Matthew PassionJohann Sebastian BachSt. Matthew PassionJohann Sebastian Bach · 1727On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Vanity of Human WishesSamuel JohnsonThe Vanity of Human WishesSamuel Johnson · 1749On 1 listThe Great BooksElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardThomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardThomas Gray · 1751On 1 listThe Great BooksRasselasSamuel JohnsonRasselasSamuel Johnson · 1759On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Lives of the PoetsSamuel JohnsonSamuel Johnson The Lives of the PoetsThe Lives of the PoetsSamuel Johnson · 1779-1781On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Prisoner of ChillonLord ByronThe Prisoner of ChillonLord Byron · 1816On 1 listThe Great BooksManfredLord ByronManfredLord Byron · 1817On 1 listThe Great BooksJournalRalph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson JournalJournalRalph Waldo Emerson · 1820-1882On 1 listThe Great BooksAdonaisPercy Bysshe ShelleyAdonaisPercy Bysshe Shelley · 1821On 1 listThe Great BooksTalesHans Christian AndersenTalesHans Christian Andersen · 1835-1872On 1 listThe Great BooksA Blot in the 'ScutcheonRobert BrowningA Blot in the 'ScutcheonRobert Browning · 1843On 1 list
PoemsEdgar Allan Poe · 1827-1849On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsAlfred, Lord TennysonAlfred, Lord Tennyson PoemsPoemsAlfred, Lord Tennyson · 1830-1889On 1 listThe Great BooksStudies in PessimismArthur SchopenhauerStudies in PessimismArthur Schopenhauer · 1851On 1 listThe Great BooksLeaves of GrassWalt WhitmanWalt Whitman Leaves of GrassLeaves of GrassWalt Whitman · 1855On 1 listThe Great BooksTristan and IsoldeRichard WagnerTristan and IsoldeRichard Wagner · 1857On 1 listThe Great BooksOn the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of SurgeryJoseph ListerOn the Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of SurgeryJoseph Lister · 1867On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsMatthew ArnoldPoemsMatthew Arnold · 1849-1867On 1 listThe Great BooksThus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich NietzscheThus Spoke ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche · 1883-1885On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Golden BoughJames George FrazerJames George Frazer The Golden BoughThe Golden BoughJames George Frazer · 1890On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Master BuilderHenrik IbsenThe Master BuilderHenrik Ibsen · 1892On 1 list
Uncle VanyaAnton Chekhov · 1897On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Beast in the JungleHenry JamesThe Beast in the JungleHenry James · 1903On 1 listThe Great BooksHadji MuratLeo TolstoyHadji MuratLeo Tolstoy · 1896On 1 listThe Great BooksHymns of the Christian ChurchVarious authorsHymns of the Christian ChurchVarious authors · 1910On 1 listThe Great BooksDeath in VeniceThomas MannDeath in VeniceThomas Mann · 1912On 1 listThe Great BooksIn Search of Lost TimeMarcel ProustMarcel Proust In Search of Lost TimeIn Search of Lost TimeMarcel Proust · 1913-1927On 1 list
Thoughts for the Times on War and DeathSigmund Freud · 1915On 1 listMourning and MelancholiaSigmund Freud · 1917On 1 listThe Great BooksMy ÁntoniaWilla CatherMy ÁntoniaWilla Cather · 1918On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Waning of the Middle AgesJohan HuizingaJohan Huizinga The Waning of the Middle AgesThe Waning of the Middle AgesJohan Huizinga · 1919On 1 list
James Joyce UlyssesUlyssesJames Joyce · 1922On 1 list
Thomas Mann The Magic MountainThe Magic MountainThomas Mann · 1924On 1 listThe Great BooksInhibitions, Symptoms, and AnxietySigmund FreudInhibitions, Symptoms, and AnxietySigmund Freud · 1926On 1 list
What Is Metaphysics?Martin Heidegger · 1929On 1 listThe Great BooksA Rose for EmilyWilliam FaulknerA Rose for EmilyWilliam Faulkner · 1930On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Short Happy Life of Francis MacomberErnest HemingwayThe Short Happy Life of Francis MacomberErnest Hemingway · 1936On 1 listThe Great BooksNauseaJean-Paul SartreNauseaJean-Paul Sartre · 1938On 1 list
A Mathematician's ApologyG. H. Hardy · 1940On 1 list
Jean-Paul Sartre Being and NothingnessBeing and NothingnessJean-Paul Sartre · 1943On 1 list
If This Is a ManPrimo Levi · 1947On 1 list
Waiting for GodotSamuel Beckett · 1952On 1 listThe Great BooksA Good Man Is Hard to FindFlannery O'ConnorA Good Man Is Hard to FindFlannery O'Connor · 1953On 1 listThe Great BooksCancer WardAleksandr SolzhenitsynAleksandr Solzhenitsyn Cancer WardCancer WardAleksandr Solzhenitsyn · 1968On 1 list