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The Moralia (Paperback)
Arthur Richard Shilleto; Illustrated by Alex Struik; Plutarch
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R695
Discovery Miles 6 950
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The Moralia (loosely translatable as Matters relating to Customs
and Mores) of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea
is an eclectic collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches.
They give an insight into Roman and Greek life, but often are also
fascinating timeless observations in their own right. Plutarch
subsequently named, on becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius
Plutarchus ( circa 46 - 120 AD), was a Greek historian, biographer,
and essayist, known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Morals. He
was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea, Boeotia, a town about
twenty miles east of Delphi.
Procopius of Caesarea (circa AD 500 - c. AD 565) was a prominent
Byzantine scholar from Palaestina Prima. Accompanying the general
Belisarius in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he became the
principal historian of the 6th century, writing the "Wars of
Justinian," the "Buildings of Justinian" and the celebrated "Secret
History." He is commonly held to be the last major historian of the
ancient world. The writings of Procopius are the primary source of
information for the rule of the Roman emperor Justinian. The Secret
History reveals an author who had become deeply disillusioned with
the emperor Justinian and his wife, Empress Theodora, as well as
Belisarius, his former commander and patron, and Antonina,
Belisarius' wife. The anecdotes claim to expose the secret springs
of their public actions, as well as the private lives of the
emperor, his wife and their entourage. Justinian is raked over the
coals as cruel, venal, prodigal and incompetent; as for Theodora,
the reader is treated to the most detailed and titillating
portrayals of vulgarity and insatiable lust combined with shrewish
and calculating mean-spiritedness.
In 1909, American agronomist F.H. King toured China, Korea and
Japan, studying traditional fertilization, tillage and general
farming practices. He wrote his observations and findings in
Farmers of Forty Centuries, Or Permanent Agriculture in China,
Korea, and Japan (1911, published shortly after his death by his
wife, Carrie Baker King). King lived in an era preceding synthetic
nitrogen fertilizer production and before the use of the internal
combustion engine for farm machinery, yet he was profoundly
interested in the challenge of farming the same soils in a
'permanent' manner, hence his interest in the agricultural
practices of ancient cultures.
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Analects (Paperback)
Alex Struik; Confucius
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R600
Discovery Miles 6 000
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The Analects, or Lunyu (literally "Selected Sayings"), also known
as the Analects of Confucius, is the collection of sayings and
ideas attributed to the Chinese philosopher Confucius and his
contemporaries, traditionally believed to have been written by
Confucius' followers. It is believed to have been written during
the Warring States period (475 BC - 221 BC), and it achieved its
final form during the mid-Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). The Analects
has been one of the most widely read and studied books in China for
the last 2,000 years, and continues to have a substantial influence
on Chinese and East Asian thought and values today. Confucius
(551-479 BCE) was a Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and
philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period of Chinese history. The
philosophy of Confucius emphasized personal and governmental
morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and
sincerity. His followers competed successfully with many other
schools during the Hundred Schools of Thought era only to be
suppressed in favor of the Legalists during the Qin Dynasty.
Following the victory of Han over Chu after the collapse of Qin,
Confucius's thoughts received official sanction and were further
developed into a system known as Confucianism.
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The Lotus Sutra (Paperback)
Hendrik Kern; Illustrated by Alex Struik; Gautama Buddha
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R511
Discovery Miles 5 110
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The Lotus Sutra is one of the most popular and influential Mahayana
sutras, and the basis on which several schools of Buddhism were
established.The oldest parts of the text (Chapters 1-9 and 17) were
probably written down between 100 BC and 100 AD: most of the text
had appeared by 200 AD. The earliest known Sanskrit title for the
sutra is the Saddharma Pundarika Sutra, which translates to "the
Lotus Flower Formula (or Rule) of Good Dharma." The Lotus Sutra
presents itself as a discourse delivered by the Buddha toward the
end of his life. The tradition in Mahayana states that the sutra
was written down at the time of the Buddha and stored for five
hundred years in a realm of nagas. After this they were
reintroduced into the human realm at the time of the Fourth
Buddhist Council in Kashmir.
The Adventures of Pinocchio is a novel for children by Italian
author Carlo Collodi, written in Florence. The first half was
originally a serial between 1881 and 1883, and then later completed
as a book for children in February 1883. It is about the
mischievous adventures of Pinocchio, an animated marionette, and
his poor father, a woodcarver named Geppetto.
Dream of the Red Chamber is a masterpiece of Chinese literature and
one of China's Four Great Classical Novels. It was composed in the
mid-18th century during the Qing Dynasty and is generally
acknowledged to be a pinnacle of Chinese fiction. The novel is
believed to be semi-autobiographical, mirroring the rise and decay
of author's own family and, by extension, of the Qing Dynasty. As
the author states in the first chapter, it is intended to be a
memorial to the women he knew in his youth - friends, relatives and
servants. At the center of the story is Bao-yu, a precocious,
spoiled, and undisciplined boy and his romantic affinity to his
poetry-loving, orphaned cousin, Dai-yu. The novel is remarkable not
only for its huge cast of characters and psychological scope, but
also for its precise and detailed observation of the life and
social structures typical of 18th-century Chinese aristocracy.
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