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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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Modern and contemporary philosophy

Works

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Photorealistic editorial illustration of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding in the Prokopton42.com Library An Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingJohn Locke

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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

The Essay examines the origin and composition of ideas, personal identity, and the limits of knowledge.

What you will learn
Composition
1689-1700; revised lifetime editions
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
English · French
Extent
1,114 passages · 257,071 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of A New Year's Word in the Prokopton42.com Library A New Year's WordFriedrich Nietzsche

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A New Year's Word

A New Year's Word must be read through its period, genre, and precise polemical target. Its striking formulations do not replace the movement of the text.

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Composition
1875, private publication
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
German · English · French
Extent
1 passage · 627 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Beyond Good and Evil in the Prokopton42.com Library Beyond Good and EvilFriedrich Nietzsche

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Beyond Good and Evil

Beyond Good and Evil must be read through its period, genre, and precise polemical target. Its striking formulations do not replace the movement of the text.

What you will learn
Composition
1886
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
German · English · French
Extent
302 passages · 62,008 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Caligula in the Prokopton42.com Library CaligulaAlbert Camus

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Caligula

The play tests unlimited freedom after loss turns it into arbitrary and murderous power.

What you will learn
Composition
1944
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
French · English
Extent
4 passages · 18,161 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of David Strauss in the Prokopton42.com Library David StraussFriedrich Nietzsche

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David Strauss

David Strauss must be read through its period, genre, and precise polemical target. Its striking formulations do not replace the movement of the text.

What you will learn
Composition
1873
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
German · English · French
Extent
31 passages · 27,136 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Daybreak in the Prokopton42.com Library DaybreakFriedrich Nietzsche

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Daybreak

Daybreak must be read through its period, genre, and precise polemical target. Its striking formulations do not replace the movement of the text.

What you will learn
Composition
1881
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
German · English · French
Extent
581 passages · 86,086 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Dionysian Dithyrambs in the Prokopton42.com Library Dionysian DithyrambsFriedrich Nietzsche

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Dionysian Dithyrambs

Dionysian Dithyrambs must be read through its period, genre, and precise polemical target. Its striking formulations do not replace the movement of the text.

What you will learn
Composition
1888, authorized manuscript
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
German · English · French
Extent
16 passages · 3,576 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Ecce Homo in the Prokopton42.com Library Ecce HomoFriedrich Nietzsche

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Ecce Homo

Ecce Homo must be read through its period, genre, and precise polemical target. Its striking formulations do not replace the movement of the text.

What you will learn
Composition
1888, authorized manuscript
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
German · English · French
Extent
73 passages · 31,881 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Ethics, English Manifestation in the Prokopton42.com Library Ethics, English ManifestationBaruch Spinoza

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Ethics, English Manifestation

In the Ethics, Spinoza uses definitions, axioms, and demonstrations to construct an account of God or Nature, mind, affects, and freedom. This English manifestation presents a path in which understanding necessity transforms how passions are lived.

What you will learn
Composition
composed c. 1661-1675; published in 1677
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
English · French
Extent
261 passages · 88,568 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Ethics, Émile Saisset’s French Translation in the Prokopton42.com Library Ethics, Émile Saisset’s French TranslationBaruch Spinoza

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Ethics, Émile Saisset’s French Translation

Émile Saisset’s translation gives the demonstrative architecture of Spinoza’s Ethics in French. God identified with Nature, mind-body parallelism, analysis of passions, and intellectual blessedness unfold through nineteenth-century terminology.

What you will learn
Composition
composed c. 1661-1675; published in 1677
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
French · English
Extent
300 passages · 92,036 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Exile and the Kingdom in the Prokopton42.com Library Exile and the KingdomAlbert Camus

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Exile and the Kingdom

Six stories confront solitude, belonging, hospitality and responsibility in distinct situations.

What you will learn
Composition
1957
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
French · English
Extent
6 passages · 44,987 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Existentialism Is a Humanism in the Prokopton42.com Library Existentialism Is a HumanismJean-Paul Sartre

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Existentialism Is a Humanism

Sartre defends existentialism against quietism and despair: a person defines themselves through acts, within a situation they did not wholly choose.

What you will learn
Composition
October 1945 lecture; 1966 Nagel manifestation
Editions / translations
1966
Languages
French · English
Extent
20 passages · 11,542 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Human, All Too Human I in the Prokopton42.com Library Human, All Too Human IFriedrich Nietzsche

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Human, All Too Human I

Human, All Too Human I must be read through its period, genre, and precise polemical target. Its striking formulations do not replace the movement of the text.

What you will learn
Composition
1878
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
German · English · French
Extent
656 passages · 90,609 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Human, All Too Human II in the Prokopton42.com Library Human, All Too Human IIFriedrich Nietzsche

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Human, All Too Human II

Human, All Too Human II must be read through its period, genre, and precise polemical target. Its striking formulations do not replace the movement of the text.

What you will learn
Composition
1879-1880; combined edition in 1886
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
German · English · French
Extent
769 passages · 82,229 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Idylls from Messina in the Prokopton42.com Library Idylls from MessinaFriedrich Nietzsche

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Idylls from Messina

Idylls from Messina must be read through its period, genre, and precise polemical target. Its striking formulations do not replace the movement of the text.

What you will learn
Composition
1882
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
German · English · French
Extent
8 passages · 1,210 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Interview on The Philosopher on Call in the Prokopton42.com Library Interview on The Philosopher on CallRaphaël Enthoven

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Interview on The Philosopher on Call

Twenty-nine answers attributed to Raphaël Enthoven examine the media philosopher, ordinary objects, radio work, and the risk of confusing a thing with its label.

What you will learn
Composition
interview published 30 April 2011
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
French · English
Extent
29 passages · 7,725 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Later Rule in the Prokopton42.com Library 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
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Nietzsche contra Wagner in the Prokopton42.com Library Nietzsche contra WagnerFriedrich Nietzsche

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Nietzsche contra Wagner

Nietzsche contra Wagner must be read through its period, genre, and precise polemical target. Its striking formulations do not replace the movement of the text.

What you will learn
Composition
1888, authorized manuscript
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
German · English · French
Extent
20 passages · 7,077 words

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