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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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Later RuleFrancis of Assisi

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Later Rule

Twelve chapters regulate prayer, possessions, work, travel, care for sick brothers and the exercise of fraternal authority.

What you will learn

Composition: 1223, collective normative text
Editions / translations: Dates to be documented
Languages: French · English
Extent: 12 passages · 1,986 words

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Summa Contra GentilesThomas Aquinas

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Summa Contra Gentiles

Four Latin books preserved by chapter and source paragraph, with Rickaby's translation explicitly marked as abridged.

What you will learn

Composition: c. 1259-1265
Editions / translations: Dates to be documented
Languages: Latin · English · French
Extent: 455 passages · 201,734 words

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Summa TheologiaeThomas Aquinas

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Summa Theologiae

An architecture of questions in which objections, sed contra, respondeo and replies remain distinct down to citation level.

What you will learn

Composition: c. 1265-1273; unfinished
Editions / translations: Dates to be documented
Languages: Latin · English · French
Extent: 23,323 passages · 2,151,409 words

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TestamentFrancis of Assisi

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Testament

A text attributed to Francis joins concrete conversion, mercy toward lepers, prayer, work, poverty and fidelity to the Rule.

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Composition: about 1226, traditional attribution
Editions / translations: Dates to be documented
Languages: English · it · French
Extent: 11 passages · 1,106 words

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The EssaysMichel de Montaigne

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The Essays

The Essays test a changing life against customs, books, and the body. Montaigne revises his judgment instead of hiding its contradictions.

What you will learn

Composition: 1580-1592; authorial layers, posthumous 1595 edition
Editions / translations: Dates to be documented
Languages: French · English
Extent: 106 passages · 458,785 words

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The LifeTeresa of Ávila

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The Life

The Life combines self-report, the practice of prayer, discernment of reported experiences, and the foundation of Saint Joseph.

What you will learn

Composition: completed around 1565; admitted carriers from 1670, 1904, and 1927
Editions / translations: Dates to be documented
Languages: es · English · French
Extent: 40 passages · 139,450 words