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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On the Shortness of Life: Life Is Long If You Know How to Use It
SenecaMichel LaraToday's Classics Sunday & @holdengraber reads from Seneca's "On the Shortness of Life" cautions us to seek worthy pursuits within life fleetingness: "we don't receive a life that is short but rather we make it so; we're not beggars in it but spendthrifts" https://t.co/2wTGU3pxIj https://t.co/A0A7NEG2st
Paperback, 2005
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Machiavelli: A Very Short Introduction
Quentin SkinnerMichel 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, 2019
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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
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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
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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
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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
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A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Henry David ThoreauMichel LaraHenry David Thoreau's quotation appears in his book "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers", 1849 [1]
Paperback, 1998
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Meditations: With Selected Correspondence
Marcus AureliusMichel LaraP.S. To celebrate his birthday, I will be posting some of my favorite 'Meditations' by Marcus Aurelius [2]
Paperback, 2011
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