Pater: 54 books

Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768) war der vermutlich berühmteste Deutsche seiner Zeit. Vor allem sein Leben, sein mühsamer Weg vom Schusterjungen zum Präsidenten der Altertümer Roms, und seine Begeisterung für die Schönheit griechischer Kunst faszinierte nicht nur adelige Sammler, sondern...

Plato and Platonism, written by the English writer Walter Horatio Pater, provides an in depth analysis of the great philosopher and the ancient Greek culture.  A table of contents is included.

WITH the world of intellectual production, as with that of organic generation, nature makes no sudden starts. Natura nihil facit per saltum; and in the history of philosophy there are no absolute beginnings. Fix where we may the origin of this or that doctrine or idea, the doctrine of "reminiscence,"...

Vinzenz Pallotti (1795 -1850) war ein engagierter Priester, der sich mit einer Gruppe von Gleichgesinnten der Verbreitung und der Vertiefung des Glaubens verschrieb. Sein großes Charisma war die Kunst der geistlichen Begleitung in Gesprächen und Briefen, im Sakrament der Versöhnung. In seinen Aufzeichnungen...

Poppedin is a curious furry purple cat on adventure in- and around the house. It’s a beautiful day. Poppedin is exploring the garden. There he finds a pond where a couple of fish are playing a game. Can Poppedin join them?

Poppedin es un curioso gato púrpura que tiene aventuras en y alrededor de la casa.

Das war zuviel für Pater Ambrosius. Er war über die Willigkeit Bellas verzückt und über den Erfolg seines Tricks, denn er hatte das Ganze geplant, er war behilfl ich gewesen, die beiden jungen Liebenden zusammenzubringen, und er schaffte ihnen die Gelegenheit, sich aneinander gütlich zu tun,...

Many attempts have been made by writers on art and poetry to define beauty in the abstract, to express it in the most general terms, to find a universal formula for it. The value of these attempts has most often been in the suggestive and penetrating things said by the way. Such discussions help us very...

They have been renovating my father's large workroom. That delightful, tumble-down old place has lost its moss-grown tiles and the green weather-stains we have known all our lives on the high whitewashed wall, opposite which we sit, in the little sculptor's yard, for the coolness, in summertime. Among...

Originally published in 1878, this semi-autobiographical sketch by the eminent Victorian critic pioneered a new genre of writing: eschewing dialogue and traditional plotline, it is an impressionistic psychological portrait of a young man named Florian Deleal. It evokes the sights and sounds of the author’s philistine childhood home.

Plato Complete Works – World’s Best Collection This is the world’s best Plato collection, including the most complete set of Plato’s works available plus many free bonus materials. Plato Plato was a philosopher in Ancient Greece, a student of Socrates, writer of philosophical...

This collection of essays on ancient Greek mythology, art, and culture was posthumously published in 1895.  The contents are "A Study of Dionysus: Spiritual Form of Fire and Dew," "The Bacchanals of Euripides," "The Myth of Demeter and Persephone," "Hippolytus Veiled: A Study From Euripides," "The Beginnings of Greek Sculpture," and "The Marbles of Aegina."