thomas jefferson was an american statesman and scholar, well-read in the classicsclassics
the classics are the study of greek and latin.
. He wrote the declaration of independence.
Jefferson's librarylibrary
a library is a collection of books. But Umberto Eco and Nassim Taleb advocate for the antilibrary as well.
was organized into Reason (philosophyphilosophy
philosophy happens when friends of wisdom create concepts (socrates; deleuze) discuss (rorty) how to direct their lives (seneca) and dispel misconceptions that hinder them (...), Memory (historyhistory
In History as Literature, Theodore Roosevelt asks whether history is a science or a literature. He agrees that historians must do their due diligence in careful and painstaking researching....), and Imagination (Fine Arts), following francis baconfrancis bacon
francis bacon was an english statesmen who established modern science. He was influenced by aristotle.
.
TODO
Jefferson's recommended readings.
- platoplato
plato was a philosopher from athens, a disciple of socrates.
Following Sadler's advice.
deleuze
As mentioned in deleuze's philosophical lineage, Deleuze says in difference and repetiti... - cicero Private or Broken Links
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- seneca Private or Broken Links
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- de rerum naturade rerum natura
de rerum natura is an epic poem in latin by lucretius about epicureanism.
clinamen
- humehume
david hume was a philosopher of skeptic who was interested in "Logics, Morals, Criticism, and Politics," their connection to human nature. He wanted to bring the approach of empiricism to t... - Voltaire
- ovidovid
publius ovidius naso (43 BC - 17/18 ad) was a roman poet. his first work was amores, three books of love poems. his magnum opus is metamorphoses. He was exiled by Augustus. He was also clearly ... - aristotlearistotle
aristotle was a disciple of plato who wrote on physics, biology, metaphysics, literature, logic, rhetoric, etc.
- augustine Private or Broken Links
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- homerhomer
omeros was the blind bard who authored iliad and odyssey.
- virgilvirgil
virgil was a roman poet who wrote aeneid. his influences include homer, lucretius, and callimachus.
- john miltonjohn milton
john milton (1608-1674) was a writer of latin, english, and italian from England. He was given a education at cambridge, learning latin at an early age. He was deeply influenced by cl... - horace Private or Broken Links
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- jonathan swiftjonathan swift
jonathan swift was an Irish writer. He wrote Gulliver's Travels, etc. He was good friends with alexander pope.
- alexander popealexander pope
alexander pope was an english poet during the Restoration. He wrote The Rape of the Lock, An Essay on Man, Dunciad.
he produced a translation of the iliad and the odyssey and an edition on...