Описание: Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of American educator Booker T. Washington (1856–1915). The book describes his personal experience of having to work to rise up from the position of a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he...
Описание: "The Judge's House" is a classic ghost story by the Irish author Bram Stoker. The story was first published in the December 5, 1891, special Christmas issue of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News weekly magazine. It was later republished in Dracula's Guest and...
Описание: "The Luck of Roaring Camp" is a short story by American author Bret Harte. It was first published in the August 1868 issue of the Overland Monthly and helped push Harte to international prominence. The story is about the birth of a baby boy in a 19th-century gold...
Описание: Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales, is a collection of fairy tales by the Grimm brothers or «Brothers Grimm», Jakob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812. The first edition contained 86 stories, and by the seventh...
Описание: Джорджо Вазари – художник, архитектор и писатель – был младшим современником таких выдающихся мастеров итальянского Возрождения, как Леонардо да Винчи, Микеланджело, Тициан. Вазари-художника можно охарактеризовать как плодовитого и усердного, хоть и довольно...
Описание: Crito (Ancient Greek: Κρίτων [krítɔːn]) is a dialogue by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. It depicts a conversation between Socrates and his wealthy friend Crito regarding justice (δικαιοσύνη), injustice (ἀδικία), and the appropriate response to injustice....
Описание: Euthyphro (Ancient Greek: Εὐθύφρων, romanized: Euthyphrōn; c. 399–395 BC), by Plato, is a Socratic dialogue whose events occur in the weeks before the trial of Socrates (399 BC), between Socrates and Euthyphro. The dialogue covers subjects such as the meaning of...
Описание: In Plato's Ion (Greek: Ἴων) Socrates discusses with the titular character, a professional rhapsode who also lectures on Homer, the question of whether the rhapsode, a performer of poetry, gives his performance on account of his skill and knowledge or by virtue of...
Описание: The Laches (Greek: Λάχης) is a Socratic dialogue written by Plato. Participants in the discourse present competing definitions of the concept of courage. Laches – Athenian general and statesman, son of Melanopus. Famous dialogues of Plato – Early: Apology,...
Описание: Lysis (Greek: Λύσις), is a dialogue of Plato which discusses the nature of philia (φιλία), often translated as friendship, while the word's original content was of a much larger and more intimate bond. It is generally classified as an early dialogue. The main...
Описание: The Menexenus (Greek: Μενέξενος) is a Socratic dialogue of Plato, traditionally included in the seventh tetralogy along with the Greater and Lesser Hippias and the Ion. The speakers are Socrates and Menexenus, who is not to be confused with Socrates' son Menexenus....
Описание: Meno (Greek: Μένων, Menōn) is a Socratic dialogue scripted by Plato. It appears to attempt to determine the definition of virtue, or arete, meaning virtue in general, rather than particular virtues, such as justice or temperance. The first part of the work is written...
Описание: Phædo or Phaedo (Greek: Φαίδων, Phaidōn), also known to ancient readers as On The Soul, is one of the best-known dialogues of Plato's middle period, along with the Republic and the Symposium. The philosophical subject of the dialogue is the immortality of the soul....
Описание: Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece and the founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. He is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy, especially the Western tradition....
Описание: The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον, Sympósion [sympósi̯on]) is a philosophical text by Plato dated c. 385–370 BC. It depicts a friendly contest of extemporaneous speeches given by a group of notable men attending a banquet. The men include the philosopher...
Описание: The Allegory of the Cave, or Plato's Cave, was presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic (514a–520a) to compare «the effect of education (παιδεία) and the lack of it on our nature». It is written as a dialogue between Plato's brother Glaucon and...
Описание: The Apology of Socrates was written by Plato. In fact, it’s a defensive speech of Socrates that he said in a court noted down by Plato. The main subject of the speech is a problem of the evil. Socrates insists that neither death nor death sentence is evil. We...
Описание: he Republic (Greek: Πολιτεία, Politeia; Latin: Res Publica) is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 375 BC, concerning justice (δικαιοσύνη), the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man. It is Plato's best-known work, and has proven to be...
Описание: “Ты создал нас для Себя, и не знает покоя сердце наше, пока не успокоится в Тебе”. “Исповедь” – это духовный поиск интеллектуала с сопутствующими терзаниями сердца и сомнениями; это история внутреннего мира на пути человека к Богу. На литературном небосклоне...
Описание: Чарльз Диккенс – наверное, лучший английский романист Викторианской эпохи. Но удавались ему и рассказы. В них он запечатлевал портреты своих современников – аристократов и простого люда. И для тех, и для других находился свой занятный...
Описание: Аудиостудия «Ардис» предлагает вашему вниманию книгу Марка Твена «Том Сойер за границей», повествующую о дальнейших приключениях любимых героев многих поколений детей – Тома Сойера и Гека Финна. Гек рассказывает о том, как друзья из-за чрезмерного любопытства Тома...
Описание: Беатрис Поттер – английская детская писательница, жившая и творившая в начале прошлого века. В Англии сказочницей гордятся и даже считают ее сочинения национальным достоянием. Ее сказки известны и любимы детьми всего мира. Кого там только не увидишь! В них...
Описание: Беатрис Поттер – английская детская писательница, жившая и творившая в начале прошлого века. В Англии сказочницей гордятся и даже считают ее сочинения национальным достоянием. Ее сказки известны и любимы детьми всего мира. Кого там только не увидишь! В них...
Описание: Беатрис Поттер – английская детская писательница, жившая и творившая в начале прошлого века. В Англии сказочницей гордятся и даже считают ее сочинения национальным достоянием. Ее сказки известны и любимы детьми всего мира. Кого там только не увидишь! В них...
Описание: Беатрис Поттер – английская детская писательница, жившая и творившая в начале прошлого века. В Англии сказочницей гордятся и даже считают ее сочинения национальным достоянием. Ее сказки известны и любимы детьми всего мира. Кого там только не увидишь! В них...
Описание: "William Blake an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form «„what is in...
Описание: "Songs of Innocence and of Experience is an collection of poems by William Blake. It appeared in two phases. A few first copies were printed and illuminated by William Blake himself in 1789; five years later he bound these poems with a set of new poems in a volume...
Описание: "The favorite story of the Dutch settlement of Sleepy Hollow, New York, is an ominous ghost story. A headless horseman is waiting for belated travelers. Ikabod Crane, who believes in everything beyond, cares for Katharina Van Tassel, the blonde beauty, the daughter...
