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Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BCE, was the son of Nicomachus, a physician, and Phaestis. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367 47); subsequently he spent three years at the court of a former pupil, Hermeias, in Asia Minor and at this time married Pythias, one of Hermeias s relations. After some time at Mitylene, in 343 2 he was appointed by King Philip of Macedon to
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"Le Père Goriot" de Honoré de Balzac est un roman réaliste poignant qui explore les thèmes de l'ambition, de l'amour filial et de la déchéance sociale. L'histoire suit le destin tragique de deux jeunes hommes, Rastignac et Bianchon, qui se lient d'amitié dans une pension de famille parisienne o ils ctoient le vieux Père Goriot. Ce dernier, ruiné par l'obsession qu'il a pour ses deux filles, symbolise la figure du père sacrifié pour sa descendance....
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"Alcools" est un recueil de poèmes écrit par Guillaume Apollinaire et publié en 1913. Ce livre marque le début de la poésie moderne et a influencé de nombreux écrivains et artistes par la suite. Les poèmes d'Apollinaire sont riches en images et en émotions, ils explorent des thèmes tels que l'amour, la nostalgie, la guerre, l'art, la ville et la nature. Les poèmes sont écrits dans différents styles, allant du vers libre à la poésie...
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We have now to consider the parts which are useful to animals for movement in place (locomotion); first, why each part is such as it is and to what end they possess them; and second, the differences between these parts both in one and the same creature, and again by comparison of the parts of creatures of different species with one another. First then let us lay down how many questions we have to consider.
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Sarah Iles Johnston is the College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Religion and Professor of Classics at The Ohio State University, where she teaches courses on Greek myths. Her many books include The Story of Myth, Ancient Greek Divination, and Restless Dead: Encounters between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece. Tristan Johnston is an illustrator and graphic designer whose work includes books for children and adults, as well...
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[2024]
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.In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome, from its slightly shabby Iron Age origins to its reign as the undisputed hegemon of the Mediterranean. Now, drawing on more than thirty years of teaching and writing about Roman history, Beard turns to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire, beginning with Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) and taking us through the nearly three centuries--and some thirty...
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Préparez-vous pour une aventure captivante et pleine de mystères avec "L'Île au trésor" de Robert Louis Stevenson. Ce classique intemporel vous transporte dans un monde de pirates, de trésors cachés et de complots dangereux. Suivez les pas de Jim Hawkins, un jeune garçon intrépide, alors qu'il embarque pour une quête périlleuse à la recherche du légendaire trésor du Capitaine Flint. À bord du navire Hispaniola, Jim rencontre des personnages...
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Freud sets forth with a frankness almost startling the difficulties and limitations of psychoanalysis, and also describes its main methods and results as only a master and originator of a new school of thought can do. These discourses are at the same time simple and almost confidential, and they trace and sum up the results of thirty years of devoted and painstaking research. While they are not at all controversial, we incidentally see in a clearer...
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