Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Author Timeline

BC
Aristophanes 446 - 386
Plato 424? - 348?
Aristotle 384 - 322

AD
Plutarch 46 - 120
Gospel of Matthew, Acts of the Apostles (around the end of the first century)
St. Augistine 354 - 430
Machiavelli 1469 - 1527
Rabelais 1494 - 1553
Montaigne 1533 - 1592
Shakespeare 1564 - 1616
Locke 1632 - 1704
Rousseau 1712 - 1778
Gibbon 1737 - 1794
Declaration of Independence - 1776
The Constitution of the US - 1787
Federalist Papers 1787 -1788
Smith 1723 - 1790
Marx/Engles 1818 - 1883/1820 - 1895

2 comments:

  1. Peder: you are embarking on a wild ride. Some of the ideas in The Great Books are part of the 'cultural subconscious' in unexpected ways. You will learn a lot of mysteries about yourself and about Western Civilization. Let me know over at Stan's Great Books Blog if you have any discussion ideas. My 'Ask Stan' page is designed to discuss and answer specific questions you may have about a text. I also have an author index. My blog is still in development, so some authors have better coverage than others, but you may find some helpful posts.

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  2. Thanks Stan! I've already been checking out some of your backlog and finding it very helpful. If I have something more specific, I'll be sure to use your Ask Stan page. And feel free to come back and join in any discussion over here too.

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