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Ideas and society discoveryO / RCReading & discovery
Research discovery / preview requiredNietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900; Levy, Oscar, 1867-1946 [Editor]; Kennedy, J. M. (John McFarland) [Translator]
On the Future of our Educational Institutions; Homer and Classical Philology Complete Works, Volume Three — English source edition. Subject: Homer.
Philosophy, society and educationB / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedBacon, Francis, 1561-1626; Montagu, Basil, 1770-1851 [Contributor]; Spiers, A. (Alexander), 1807-1869 [Contributor]
Explore Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition u...
Philosophy, society and educationC / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Charmides through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begi...
Philosophy, society and educationC / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Cratylus through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin...
Philosophy, society and educationC / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Critias through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin...
Philosophy, society and educationE / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Euthydemus through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Beg...
Philosophy, society and educationE / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Euthyphro through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begi...
Philosophy, society and educationG / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Gorgias through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin...
Philosophy, society and educationI / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Ion through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin with...
Philosophy, society and educationL / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Laches through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin w...
Philosophy, society and educationL / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Lysis through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin wi...
Philosophy, society and educationM / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Meno through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin wit...
Philosophy, society and educationP / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Parmenides through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Beg...
Philosophy, society and educationP / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Phaedo through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin w...
Philosophy, society and educationP / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Phaedrus through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin...
Philosophy, society and educationP / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Philebus through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin...
Philosophy, society and educationP / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Protagoras through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Beg...
Philosophy, society and educationS / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Sophist through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin...
Philosophy, society and educationS / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Statesman through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begi...
Philosophy, society and educationS / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Symposium through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begi...
Philosophy, society and educationT / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedAristotle, 385 BCE-323 BCE; Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir, 1863-1952 [Translator]
Explore The Athenian Constitution through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical l...
Historical science and nature discoveryT / RCReading & discovery
Research discovery / preview requiredOsler, William, Sir, 1849-1919; Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 [Author of introduction, etc.]
The Old Humanities and the New Science — English source edition. Subject: Science.
Philosophy, society and educationT / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Theaetetus through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Beg...
Philosophy, society and educationT / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Timaeus through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin...
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