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Summary

Eighteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include literary figures--Alice Mangold Diehl, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Arthur Hugh Clough; philosophers--Hegel, Kierkegaard; religious thinkers--Martin Luther, Cotton Mather; political leaders--Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy; important documents--the Constitution of Japan (1946), the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom; moments in history--the Battle of the Crater, the Dred Scott Decision; historical figures--the Pseudo Dionysius and Xenophon; and, lastly, shopper's tips for watermelons and cantaloupes. (Summary by Sue Anderson)Hegel's The Problem was translated by William T. HarrisXenophon's On Horsemanship was translated by Morris H. Morgan

Duration: about 6 hours (06:00:12)
Publishing date: 2014-08-25; Copyright Year: — Copyright Statment: —

• Humanities & Social Sciences