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We do not always look for a work, a text, or a passage in the same way. Browse by work as you would in a traditional library, travel through time, follow a semantic concept, or go straight to a precise excerpt. This Library exists to support practice and deeper study by bringing old texts into contact with daily experience and present questions.

Works
305
Authors
94
Passages
89,767
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Corpus works
259
Private works
46
Private records
56
Private excerpts
20,006
Text representations
223,819
Editions and translations
849
Languages
17
Works in French and English
259
Multilingual works
259
Tracked concepts
9
Estimated sentences
1,456,557
Words
27,541,029

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Works

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Photorealistic editorial illustration of Algarotti’s Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophy Explained for the Use of the Ladies, Translated by Elizabeth Carter in the Prokopton42.com Library Algarotti’s Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophy Explained for the Use of the Ladies, Translated by Elizabeth CarterFrancesco Algarotti

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Algarotti’s Sir Isaac Newton’s Philosophy Explained for the Use of the Ladies, Translated by Elizabeth Carter

Francesco Algarotti casts Newtonian physics as polite dialogues concerned especially with light, colour, and attraction. Elizabeth Carter supplies the English translation; the work remains Algarotti’s, including the strategies and assumptions of its gendered popularization.

What you will learn
Composition
1738-1739
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
English · French
Extent
627 passages · 80,518 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Introduction to the Works of Epictetus, by Elizabeth Carter in the Prokopton42.com Library Introduction to the Works of Epictetus, by Elizabeth CarterElizabeth Carter

Work

Introduction to the Works of Epictetus, by Elizabeth Carter

Elizabeth Carter opens her translation of Epictetus with an account of Stoicism, its three fields of exercise, and its moral vocabulary. She provides readers with orientation while comparing some ancient claims with her Christian commitments.

What you will learn
Composition
c. 1749-1758; published in 1759
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
English · French
Extent
37 passages · 8,770 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Jean-Pierre de Crousaz’s Examination of Mr. Pope’s Essay on Man, Translated by Elizabeth Carter in the Prokopton42.com Library Jean-Pierre de Crousaz’s Examination of Mr. Pope’s Essay on Man, Translated by Elizabeth CarterJean-Pierre de Crousaz

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Jean-Pierre de Crousaz’s Examination of Mr. Pope’s Essay on Man, Translated by Elizabeth Carter

Jean-Pierre de Crousaz subjects Alexander Pope’s Essay on Man to philosophical and theological criticism. Elizabeth Carter’s English translation carries his debate about providence, freedom, evil, and cosmic order without making her the original author.

What you will learn
Composition
1738-1739
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
English · French
Extent
157 passages · 42,668 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of The Works of Epictetus, Translated into English by Elizabeth Carter in the Prokopton42.com Library The Works of Epictetus, Translated into English by Elizabeth CarterEpictetus

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The Works of Epictetus, Translated into English by Elizabeth Carter

Elizabeth Carter translates the Discourses recorded by Arrian, the Enchiridion, and fragments of Epictetus for English readers. The volume transmits the philosopher’s teaching through lexical choices, notes, and an introduction belonging to the translator.

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Composition
translation undertaken c. 1749-1758; published in 1759
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
English · French
Extent
492 passages · 136,535 words

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