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The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought From Ancient Times to Today

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today (1998) is a book of intellectual history written by Martin Seymour-Smith (1928–1998), a British poet, critic, and biographer.
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I Ching
I Ching
1
The Illiad (Homer)
The Illiad
2
Homer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
3
Homer
Qu'ran
Qu'ran
4
Upanishads
Upanishads
5
The History of the Peloponnesian War
The History of the Peloponnesian War
6
Herodotus -- The Histories (Herodotus)
Herodotus -- The Histories
7
Herodotus
Corpus Aristotelicum
Corpus Aristotelicum
8
The Republic (Plato)
The Republic
9
Plato
Analects
Analects
10
Hippocratic Corpus
Hippocratic Corpus
11
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
12
Lao-Tzu
Euclid's Elements
Euclid's Elements
13
Buddhism - The Dhammapada
Buddhism - The Dhammapada
14
Avesta اوستا
Avesta اوستا
15
De Rerum Natura
De Rerum Natura
16
The Aeneid (Virgil)
The Aeneid
17
Virgil
Allegorical Expositions of the Holy Law
Allegorical Expositions of the Holy Law
18
The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
19
Parallel Lives
Parallel Lives
20
Annals
Annals
21
Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)
Meditations
22
Marcus Aurelius
Outlines of Pyrrhonism
Outlines of Pyrrhonism
23
Gospel of Truth
Gospel of Truth
24
Plotinus' Enneads
Plotinus' Enneads
25
Confessions (Saint Augustine)
Confessions
26
Saint Augustine
The Guide for the Perplexed
The Guide for the Perplexed
27
Kabbalah
Kabbalah
28
Hebrew Bible
Hebrew Bible
29
Summa Theologica
Summa Theologica
30
The Divine Comedy (Dante Alighieri)
The Divine Comedy
31
Dante Alighieri
The Praise of Folly
The Praise of Folly
32
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
On the Babylonian Captivity of the Church
33
Gargantua and Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
Gargantua and Pantagruel
34
François Rabelais
The Prince (Niccolò Machiavelli)
The Prince
35
Niccolò Machiavelli
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
36
Copernicus Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Copernicus Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
37
Essays
Essays
38
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
39
Miguel De Cervantes
The Harmony of the Worlds
The Harmony of the Worlds
40
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