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wiki:newsweeks_top_100_books_2009 [2014/06/06 15:08] mn1a [Volume 3 (1894)] |
wiki:newsweeks_top_100_books_2009 [2014/06/06 15:08] mn1a [#33 - Leviathan (1651) by Thomas Hobbes] |
===== #32 - Confessions (397-398) by Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo ===== | ===== #32 - Confessions (397-398) by Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo ===== |
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:** | **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** |
* [[RC 39444]] - [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/39444|DB 39444]] - **"IN PROCESS"** | * [[RC 39444]] - [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/39444|DB 39444]] - **"IN PROCESS"** - (last checked 6/6/2014) |
**ANNOTATION: ** | **ANNOTATION: ** |
''The first nine books take Augustine from his birth in fourth-century Roman North Africa through his conversion to Christianity and baptism in Milan at the age of thirty-three. In the final four books, Augustine, who is by now a Catholic bishop, examines the nature of God and prayer, ponders such mysteries as creation, and interprets the Holy Scriptures.'' | ''The first nine books take Augustine from his birth in fourth-century Roman North Africa through his conversion to Christianity and baptism in Milan at the age of thirty-three. In the final four books, Augustine, who is by now a Catholic bishop, examines the nature of God and prayer, ponders such mysteries as creation, and interprets the Holy Scriptures.'' |
===== #33 - Leviathan (1651) by Thomas Hobbes ===== | ===== #33 - Leviathan (1651) by Thomas Hobbes ===== |
**AVAILABLE FORMATS:** | **AVAILABLE FORMATS:** |
* [[RC 48622]] | * [[RC 48622]] - [[https://nlsbard.loc.gov/download/detail/prefix/DB/bookmag/48622|DB 48622]] - (last checked 6/6/2014) |
**ANNOTATION: ** | **ANNOTATION: ** |
''An English philosopher discusses the idea of absolute government that is embedded in a contract between the citizens and a sovereign authority. Examines human passion and its effect on reason and the need to restrain emotions.'' | ''An English philosopher discusses the idea of absolute government that is embedded in a contract between the citizens and a sovereign authority. Examines human passion and its effect on reason and the need to restrain emotions.'' |