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On Being and Essence Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas · c. 1252–1256
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Advanced Medieval Christian
Summa contra Gentiles Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas · c. 1259–1265
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Advanced Medieval Christian
The Journey of the Mind into God Bonaventure
Bonaventure · 1259
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Intermediate Medieval Christian
Scivias Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen · 1141–1151
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Intermediate Medieval Christian
The Letters of Abelard and Heloise Peter Abelard and Heloise
Peter Abelard and Heloise · c. 1130s
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Memoir & biography Beginner Medieval Christian
Ethics, or Know Yourself (Scito te ipsum) Peter Abelard
Peter Abelard · c. 1135–1140
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Intermediate Medieval Christian
Why God Became Man (Cur Deus Homo) Anselm of Canterbury
Anselm of Canterbury · 1094–1098
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Intermediate Medieval Christian
Monologion Anselm of Canterbury
Anselm of Canterbury · c. 1075–1076
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Intermediate Medieval Christian
Proslogion Anselm of Canterbury
Anselm of Canterbury · 1077–1078
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Beginner Medieval Christian
Periphyseon (The Division of Nature) John Scottus Eriugena
John Scottus Eriugena · c. 860s
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Advanced Medieval Christian
The Divine Names Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite · c. 500
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Advanced Medieval Christian
On the Trinity Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo · c. 400–420
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Advanced Medieval Christian
On the Free Choice of the Will Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo · c. 388–395
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Intermediate Medieval Christian
The Consolation of Philosophy Boethius
Boethius · c. 524
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Intermediate Medieval Christian
Isagoge Porphyry
Porphyry · c. 270 CE
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Intermediate Greek & Roman
The Elements of Theology Proclus
Proclus · 5th century CE
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Advanced Greek & Roman
Discourses Epictetus
Epictetus · early 2nd century CE
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Intermediate Greek & Roman
On the Shortness of Life Seneca
Seneca · c. 49–55 CE
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Essays Beginner Greek & Roman
Tusculan Disputations Cicero
Cicero · 45 BCE
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Intermediate Greek & Roman
On the Nature of the Gods Cicero
Cicero · 45 BCE
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Intermediate Greek & Roman
On Duties (De Officiis) Cicero
Cicero · 44 BCE
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Intermediate Greek & Roman
Lives of the Eminent Philosophers Diogenes Laërtius
Diogenes Laërtius · c. 3rd century CE
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History Beginner Greek & Roman
Outlines of Pyrrhonism Sextus Empiricus
Sextus Empiricus · c. 2nd–early 3rd century CE
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Intermediate Greek & Roman
Letters and Principal Doctrines Epicurus
Epicurus · late 4th–early 3rd century BCE
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Beginner Greek & Roman