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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – The Destruction of Da Derga’s Hostel – Ulster Cycle
The Greeks have nothing on the Irish with respect to telling tales of tragedy. This post is with respect to one such tragedy. Togail Bruidne Da Derga or The Destruction of Da Derga’s Hostel is a tale within the Ulster … Continue reading
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Tagged Conaire Mor, Da Derga, Destruction, Harvard Classics, High Kings, Ireland, Oral Tradition, Saga, Taboo, Ulster Cycle
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Time Spent With The Harvard Classics: Sir Walter Scott – Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle lived from December 4, 1795 to February 5, 1881. He was renown as a Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist and teacher. One of his most famous lectures was on the role of the Great Man or men who … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: On The Origin of Species – Darwin
On the Origin of Species also known as On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races In the Struggle For Life and voyages on the HMS Beagle have already been significantly discussed. For now … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Letters on the English – Voltaire
Letters On the English or in French Lettres Philosophiques is a series of essays from Voltaire based on his time living in England from 1726 through 1729. These essays were first published in 1733 and are sometimes compared and contrasted with … Continue reading
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Tagged England, Essays, France, Harvard Classics, Letters On the English, Philosophy, Voltaire
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Treaty with Great Britain (1783)
On September 3, 1783, the American Revolutionary War ended with the formal treaty recognizing the United States of America as a sovereign nation. The treaty set the boundaries between the British Empire in North America and our new republic. It … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: All For Love – John Dryden
John Dryden dominated the literary life of the Restoration Period of England so much so that some refer to this period as the Age of Dryden. He was an English poet, literary critic, translator and playwright. In fact, he was … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Fruits of Solitude – William Penn
“They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies. Nor can spirits ever be divided, that love and live in the same divine principle, the root and record of their friendship. If … Continue reading
Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Be like a rocky promontory against which the restless surf continually pounds; it stands fast while the churning sea is lulled to sleep at its feet. I hear you say, “How unlucky that this should happen to me!” Not at … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvard Classics, Marcus Aurelius, Philosophy, Rome, Stoicism, The Meditations
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics – Plutarch’s Lives
Reputedly on August 29, 30 B.C., Cleopatra took her life after hearing of Antony’s suicide. There is something in his story that begs for a morality play. Shakespeare did his noble best to provide just that. Plutarch’s life of Antony … Continue reading
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Tagged Antony, Cleopatra, Harvard Classics, Plutarch, Plutarch's Parllel Lives, Shakespeare
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Faust – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Today is the celebration of the birth of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on August 28, 1749. There may be no better day fit for an examination of his classic work, Faust. Faust is an excellent tragic play in two parts. It … Continue reading
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Tagged Devil, Faust, German, Goethe, Harvard Classics, Literature, Philosophy, Play, Soul, Tragedy, Tragic
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