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I just found an excellent series of essays/prose on Project Gutenberg. It seems to have things from basically every influential thinker up until that point. I'm just sharing in case anyone finds this as interesting as I do. If you have any other interesting Gutenberg finds I'd appreciate it.

The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. I (of X) - Greece
>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20907
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. II (of X) - Rome
>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21629
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I
>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21679
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II
>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21775
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III
>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22182
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. VI (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland IV
>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23971
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I
>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24563
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II
>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25751
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I
>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28653
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. X (of X) - America II
>https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29145

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20818107

Thanks for this, OP.

>> No.20818108

>>20818083
Kek. Please.
>The Best of the World's Classics
Not reading a compilation of what somebody thinks are the best books. The books are probably dogshit

>> No.20818114

>>20818083
Oh sweet

good find thanks OP

>>20818108
worthless poster

>> No.20818125

>>20818108
the american ones are all excerpts and abridgements. looks pretty shit.

>> No.20818129

>>20818125
What were you expecting? Do you know how anthologies work?

>> No.20818165

>>20818083
Good stuff, thanks anon

>> No.20818173 [DELETED] 

>>20818129
loeb classic classical library includes the full text in the original language and in translation.
https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/2012/06/loebolus-loebs.html

>> No.20819504

Thanks for sharing, man. This will help me meme on /lit/ without having to read every goddamn book.

>> No.20819510

>classical antiquity two volumes
>continental europe two volumes
>america two volumes
>britain and ireland FOUR volumes
it's official. anglochads we win again

>> No.20820639

>>2081808

How nice of (you)