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Penguin Books: Great Ideas

List of books from the Penguin series 'Great Ideas'. Consists mostly of essay collections and some short stories.
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On the Shortness of Life (Seneca)
On the Shortness of Life
1
Seneca
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
2
Marcus Aurelius
Confessions of a Sinner (St Augustine)
Confessions of a Sinner
3
St Augustine
The Inner Life (Thomas a Kempis)
The Inner Life
4
Thomas a Kempis
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
5
Niccolò Machiavelli
On Friendship (Michel Demontaigne)
On Friendship
6
Michel Demontaigne
A Tale of a Tub (Jonathan Swift)
A Tale of a Tub
7
Jonathan Swift
The Social Contract
The Social Contract
8
The Christians and the Fall of Rome (Edward Gibbon)
The Christians and the Fall of Rome
9
Edward Gibbon
Common Sense (Thomas Paine)
Common Sense
10
Thomas Paine
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft)
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
11
Mary Wollstonecraft
On the Pleasure of Hating (William Hazlitt)
On the Pleasure of Hating
12
William Hazlitt
The Communist Manifesto (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)
The Communist Manifesto
13
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
On the Suffering of the World (Arthur Schopenhauer)
On the Suffering of the World
14
Arthur Schopenhauer
On Art and Life (John Ruskin)
On Art and Life
15
John Ruskin
On Natural Selection (Charles Darwin)
On Natural Selection
16
Charles Darwin
Why I Am So Wise (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Why I Am So Wise
17
Friedrich Nietzsche
A Room of One's Own (Virginia Woolf)
A Room of One's Own
18
Virginia Woolf
Civilization and Its Discontents (Sigmund Freud)
Civilization and Its Discontents
19
Sigmund Freud
Why I Write
Why I Write
20
The First Ten Books (Confucius)
The First Ten Books
21
Confucius
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
22
Sun Tzu
The Symposium
The Symposium
23
Sensation and Sex (Lucretius)
Sensation and Sex
24
Lucretius
An Attack on an Enemy of Freedom (Cicero)
An Attack on an Enemy of Freedom
25
Cicero
The Revelation of St John the Divine and the Book of Job (The Revelation of St John)
The Revelation of St John the Divine and the Book of Job
26
The Revelation of St John
Travels in the Land of Kublai Khan (Marco Polo)
Travels in the Land of Kublai Khan
27
Marco Polo
The Book of the City of Ladies
The Book of the City of Ladies
28
How to Achieve True Greatness (Baldesar Castiglione)
How to Achieve True Greatness
29
Baldesar Castiglione
Of Empire (Francis Bacon)
Of Empire
30
Francis Bacon
Of Man (Thomas Hobbes)
Of Man
31
Thomas Hobbes
Urne-Burial (Thomas Browne)
Urne-Burial
32
Thomas Browne
Miracles and Idolatry (Voltaire)
Miracles and Idolatry
33
Voltaire
On Suicide (David Hume)
On Suicide
34
David Hume
On the Nature of War (Carl Von Clausewitz)
On the Nature of War
35
Carl Von Clausewitz
Fear and Trembling (Soren Kierkegaard)
Fear and Trembling
36
Soren Kierkegaard
Where I Lived, and What I Lived for (Henry David Thoreau)
Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
37
Henry David Thoreau
Conspicuous Consumption (Thorstein Veblen)
Conspicuous Consumption
38
Thorstein Veblen
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
39
Albert Camus
Eichmann and the Holocaust (Hannah Arendt)
Eichmann and the Holocaust
40
Hannah Arendt
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