Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Essential Readings of Essential People and their Essential Thoughts (in Chronological Order)





This list is a map which designates significant points en-route in the evolution of modern thought, beginning with the first reasonable inquiries of the famous Greek-Roman heritage and includes several important Chinese philosophers also intermingled in their corresponding times so we can see what was happening in the minds of the west and the east. Purchasing all of their works would certainly cost more than a penny, and a penny is a penny more than I currently have to spend, so luckily I was able to find all of their works from the MIT website which you as well can find here, all works complete and in alphabetical order from every one of these authors. I just rearranged the listing of authors to be in chronological order. This is sort of going to be personal experiment of mine to track the natural evolution of human conscious and to simultaneously investigate how these ancient thoughts influenced the world in each corresponding age, and the results of them as they shaped the ideas of the people who lived and pondered in the years proceeding, sort of like watching the infant mind grow decade by decade. You'll notice they are all ancient authors. After finishing with all their works, I'll move onto the classical authors from the dawn of the dark ages, through the middle ages, and until the brink of the Renaissance; and if I am still alive by the time I finish all of those texts, move on to the endless modern philosophies of the Renaissance through and until the future present date of my death. I invite you to join in the readings and discover the world as it was before and as we became it. To be read as listed and as Monsieur pleases; but to be read!




( completed)

Homer
Wrote in Greek
800 B.C.E.

Hesiod
Wrote in Greek
700 B.C.E.

Confucius
Wrote in Chinese
551-479 B.C.E.

Aeschylus
Wrote in Greek
525-456 B.C.E.

Pindar
Wrote in Greek
518-438 B.C.E.

Sophocles
Wrote in Greek
496-406 B.C.E.

Herodotus
Wrote in Greek
484-430 B.C.E.

Euripides
Wrote in Greek
484-406 B.C.E.

Antiphon
Wrote in Greek
480-411 B.C.E.

Hippocrates
Wrote in Greek
460-377 B.C.E.

Thucydides
Wrote in Greek
460-404 B.C.E.

Aristophanes
Wrote in Greek
450-388 B.C.E.

Lysias
Wrote in Greek
445-380 B.C.E.

Andocides
Wrote in Greek
440-391 B.C.E.

Isocrates
Wrote in Greek
436-338 B.C.E.

Xenophon
Wrote in Greek
431-349 B.C.E.

Plato
Wrote in Greek
428-348 B.C.E.

Isaeus
Wrote in Greek
420-350 B.C.E.

Hyperides
Wrote in Greek
390-322 B.C.E.

Lycurgus
Wrote in Greek
390-324 B.C.E.

Aeschines
Wrote in Greek
390-314 B.C.E.

Aristotle
Wrote in Greek
384-322 B.C.E.

Demosthenes
Wrote in Greek
384-322 B.C.E.

Demades
Wrote in Greek
380-319 B.C.E.

Dinarchus
Wrote in Greek
360-292 B.C.E.

Epicurus
Wrote in Greek
341-270 B.C.E.

Euclid
Wrote in Greek
ca. 300 B.C.E.

Apollonius
Wrote in Greek
ca. 295 B.C.E.

Apollodorus
Wrote in Greek
140 B.C.E.

Cicero
Wrote in Latin
106-43 B.C.E.

Julius Caesar
Wrote in Latin
100-44 B.C.E.

Hirtius
Wrote in Latin
90-43 B.C.E.

Virgil
Wrote in Latin
70-19 B.C.E.

Strabo
Wrote in Greek
64 B.C.E.-23 A.C.E.
                      
Augustus
Wrote in Latin
63 B.C.E.-14 A.C.E.

Livy
Wrote in Latin
59 B.C.E.-17 A.C.E.

Ovid
Wrote in Latin
43 B.C.E.-17 A.C.E.

Horace
Wrote in Latin
65-8 B.C.E.

Lao-tzu
Wrote in Chinese
6th century B.C.E.

Aesop
Wrote in Greek
6th century B.C.E.

Bacchylides
Wrote in Greek
5th century B.C.E.

Sun Tzu
Wrote in Chinese
4th century B.C.E.
Diodorus
Wrote in Greek
1st century B.C.E.

Lucretius
Wrote in Latin
1st century B.C.E.

Josephus
Wrote in Greek
37-100 A.C.E.

Lucan
Wrote in Latin
39-65 A.C.E.

Plutarch
Wrote in Greek
46-119 A.C.E.

Epictetus
Wrote in Greek
55-105 A.C.E.

Tacitus
Wrote in Latin
56-120 A.C.E.

Marcus Aurelius
Wrote in Greek
121-180 A.C.E

Apuleius
Wrote in Latin
124 A.C.E.-ca. 170 A.C.E.

Galen
Wrote in Greek
129-216 A.C.E.

Pausanias
Wrote in Greek
143-176 A.C.E.

Plotinus
Wrote in Greek
205-270 A.C.E.

Porphyry
Wrote in Greek
234-305 A.C.E.

Quintus
Wrote in Greek
ca. 375 A.C.E.

Ferdowsi
Wrote in Persian
935-1020 A.C.E.

Omar Khayyam
Wrote in Persian
1048-1141 A.C.E.

Sa'di
Wrote in Persian
1213-1291 A.C.E.


A million thanks to the PDL and ICA for their work in getting these classics on the web.

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