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NewThe PrinceNiccolò Machiavellipolitical treatise · 1513 (printed 1532)2 translations

The Emerald TabletHermes Trismegistus (attributed)alchemical aphorisms · medieval Latin recension2 translations

The OdysseyHomerepic · 8th c. BCE2 translations

Bhagavad GitaVyāsa (attributed)sacred dialogue · c. 2nd c. BCE–2nd c. CE2 translations

The HistoriesHerodotushistory · c. 430 BCE3 translations

The Instruction of PtahhotepPtahhotep (attributed)wisdom instruction · Old Kingdom composition; Middle Kingdom witness2 translations

Great Hymn to the AtenUnknown court composerhymn · 14th c. BCE2 translations

The Instruction of AmenemopeUnknown Egyptian sagewisdom teaching · Ramesside to early 1st millennium BCE2 translations

The IliadHomerepic · 8th c. BCE2 translations

The Muʿallaqa of Imruʾ al-QaysImruʾ al-Qaysqasida · 6th c. CE2 translations

The AnalectsConfucius and his disciplesphilosophy · 5th–4th c. BCE2 translations

DaodejingLaoziphilosophy · 4th c. BCE3 translations

Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesAntoine Galland, from the telling of Hannā Diyābtale · told 1709; printed 17172 translations

EnchiridionEpictetusphilosophy · early 2nd c. CE2 translations

Book of the Dead, Spell 125ATraditional composition; Papyrus Nu witnessfunerary declaration · New Kingdom Egypt2 translations

NewThe Tale of SinuheAnonymoustale · c. 1875 BCE (12th Dynasty)2 translations

TimaeusPlatophilosophical dialogue · c. 360 BCE3 translations

NewThe Tale of Two BrothersAnonymous (copied by the scribe Ennana)tale · c. 1200 BCE (19th Dynasty)2 translations

NewJourney to the WestWu Cheng’en (attributed)novel · 16th c. CE (first printed 1592)2 translations

NewCandide, ou l’OptimismeVoltairephilosophical tale · 17592 translations

NewCommon SenseThomas Painepolitical pamphlet · 17762 translations

The Gāthās of ZarathushtraZarathushtra (attributed)sacred hymns · c. 1200–1000 BCE2 translations

PoeticsAristotleliterary theory · c. 335 BCE2 translations

Laelius on FriendshipMarcus Tullius Cicerophilosophical dialogue · 44 BCE2 translations

NewThe Theory of Moral SentimentsAdam Smithmoral philosophy · 1759 (sixth edition text)2 translations

NewThe Description of the World: Marco Polo in China (Book Two)Marco Polotravel account · c. 1300 (French text of 1556)2 translations

NewRights of ManThomas Painepolitical treatise · 1791–17922 translations

NewMeditationsMarcus Aureliusphilosophy · c. 170–180 CE3 translations

NewThe Tales of the Magicians (Papyrus Westcar)Anonymoustales · composed c. 1800–1650 BCE; copied in the Second Intermediate Period2 translations

NewThe Contendings of Horus and SethAnonymousmythological tale · c. 1150 BCE (20th Dynasty)2 translations

NewThe Book of the Heavenly CowAnonymousmyth · New Kingdom, c. 1300 BCE2 translations

NewThe Edwin Smith Surgical PapyrusAnonymousmedical treatise · c. 1600 BCE copy of a text composed in the Old Kingdom2 translations

Zhuangzi, Inner ChaptersZhuangzi (Zhuang Zhou)philosophy · 4th c. BCE2 translations

NewApologyPlatophilosophical dialogue · c. 399 BCE2 translations

NewThe Satire of the Trades (The Teaching of Khety)Khety, son of Duauf (attributed)instruction · composed c. 1900 BCE (12th Dynasty); copied c. 1200 BCE2 translations

NewThe Dispute of a Man with His BaAnonymousdialogue and poem · c. 1900 BCE (12th Dynasty)2 translations

NewThe Journey of WenamunWenamun (narrator)travel report · c. 1075 BCE (21st Dynasty)2 translations

CritiasPlatophilosophical dialogue · c. 360 BCE3 translations

NewThe Tale of the Shipwrecked SailorAnonymoustale · c. 1900 BCE (12th Dynasty)2 translations

NewI Ching (Book of Changes)Anonymous (traditionally attributed to King Wen, the Duke of Zhou and Confucius)divination classic and commentaries · c. 1000–200 BCE2 translations

The Art of WarSunzistrategy · c. 5th c. BCE2 translations

NewThe Prophecies of NefertiAnonymousprophecy · composed c. 1900 BCE (12th Dynasty); copied in the 18th Dynasty2 translations

NewThe Teaching of King Amenemhat IAmenemhat I (attributed)instruction · composed c. 1900 BCE (12th Dynasty); copied c. 1200 BCE2 translations

NewThe Capture of JoppaAnonymoustale · New Kingdom, c. 1450–1350 BCE (copied in the 19th Dynasty)2 translations

An Economic History of Rome to the End of the RepublicTenney Frankeconomic history · 1920 CE2 translations

Farewell AddressGeorge Washingtonpolitical address · September 19, 17962 translations

NewThe Admonitions of IpuwerIpuwer (attributed)lament and dialogue · composed c. 1850–1600 BCE; copied c. 1250 BCE2 translations

NewThe Eloquent PeasantAnonymoustale and dialogue · c. 1850 BCE (12th Dynasty)2 translations

Book of the Dead, Spell 125BTraditional composition; Papyrus Maiherperi witnessnegative declarations · New Kingdom Egypt2 translations

Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jeffersonfounding document · July 4, 17762 translations

Odes 1.11 (Carpe Diem)Horacelyric · 1st c. BCE3 translations

NewAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsAdam Smithpolitical economy · 17762 translations

NewLeviathanThomas Hobbespolitical philosophy · 16512 translations

NewPhilosophicall Rudiments concerning Government and Society (De Cive)Thomas Hobbespolitical philosophy · 16512 translations

NewRepublicPlatophilosophical dialogue · c. 375 BCE2 translations

NewDiscourse on Inequality (Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes)Jean-Jacques Rousseaupolitical philosophy · 17552 translations

NewThe Social Contract (Du contrat social)Jean-Jacques Rousseaupolitical philosophy · 17622 translations

NewLetters on the English (Lettres philosophiques)Voltaireessays · 17342 translations

NewAwakening to Reality (Wuzhen Pian)Zhang Boduanalchemical poems · Northern Song, preface dated 10752 translations

NewThe Yellow Emperor’s Scripture of the Hidden Tally (Huangdi Yinfu Jing)Anonymous (attributed to the Yellow Emperor)Daoist scripture · traditionally Warring States to Tang; Daozang text2 translations

NewThe Poimandres (Corpus Hermeticum I)Hermes Trismegistus (attributed)Hermetic revelation · 1st–3rd c. CE, Roman Egypt2 translations

NewFour Hundred Characters on the Golden Elixir (Jindan Sibaizi)Zhang Boduanalchemical poems · Northern Song, 11th c. CE2 translations

NewThe Yellow Court Scripture, Inner Landscape (Huangting Neijing Jing)Anonymous (Daoist scripture)Daoist inner-alchemy scripture · Wei-Jin, 3rd–4th c. CE2 translations

NewThe General Discourse to Asclepius (Corpus Hermeticum II)Hermes Trismegistus (attributed)Hermetic dialogue · c. 2nd c. CE, Roman Egypt2 translations

NewThe Golden Elixir (Baopuzi, Inner Chapter 4)Ge Hongalchemical treatise · Eastern Jin, c. 320 CE2 translations

NewThe Kinship of the Three (Zhouyi Cantong Qi)Wei Boyang (attributed)alchemical treatise · Eastern Han, 2nd c. CE2 translations

NewMaking Gold and Silver (Baopuzi, Inner Chapter 16)Ge Hongalchemical treatise · Eastern Jin, c. 320 CE2 translations

NewDrugs of the Immortals (Baopuzi, Inner Chapter 11)Ge Hongalchemical treatise · Eastern Jin, c. 320 CE2 translations

NewRigvedaThe Vedic seers (attributed)sacred hymns · c. 1500–1000 BCE2 translations

NewSavitri and SatyavanVyāsa (attributed)epic episode · c. 4th c. BCE–4th c. CE2 translations

NewThree Hundred Tang Poemscompiled by Hengtang Tuishi (Sun Zhu)poetry anthology · poems 618–907 CE; compiled 17632 translations

NewYoga Sutras of PatanjaliPatanjali (attributed)philosophical sutras · c. 2nd c. BCE–5th c. CE2 translations

NewKatha UpanishadAnonymousUpanishad · c. 5th–3rd c. BCE2 translations

NewMenciusMencius (Meng Ke) and his disciplesphilosophical dialogues · 4th c. BCE2 translations

NewIsha UpanishadAnonymousUpanishad · c. 1st millennium BCE2 translations

NewThe Annals of the First Emperor of QinSima Qianhistory · c. 94 BCE2 translations

The Primary Chronicle (The Tale of Bygone Years)Attributed to Nestor the Chroniclerchronicle · c. 1113–1118 CE2 translations

On Duties, Book ICiceromoral philosophy · 44 BCE2 translations

Metamorphoses, Book IOvidepic poetry · 8 CE2 translations

On the Shortness of LifeSeneca (to Paulinus)philosophical essay · c. 49 CE2 translations

De Rerum Natura, Book 1Lucretiusdidactic epic · 1st c. BCE2 translations

Fragment 1 (Ode to Aphrodite)Sappholyric · 6th c. BCE3 translations

Romance of the Three KingdomsLuo Guanzhonghistorical novel · 14th c. CE2 translations

Commentaries on the Gallic WarJulius Caesar; Book 8 continued by Aulus Hirtiusmilitary history · 58–50 BCE2 translations

Federalist No. 10James Madisonpolitical essay · November 22, 17872 translations

Thoughts on GovernmentJohn Adamspolitical essay · April 17762 translations

The Way to WealthBenjamin Franklinmoral and economic essay · 17572 translations

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