books by Orion Publishing Group

books by Orion Publishing Group

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The Social Contract and Discourses (Everyman's Library (Paper))

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, G. D. H. Cole, ...

Orion Publishing Group, Ltd., 1993

Still a Timely Study on Liberty
Immanuel Kant had one portrait hanging in his house in Konigsberg. The portrait was of Rousseau. What an honor, to be memorialized while alive by THE leading figure of the enlightenment! Rousseau never coined the term 'noble savage'. This is a popular ...

Everyman and Medieval Miracle Plays

Orion Publishing Group, Ltd., 1993

Me, Myself, and Everyman
Everyman could be my next door neighbor. Seriously. He could be virtually anyone. This character appears on every television show, every comic strip, and in almost every movie. Why? Because the character "Everyman" IS every man. The trials and tribulations of ...

Edda (Everyman's Library)

Snorri Sturluson

Orion Publishing Group, Ltd., 1995

Good, but not for dilettantes
There are two chief sources for the Norse myths, the Elder (Poetic) Edda and the Younger (Prose) Edda. This is a translation of the Prose Edda and includes the creation of the earth from the remains of the giant Ymir, the death of Baldr, the twilight of the gods ...

The Discourses of Epictetus - The Handbook - Fragments (Everyman's Library)

Epictetus, Christopher Gill, ...

Orion Publishing Group, Ltd., 1995

the intellectual stoic
Epictetus is a great guide for understanding what Stoicism and the idea of Greek morality was in their time. For the books of Epictetus that have survived over time, this book, along with the Enchiridion, give guidance to the dissenting Stoic on how to behave at ...

World as Will & Idea (Everyman's Library (Paper))

Arthur Schopenhauer

Orion Publishing Group, Ltd., 1995

the futility of willing
For someone with no formal instruction in philosophy this is a very good book to begin with. Schopenhauer avoids the use of pretensious "philosophical" jargon and writes in a predominantly literary fashion. The main value in this book is its ideas. Its basic premis ...

The Canterbury Tales (Everyman's Library (Paper))

A. C. Cawley

Orion Publishing Group, Ltd., 1990

a classic with good reason
Had wanted to read this for about 15 years, but it's funny how more books are published and then you have to read them? How 'bout that? This book has been out six centuries, so I guessed another 15 years would not hurt me. Chaucer's facility with language, his ...