The Essays by Michel de Montaigne
Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) was a humanist philosopher from the French Renaissance, mostly known for his Essays, with which he established and popularized the essay as a genre. Literally meaning…
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit by Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) today is mostly known for his vocal compositions, especially his cycle of cantatas. Like many German composers of the Baroque Period, Bach was employed by the…
What Will You Do by Rainer Maria Rilke
Sometimes you just read something that immediately hits you, something so enchanting in its lush and swirling poetry, so beguiling in its sonorous and colourful language, that it can make…
Alcibiades: A Story of Triumph and Treason
Alcibiades (450-404 BC) is arguably one of the most controversial and fascinating figures in ancient history. The Athenian statesman and general, who was a student and alleged lover of Socrates,…
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) was a German-Swiss poet and novelist. Born in the Black Forest town of Cawl, in southern Germany, as the son of an Estonian father and French-Swiss mother,…
Diogenes: The Cynic Art of Living Without Shame
Diogenes of Sinope was an ancient Greek philosopher and the founder of the Hellenistic school of philosophy called Cynicism. Born as the son of a banker in the Ionian colony…