Student Essay: Machiavelli and Jules Verne By Suzan Cumings Verne’s novel offers us a character study of a man who pursues the theory of Machiavelli. What qualities define […]
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Four Marks of a Classic Book By Gabriel Blanchard What do we mean when we call the great books “great”? The CLT author bank, our version of a
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Tolkien and the Classics By Travis Copeland Tolkien’s thoughtful criticism of the Western canon starkly contrasts with the fashionable attacks on it in our own day. In a
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BunyanAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Bunyan conveys great moral and spiritual insight in a surprisingly accessible novel. ❧ Full name and titles: John Bunyan [jôn bŭn-yàn; see
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AverroesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Though little studied today, Averroes was one of the chief architects of Medieval thought. ❧ Full name and titles: أبو الوليد محمد
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WollstonecraftAn Author Profile By Matt McKeown Wollstonecraft represented the first glimmer of female equality before the law. ❧ Full name and titles: Mary Wollstonecraft [mê-rē wõł-støn-krăft; see our pronunciation
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Student Essay: Humility in Pride and Prejudice By Ana Schau The moral development of the principal characters is not only the theme of Pride and Prejudice, but the
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DarwinAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard Charles Darwin permanently altered the basic assumptions of modern science. ❧ Full name and titles: Charles Robert Darwin [chäŕłz rŏb-ŕt däŕ-wĭn; see
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Student Essay:Myth and Fairy-Story J. R. R. Tolkien, the father of modern fantasy, once said, “The original Hobbit was never intended to have a sequel—Bilbo ‘remained very happy
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ThucydidesAn Author Profile By Gabriel Blanchard In classical Greece, even the strictest historian was obliged to be at the same time a tragedian. ❧ Full name and titles:
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