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‘Just as in the parable of the boiling frog who does not perceive the gradual increase in the temperature of the water and is boiled alive, so we have by steady increments lost much of our liberty without realizing it. The works in this book cannot give that back; what they can do is to raise our consciousness of the many alternative paths we could have taken—and perhaps, if we have nerve enough, still can take.’Classic Political Philosophy for the Modern Man serves three purposes: it provides an introduction to the greatest political philosophers of the Western tradition; it allows these profound thinkers to speak to the assumptions and prejudices of our own era on topics ranging from democracy and human rights to equalism and speech laws; and it brings the most enduringly relevant of their works alive again for the modern reader.Presenting the very best of Western political philosophy, Classic Political Philosophy for the Modern Man introduces and includes selections from:Plato, RepublicAristotle, PoliticsMachiavelli, The Prince and DiscoursesHobbes, LeviathanLocke, Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning TolerationRousseau, Discourse on Inequality and The Social ContractBurke, Reflections on the Revolution in FranceBentham, Anarchical FallaciesTocqueville, Democracy in AmericaBastiat, The LawMill, On LibertyRoosevelt, Citizenship in a RepublicThere is no better starting point for those who seek a genuinely fresh and insightful view on the major questions of our political existence.

Shakespeare is widely considered to be the greatest playwright the world has known. But it has always been difficult and time-consuming to understand his works. This series gives you engaging and readable prose retellings of the complete works, preserving as far as possible for the modern reader Shakespeare's original language and mood. In this totally new edition, the tales are collected by genre and arranged chronologically. Each genre and each tale has a fresh and insightful introduction by Andrew Lynn. This fifth volume contains the English histories as retold by Arthur Quiller-Couch and Harrison Morris. Perfect for the Shakespeare aficionado, the student, and the general reader.

Shakespeare is widely considered to be the greatest playwright the world has known. But it has always been difficult and time-consuming to understand his works. This series gives you engaging and readable prose retellings of the complete works, preserving as far as possible for the modern reader Shakespeare's original language and mood. In this totally new edition, the tales are collected by genre and arranged chronologically. Each genre and each tale has a fresh and insightful introduction by Andrew Lynn. This first volume contains the comedies as retold by Charles and Mary Lamb and Harrison Morris. Perfect for the Shakespeare aficionado, the student, and the general reader.

‘Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. Weak men create hard times. The basic premise of this book is that strength and weakness have a spiritual dimension.’Classic Spirituality for the Modern Man takes a radically new approach to the question of spirituality. Its purpose is to bring the spiritual classics alive so that they can once again serve their original and true purpose: to guide and inspire us as we make our way through life.Classic Spirituality for the Modern Man introduces for the general reader selections from the most profound and inspirational of spiritual classics from around the world, including:• The Kybalion• Ecclesiastes• Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching• Buddha, Dhammapada and ‘On Governance of Thoughts’• Chuang-tzu, The Writings of Chuang-tzu • Huainanzi, ‘The Old Man Who Lost His Horse’• Bhagavad Gita• Al-Ghazali, The Alchemy of Happiness• Rumi, Masnavi• Pascal, Pensées• Schopenhauer, ‘The Vanity of Existence’• Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra• Allen, As a Man Thinketh

We are all in search of answers to the mystery of human achievement.Why do some people excel while others do not?In answering that question, Generativity will take you on a journey from the ancient Zoroastrians and the secret gospels of Nag Hammadi to the most recent scientific insights on expertise and peak performance.Tracing the stories of outstanding individuals in the light of both traditional wisdom and modern science, Andrew Lynn examines the universal source of superior achievement in athletics, art, science, music, scholarship, politics, and business. Generativity is a uniquely accessible and wide-ranging account of what it is that makes us exceptional.

Classic Philosophy for the Modern Man is unlike any other philosophy book you may have read. It is inspired by a single concept: that, to thrive in the world, we need ready access to the practical wisdom of our forebears.    Classic Philosophy for the Modern Man answers that need by introducing for the general reader the most powerful and enduringly relevant works of great thinkers from around the world, including: •    Plato, The Republic•    Aristotle, The Nicomachean Ethics•    Marcus Aurelius, Meditations•    Chuang-tzu, The Writings of Chuang-tzu•    Machiavelli, The Prince•    Castiglione, The Courtier•    Gracián, The Art of Worldly Wisdom•    Hazlitt, ‘On Success’•    Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil•    Emerson, ‘Spiritual Laws’Together these works teach us how to achieve excellence; how to obtain and exercise power, advance in the world, and live gracefully; how to cultivate nobility of soul; and – above all - how to be one’s own man. There is no better primer in the art of living well.