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Herodotus The HistoriesThe HistoriesHerodotus · c. 430 BCEOn 8 listsThe Great BooksMeditations on First PhilosophyRené DescartesMeditations on First PhilosophyRené Descartes · 1641On 8 lists
On the Nature of ThingsLucretius · c. 55 BCEOn 7 listsThe Great BooksSumma TheologicaThomas AquinasThomas Aquinas Summa TheologicaSumma TheologicaThomas Aquinas · 1265-1274On 7 listsThe Great BooksPhysicsAristotlePhysicsAristotle · c. 350 BCEOn 6 lists
The TempestWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1611On 6 lists
Novum OrganumFrancis Bacon · 1620On 6 listsThe Great BooksAn Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingDavid HumeAn Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingDavid Hume · 1748On 6 listsThe Great BooksMetaphysicsAristotleAristotle MetaphysicsMetaphysicsAristotle · c. 340 BCEOn 5 lists
Isaac Newton Mathematical Principles of Natural PhilosophyMathematical Principles of Natural PhilosophyIsaac Newton · 1687On 5 lists
Immanuel Kant Critique of Pure ReasonCritique of Pure ReasonImmanuel Kant · 1781On 5 lists
Charles Darwin On the Origin of SpeciesOn the Origin of SpeciesCharles Darwin · 1859On 5 listsThe Great BooksTimaeusPlatoTimaeusPlato · c. 360 BCEOn 4 listsThe Great BooksOn the SoulAristotleOn the SoulAristotle · c. 350 BCEOn 4 lists
Euclid ElementsElementsEuclid · c. 300 BCEOn 4 lists
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius · c. 170-180On 4 lists
Plotinus The EnneadsThe EnneadsPlotinus · c. 253On 4 listsThe Great BooksOn the Motion of the Heart and Blood in AnimalsWilliam HarveyOn the Motion of the Heart and Blood in AnimalsWilliam Harvey · 1628On 4 lists
Discourse on MetaphysicsGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1686On 4 listsThe Great BooksPrinciples of Human KnowledgeGeorge BerkeleyPrinciples of Human KnowledgeGeorge Berkeley · 1710On 4 listsThe Great BooksJobAnonymousJobAnonymous · c. 6th c. BCEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksMedical WritingsHippocratesHippocrates Medical WritingsMedical WritingsHippocrates · c. 430-350 BCEOn 3 lists
Ovid MetamorphosesMetamorphosesOvid · 8 CEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksAlmagestPtolemyPtolemy AlmagestAlmagestPtolemy · c. 150 CEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksOn the Natural FacultiesGalenOn the Natural FacultiesGalen · c. 170 CEOn 3 listsThe Great BooksOn the Revolutions of the Heavenly SpheresNicolaus CopernicusNicolaus Copernicus On the Revolutions of the Heavenly SpheresOn the Revolutions of the Heavenly SpheresNicolaus Copernicus · 1543On 3 listsThe Great BooksEpitome of Copernican AstronomyJohannes KeplerEpitome of Copernican AstronomyJohannes Kepler · 1618-1621On 3 listsThe Great BooksGeometryRené DescartesGeometryRené Descartes · 1637On 3 lists
Dialogues Concerning Two New SciencesGalileo Galilei · 1638On 3 listsThe Great BooksEthicsBaruch SpinozaEthicsBaruch Spinoza · 1677On 3 lists
Isaac Newton OpticksOpticksIsaac Newton · 1704On 3 listsMonadologyGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1714On 3 lists
Antoine Lavoisier Elements of ChemistryElements of ChemistryAntoine Lavoisier · 1789On 3 listsThe Great BooksExperimental Researches in ElectricityMichael FaradayMichael Faraday Experimental Researches in ElectricityExperimental Researches in ElectricityMichael Faraday · 1839-1855On 3 lists
Herman Melville Moby-DickMoby-DickHerman Melville · 1851On 3 lists
Charles Darwin The Descent of ManThe Descent of ManCharles Darwin · 1871On 3 lists
The Epic of GilgameshAnonymous · c. 1200 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Book of PsalmsAnonymousThe Book of PsalmsAnonymous · c. 10th c. BCEOn 2 lists
FragmentsThe Pre-Socratic Philosophers · c. 600-400 BCEOn 2 lists
ParmenidesPlato · c. 365 BCEOn 2 listsSophistPlato · c. 360 BCEOn 2 lists
On Generation and CorruptionAristotle · c. 350 BCEOn 2 listsParts of AnimalsAristotle · c. 345 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksWorksArchimedesArchimedes WorksWorksArchimedes · c. 250-212 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksOn Conic SectionsApollonius of PergaOn Conic SectionsApollonius of Perga · c. 200 BCEOn 2 listsThe Great BooksIntroduction to ArithmeticNicomachus of GerasaIntroduction to ArithmeticNicomachus of Gerasa · c. 100On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Story of Hayy ibn YaqzanIbn TufaylThe Story of Hayy ibn YaqzanIbn Tufayl · c. 1160-1185On 2 listsThe Great BooksAs You Like ItWilliam ShakespeareAs You Like ItWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1599On 2 lists
On the Loadstone and Magnetic BodiesWilliam Gilbert · 1600On 2 lists
Concerning the Harmonies of the WorldJohannes Kepler · 1619On 2 lists
English Minor PoemsJohn Milton · 1629-1673On 2 listsThe Great BooksTreatise on LightChristiaan HuygensTreatise on LightChristiaan Huygens · 1690On 2 listsThe Great BooksAn Essay on ManAlexander PopeAn Essay on ManAlexander Pope · 1733-1734On 2 lists
Montesquieu The Spirit of the LawsThe Spirit of the LawsMontesquieu · 1748On 2 listsThe Great BooksCritique of JudgmentImmanuel KantImmanuel Kant Critique of JudgmentCritique of JudgmentImmanuel Kant · 1790On 2 listsThe Great BooksPoemsWilliam WordsworthPoemsWilliam Wordsworth · 1798-1850On 2 listsThe Great BooksFrankensteinMary ShelleyFrankensteinMary Shelley · 1818On 2 listsThe Great BooksPoemsJohn KeatsPoemsJohn Keats · 1816-1820On 2 listsThe Great BooksEssaysRalph Waldo EmersonEssaysRalph Waldo Emerson · 1841 and 1844On 2 lists
The Chemical History of a CandleMichael Faraday · 1861On 2 listsThe Great BooksScience and HypothesisHenri PoincaréScience and HypothesisHenri Poincaré · 1902On 2 listsThe Great BooksAn Introduction to MathematicsAlfred North WhiteheadAn Introduction to MathematicsAlfred North Whitehead · 1911On 2 listsThe Great BooksThe Problems of PhilosophyBertrand RussellThe Problems of PhilosophyBertrand Russell · 1912On 2 lists
Relativity: The Special and the General TheoryAlbert Einstein · 1917On 2 lists
Beyond the Pleasure PrincipleSigmund Freud · 1920On 2 listsThe Great BooksScience and the Modern WorldAlfred North WhiteheadScience and the Modern WorldAlfred North Whitehead · 1925On 2 listsThe Great BooksIntroduction to MetaphysicsMartin HeideggerIntroduction to MetaphysicsMartin Heidegger · 1935On 2 lists
The BearWilliam Faulkner · 1942On 2 listsThe Great BooksScientific AutobiographyMax PlanckScientific AutobiographyMax Planck · 1948On 2 lists
Tao Te ChingLaozi · c. 4th c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksMeteorologyAristotleMeteorologyAristotle · c. 350 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksMinor Biological Works (Parva Naturalia)AristotleMinor Biological Works (Parva Naturalia)Aristotle · c. 350 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOn the HeavensAristotleOn the HeavensAristotle · c. 350 BCEOn 1 listAristotle History of AnimalsHistory of AnimalsAristotle · c. 345 BCEOn 1 listOn the Generation of AnimalsAristotle · c. 340 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksLetter to Herodotus and Letter to MenoeceusEpicurusLetter to Herodotus and Letter to MenoeceusEpicurus · c. 300 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOn Floating BodiesArchimedesOn Floating BodiesArchimedes · c. 250 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksThe Stoics ReaderVarious authorsThe Stoics ReaderVarious authors · 3rd c. BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksOn Old AgeCiceroOn Old AgeCicero · 44 BCEOn 1 listThe Great BooksEcloguesVirgilEcloguesVirgil · c. 39 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 BooksIsagogePorphyryIsagogePorphyry · c. 270On 1 listThe Great BooksOn MusicBoethiusOn MusicBoethius · c. 500On 1 listThe Great BooksAn Exact Exposition of the Orthodox FaithJohn of DamascusAn Exact Exposition of the Orthodox FaithJohn of Damascus · c. 743On 1 list
On the IntellectAl-Farabi · c. 940On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Political RegimeAl-FarabiThe Political RegimeAl-Farabi · c. 940On 1 listThe Great BooksThe CureAvicenna (Ibn Sina)Avicenna (Ibn Sina) The CureThe CureAvicenna (Ibn Sina) · c. 1020-1027On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Guide of the PerplexedMaimonidesMaimonides The Guide of the PerplexedThe Guide of the PerplexedMaimonides · c. 1190On 1 listThe Great BooksOn Being and EssenceThomas AquinasOn Being and EssenceThomas Aquinas · c. 1252-1256On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Division and Methods of the SciencesThomas AquinasThe Division and Methods of the SciencesThomas Aquinas · c. 1257-1259On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Journey of the Mind to GodBonaventureThe Journey of the Mind to GodBonaventure · 1259On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Poetic EddaAnonymousThe Poetic EddaAnonymous · c. 800On 1 listThe Great BooksParadisoDante AlighieriParadisoDante Alighieri · c. 1316-1320On 1 list
The Ascent of Mont VentouxPetrarch · 1336On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymousSir Gawain and the Green KnightAnonymous · c. 1375-1400On 1 listThe Great BooksNotebooksLeonardo da VinciLeonardo da Vinci NotebooksNotebooksLeonardo da Vinci · c. 1478-1519On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldFrancis PrettySir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldFrancis Pretty · 1577On 1 listThe Great BooksEpithalamionEdmund SpenserEpithalamionEdmund Spenser · 1595On 1 list
A Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam Shakespeare · c. 1595-1596On 1 listThe Great BooksProthalamionEdmund SpenserProthalamionEdmund Spenser · 1596On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Discovery of GuianaWalter RaleighThe Discovery of GuianaWalter Raleigh · 1596On 1 list
The Starry MessengerGalileo Galilei · 1610On 1 listThe Great BooksSir Francis Drake RevivedPhilip NicholsSir Francis Drake RevivedPhilip Nichols · c. 1593On 1 list
Religio MediciThomas Browne · 1643On 1 listThe Great BooksPrinciples of PhilosophyRené DescartesPrinciples of PhilosophyRené Descartes · 1644On 1 listThe Great BooksOn the Circulation of the BloodWilliam HarveyOn the Circulation of the BloodWilliam Harvey · 1649On 1 listThe Great BooksOn the Generation of AnimalsWilliam HarveyWilliam Harvey On the Generation of AnimalsOn the Generation of AnimalsWilliam Harvey · 1651On 1 listThe Great BooksScientific TreatisesBlaise PascalScientific TreatisesBlaise Pascal · 1647-1665On 1 list
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Philosophical EssaysPhilosophical EssaysGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1686-1716On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern PhilosophyAnne ConwayThe Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern PhilosophyAnne Conway · c. 1670On 1 listThe Great BooksNew Essays Concerning Human UnderstandingGottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz New Essays Concerning Human UnderstandingNew Essays Concerning Human UnderstandingGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1704On 1 listThe Great BooksThree Dialogues Between Hylas and PhilonousGeorge BerkeleyThree Dialogues Between Hylas and PhilonousGeorge Berkeley · 1713On 1 listPrinciples of Nature and GraceGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1714On 1 listThe Great BooksRobinson CrusoeDaniel DefoeRobinson CrusoeDaniel Defoe · 1719On 1 listThe Great BooksElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardThomas GrayElegy Written in a Country ChurchyardThomas Gray · 1751On 1 listThe Great BooksA Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulEdmund BurkeA Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and BeautifulEdmund Burke · 1757On 1 list
Profession of Faith of a Savoyard VicarJean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Deserted VillageOliver GoldsmithThe Deserted VillageOliver Goldsmith · 1770On 1 listThe Great BooksProlegomena to Any Future MetaphysicsImmanuel KantProlegomena to Any Future MetaphysicsImmanuel Kant · 1783On 1 listThe Great BooksPoems and SongsRobert BurnsRobert Burns Poems and SongsPoems and SongsRobert Burns · 1786-1796On 1 listThe Great BooksLyrical BalladsWilliam WordsworthLyrical BalladsWilliam Wordsworth · 1798On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1798On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Three Original Publications on Vaccination Against SmallpoxEdward JennerThe Three Original Publications on Vaccination Against SmallpoxEdward Jenner · 1798-1800On 1 listThe Great BooksManfredLord ByronManfredLord Byron · 1817On 1 listThe Great BooksJournalRalph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson JournalJournalRalph Waldo Emerson · 1820-1882On 1 listThe Great BooksRomantic Poetry ReaderVarious authorsRomantic Poetry ReaderVarious authors · c. 1789-1832On 1 listThe Great BooksAdonaisPercy Bysshe ShelleyAdonaisPercy Bysshe Shelley · 1821On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Analytical Theory of HeatJoseph FourierJoseph Fourier The Analytical Theory of HeatThe Analytical Theory of HeatJoseph Fourier · 1822On 1 listThe Great BooksPrinciples of GeologyCharles LyellCharles Lyell Principles of GeologyPrinciples of GeologyCharles Lyell · 1830-1833On 1 listThe Great BooksScientific PapersCharles LyellScientific PapersCharles Lyell · 1830On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsSamuel Taylor ColeridgePoemsSamuel Taylor Coleridge · 1796-1834On 1 listThe Great BooksIntroductory Lectures on AestheticsG. W. F. HegelIntroductory Lectures on AestheticsG. W. F. Hegel · 1820On 1 list
Charles Darwin The Voyage of the BeagleThe Voyage of the BeagleCharles Darwin · 1839On 1 list
Richard Henry Dana Jr. Two Years Before the MastTwo Years Before the MastRichard Henry Dana Jr. · 1840On 1 listThe Great BooksA System of LogicJohn Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill A System of LogicA System of LogicJohn Stuart Mill · 1843On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsAlfred, Lord TennysonAlfred, Lord Tennyson PoemsPoemsAlfred, Lord Tennyson · 1830-1889On 1 list
WaldenHenry David Thoreau · 1854On 1 listThe Great BooksLeaves of GrassWalt WhitmanWalt Whitman Leaves of GrassLeaves of GrassWalt Whitman · 1855On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Forces of MatterMichael FaradayThe Forces of MatterMichael Faraday · 1860On 1 listThe Great BooksOn the Conservation of ForceHermann von HelmholtzOn the Conservation of ForceHermann von Helmholtz · 1862On 1 listThe Great BooksWalkingHenry David ThoreauWalkingHenry David Thoreau · 1851On 1 list
An Introduction to the Study of Experimental MedicineClaude Bernard · 1865On 1 listThe Great BooksPoemsMatthew ArnoldPoemsMatthew Arnold · 1849-1867On 1 listThe Great BooksGeographical EvolutionArchibald GeikieGeographical EvolutionArchibald Geikie · 1879On 1 listThe Great BooksScientific PapersLouis PasteurScientific PapersLouis Pasteur · 1878-1880On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Wave Theory of LightLord KelvinThe Wave Theory of LightLord Kelvin · 1884On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Will to PowerFriedrich NietzscheFriedrich Nietzsche The Will to PowerThe Will to PowerFriedrich Nietzsche · 1883On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Golden BoughJames George FrazerJames George Frazer The Golden BoughThe Golden BoughJames George Frazer · 1890On 1 list
Matter and MemoryHenri Bergson · 1896On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Extent of the UniverseSimon NewcombThe Extent of the UniverseSimon Newcomb · 1906On 1 list
Henri Bergson Creative EvolutionCreative EvolutionHenri Bergson · 1907On 1 listThe Great BooksScience and MethodHenri PoincaréScience and MethodHenri Poincaré · 1908On 1 listThe Great BooksEssays in Radical EmpiricismWilliam JamesEssays in Radical EmpiricismWilliam James · 1904On 1 listThe Great BooksOrigin and Development of the Quantum TheoryMax PlanckOrigin and Development of the Quantum TheoryMax Planck · 1920On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Analysis of MindBertrand RussellThe Analysis of MindBertrand Russell · 1921On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Meaning of RelativityAlbert EinsteinThe Meaning of RelativityAlbert Einstein · 1922On 1 list
Skepticism and Animal FaithGeorge Santayana · 1923On 1 listThe Great BooksExperience and NatureJohn DeweyJohn Dewey Experience and NatureExperience and NatureJohn Dewey · 1925On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Degrees of KnowledgeJacques MaritainJacques Maritain The Degrees of KnowledgeThe Degrees of KnowledgeJacques Maritain · 1932On 1 listThe Great BooksWhere Is Science Going?Max PlanckWhere Is Science Going?Max Planck · 1932On 1 list
On the Method of Theoretical PhysicsAlbert Einstein · 1933On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Expanding UniverseArthur EddingtonThe Expanding UniverseArthur Eddington · 1933On 1 listThe Great BooksAtomic Theory and the Description of NatureNiels BohrAtomic Theory and the Description of NatureNiels Bohr · 1929-1934On 1 listThe Great BooksGenetics and the Origin of SpeciesTheodosius DobzhanskyTheodosius Dobzhansky Genetics and the Origin of SpeciesGenetics and the Origin of SpeciesTheodosius Dobzhansky · 1937On 1 listThe Great BooksLogic: The Theory of InquiryJohn DeweyJohn Dewey Logic: The Theory of InquiryLogic: The Theory of InquiryJohn Dewey · 1938On 1 list
The Evolution of PhysicsAlbert Einstein · 1938On 1 listThe Great BooksWhat Is Life?Erwin SchrödingerWhat Is Life?Erwin Schrödinger · 1944On 1 listThe Great BooksHuman KnowledgeBertrand RussellBertrand Russell Human KnowledgeHuman KnowledgeBertrand Russell · 1948On 1 list
Physics and PhilosophyWerner Heisenberg · 1958On 1 listThe Great BooksThe Nature of LifeC. H. WaddingtonThe Nature of LifeC. H. Waddington · 1961On 1 list
OmerosDerek Walcott · 1990On 1 listThe Great BooksAn Ecomodernist ManifestoJohn Asafu-Adjaye et al.An Ecomodernist ManifestoJohn Asafu-Adjaye et al. · 2015On 1 listThe Great BooksIs It Colonial Déjà Vu? Indigenous Peoples and Climate InjusticeKyle Powys WhyteIs It Colonial Déjà Vu? Indigenous Peoples and Climate InjusticeKyle Powys Whyte · 2017On 1 listThe Great BooksDe-Growth vs. a Green New DealRobert PollinDe-Growth vs. a Green New DealRobert Pollin · 2018On 1 listThe Great BooksDegrowth: A DefenceMark Burton and Peter SomervilleDegrowth: A DefenceMark Burton and Peter Somerville · 2019On 1 listThe Great BooksSlow Down: The Degrowth ManifestoKohei SaitoSlow Down: The Degrowth ManifestoKohei Saito · 2020On 1 list