A CHOICE OF 25 MASTERPIECES "OUT  OF  CATEGORY"

A Listmania! list by alaskadoggie (Boom (near Antwerp), BELGIUM)
 
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Modern Library)
1.  Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Modern Library) by Friedrich Nietzsche
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  "I read it for the 1st time at 16 in German. GENIAL work of a GENIUS. (Just don't MISinterprete it !!!)"
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The Prince (Penguin Classics)
2.  The Prince (Penguin Classics) by Niccolo Machiavelli
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  "A copy is always lying UNDER MY PILLOW.  Book to READ EVERY DAY.  Never equalled."
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The Divine Comedy (Oxford World's Classics)
3.  The Divine Comedy (Oxford World's Classics) by Dante Alighieri
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  "MONUMENT of classic poetry and of metaphysics. THE UNTHINKABLE ON PAPER..."
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Meditations
4.  Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
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  "Masterpiece about PERSONAL FREEDOM of the individual.  A COPY UNDER MY PILLOW TOO, just a matter of balance..."
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Diogenes Laertius: Vitarum CB (Diogenes Laertius: Vitarum Philosophorum Libri)
5.  Diogenes Laertius: Vitarum CB (Diogenes Laertius: Vitarum Philosophorum Libri) by GARTNER
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  "COMPILATION AND REFERENCE without any concurrence.  Reads very fast."
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Summa Theologica
6.  Summa Theologica by Saint Thomas Aquinas
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  "Another MONUMENT about the antique wisdom and Christian belief. Written by a man with an INCREDIBLE INTELLIGENCE, for example by proving in 5 steps that God exists. Very difficult !!!"
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Faust: A Tragedy In Two Parts & The Urfaust (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
7.  Faust: A Tragedy In Two Parts & The Urfaust (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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  "THE LEGEND OF THE GERMAN GENIOUS.: the SPLENDID history of an obsessed who wants to know/do EVERYTHING and SELLS HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL. Strongly recommended TO ALL OF YOU !!"
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Nausea (Penguin Modern Classics)
8.  Nausea (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jean-Paul Sartre
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  "NOT AT ALL EASY, whatever one may say. Autobiographic novel of SARTRE in which he succeeds perfectly to explain HIS PHILOSOPHY !!  Recommended to all readers."
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Ulysses (Oxford World's Classics)
9.  Ulysses (Oxford World's Classics) by James Joyce
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  "Lots of people consider this works as the NUMERO UNO : the last word in realism. COMPULSION, COMPULSION, ... GENIAL !!!"
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Metamorphoses (Oxford World's Classics)
10.  Metamorphoses (Oxford World's Classics) by Ovid
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  "For those who WANT TO KNOW LOVE ITSELF. If you can, read it together with his "Amores" and "Ars Amatoria".  THE MASTER OF LOVE ..."
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The Complete Novels: The Trial; America; The Castle
11.  The Complete Novels: The Trial; America; The Castle by Franz Kafka
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  "Written by THE GENIUS OF PRAGUE. Everyone can recognize her-/himself in his works, of which a good part is still "dark" for us. I had opted for his COMPLETE WORKS AND RECOMMEND THEM TO ALL !!"
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The Collected Dialogues of Plato (Bollingen Series (General))
12.  The Collected Dialogues of Plato (Bollingen Series (General)) by Plato
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  "VERY IMPORTANT because IN the scenes and discussions SOCRATES is always the central person.  RECOMMENDED FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.  ENORMOUS VALUE."
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War and Peace (Wordsworth Classics)
13.  War and Peace (Wordsworth Classics) by Leo Tolstoy
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  "LEGENDARY.  I read this book with an AMAZING speed.  DON'T BE AFRAID of the number of pages. IMMORTAL: A JEWEL."
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The Iliad and the Odyssey (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
14.  The Iliad and the Odyssey (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature) by Homer
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  "MODERN and ... AS IF NOTHING NEW would have been written.  Dates from 750 before J.C. !!! A MUST FOR ALL, WITHOUT ANY EXCUSES !!!"
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Don Quixote (Wordsworth Classics)
15.  Don Quixote (Wordsworth Classics) by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra
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  "An ex fellow journalist reproached me some years ago being a Don Quixote: I hope part of the DON will stay with me for the rest of my life.  GENIAL WORK !!"
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Physics (World's Classics)
16.  Physics (World's Classics) by Aristotle
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  "This book WILL GO ON INFLUENCING our ways of THINKING, not only concerning nature but also philosophy.  SPLENDOUR !!!"
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Praise of Folly
17.  Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus
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  "ALWAYS APPLICABLE AT ANY MOMENT OF LIFE.  It reminds of THE NON-SENSE PRODUCED BY THE SENSE !!  Meet this "forgotten" universal humanist, very good friend of Thomas More.  A WEAPON FOR ALL OF YOU !"
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The World As Will and Representation
18.  The World As Will and Representation by Arthur Schopenhauer
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  "FAR MORE IMPORTANT than Kant (sic!) !  Intuitive vision that one accepts or not.  Is in good company of EPICURUS and NIETZSCHE.  NOT EASY, BUT WORTH TRYING."
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The Origin of Species
19.  The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
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  "MONUMENT and LEGENDARY as Stephen Jay GOULD used to say now and then. The battle for existence, SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.  "UNTOUCHABLE" (sic!)."
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The Aeneid (Oxford World's Classics)
20.  The Aeneid (Oxford World's Classics) by Virgil
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  "LEGENDARY MARVEL: the most beautiful Latin poem (even about the foundation of Rome).  RECOMMENDED TO ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY LITERARY HEART !!"
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The Complete Pelican Shakespeare (Penguin Classics)
21.  The Complete Pelican Shakespeare (Penguin Classics) by William Shakespeare
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  "To be read piece by piece... What a diversity of themes, what a pen ! Alas (or is it luck?) he stole too much, most part from Antiquity.  HOWEVER, STRONGLY RECOMMENDED TO EVERYBODY !!!"
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Oxford Worlds' Classics: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Weir of Hermiston
22.  Oxford Worlds' Classics: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson
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  "SCOTTISH GENIOUS of the 19th century. WRITTEN IN 3 DAYS ! Before FREUD, he explained the splitting of the personality. Psychoanalysis, psychism. TO READ AND RE-READ !!"
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The Collected Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe :
23.  The Collected Tales And Poems Of Edgar Allan Poe : by Edgar Allan Poe
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  "THE MASTER OF HORROR, readable for all, thanks to his MARVELLOUS way to tell. The never beaten man of the FANTASTIC LITERATURE.  SPLENDOUR !! RECOMMENDED TO ALL."
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Critique of Cynical Reason (Theory & History of Literature)
24.  Critique of Cynical Reason (Theory & History of Literature) by Peter Sloterdijk
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  "1st 'TOTAL PHILOSOPHY' since Plato. Goes back to Diogenes of Sinope, returns through history thus making his own philosophy. STILL ALIVE. Very difficult; but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR WHO IS INTERESTED !"
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Crime and Punishment With Reader's Guide
25.  Crime and Punishment With Reader's Guide by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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  "PERHAPS N° 1 ? About the human downfall; BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL. In good company of NIETZSCHE. To me THÉ RUSSIAN MASTER (with PUSHKIN). UNDERESTIMATED ! TO BE READ BY EVERYBODY AND TO NEVER FORGET IT..."
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