Michel Lara Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Father & Husband-Advocate for Liberty. Classicist aficionado. History/ Art/ Literature. Bibliophile & philosopher-poet.
Maxims
La RochefoucauldMichel Lara"We find very few sensible people except those who agree with our own opinion." -La Rochefoucauld, Maxims 347 https://t.co/g9QGck656U
Paperback, 1982
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Meditations: A Masterpiece on Stoic Philosophy Self-Reflection Ancient Wisdom Philosophical Insights Into Human Existence Inner Pea
Marcus AureliusMichel Lara"The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in that it stands ready for what comes and is not thrown by the unforeseen." -Marcus Aurelius, Meditations VII.61 https://t.co/ktGaSipNnh
Paperback, 2017
$6.99$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Symposium
PlatoMichel LaraIn Plato's Symposium, Alcibiades praises Socrates in his speech by comparing him to a Silenus statue, ugly on the outside but beautiful when opened, that is full of divine wisdom.
Paperback, 2009
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Essays: Or Counsels Civil & Moral, With Other Writings
Francis BaconMichel Lara"Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man" -Francis Bacon, Essays, 'Of Studies', 1597 -Sir Francis Bacon, English philosopher & statesman born #OTD 1561 https://t.co/qQv4FWDwRB
Paperback, 2011
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
William Shakespeare - Pericles: "Few love to hear the sins they love to act."
William ShakespeareMichel Lara"Few love to hear the sins they love to act" -Shakespeare, Pericles Act I https://t.co/sVYe1IdAUT
Paperback, 2016
$10.24$5.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Il Principe
Niccolò MachiavelliMichel LaraNiccolò Machiavelli, the godfather of modern political science died #OTD 1527 "First method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him" -Machiavelli, il Principe, 1513 https://t.co/fkgxkQG1O9
Paperback, 2022
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History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vol. 1; Part 1 - in large print
Edward GibbonMichel Lara"This age of indolence...darkened the face of learning, and the decline of genius was soon followed by the corruption of taste.” -Edward Gibbon, "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (1776-1788) -The Ruins of the Roman Forum, 1951 photograph by Herbert List https://t.co/SxtaqucY1j
Hardcover, 2022
$109.90$84.90 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
101 Zen Stories
SenzakiMichel LaraLast month I was fortunate to acquire a 1930s 1st edition of the book "101 Zen Stories" with a 1940 autograph by Paul Reps, the American poet who translated this compilation of Zen koans & stories compiled/transcribed by Nyogen Senzaki. https://t.co/QiVZfOU5Gh
Hardcover, 2013
$37.95$18.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Brave New World
Aldous HuxleyMichel LaraAldous Huxley's "Brave New World" book title derives from Miranda's speech in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Act V, Scene I-II O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O, brave new world That has such people in ’t
Paperback, 2006
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The Prince
Niccolò MachiavelliMichel LaraThree intro books to Machiavelli: 'The Prince' wonderfully translated into English by Daniel Donno Best short intro to Machiavelli's works is this masterfully written book by Prof. Quentin Skinner And this excellent biography: "Niccolo's Smile" by Italian Prof. Maurizio Viroli https://t.co/gX58qrLGOk
Paperback, 2008
$6.95$3.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book