This is a comedy of the ancient Greek comedian Aristophanes. First introduced in 408 BC e., was later redesigned and put on the scene in 388 BC. e. in a contest with four more poets. Competition re...
The first part of this essay gives a general description of the term „poetics”. At first, Aristotle claims that any art is based on a mimesis, or imitation. Aristotle proves this by arg...
„Próbom” Michela de Montaigne’a przypisuje się stworzenie nowego gatunku literackiego – eseju. Zebranie w tomie teksty poruszają zróżnicowaną tematykę, odznacz...
It can be seen from the book that at that time rhetoric was used to a greater extent in the courts, and Aristotle writes a lot about judicial speeches, how to convince judges and jurors, and someti...
Marek Aureliusz, rzymski cesarz, zwany filozofem na tronie, zostawił po sobie zbiór osobistych notatek i medytacji, nieprzeznaczonych do publikacji. Zebrane pośmiertnie w jedno dzieło, prawd...
Poemat składa się z czterech pieśni, w których omawiane są zasady poezji oraz formy poetyckie. Początkowo utwór miał funkcjonować jako pomoc dydaktyczna w szkołach, jednak zyskał on r...
Leo Belmont (1865–1941) był polskim eseistą, poetą, prozaikiem oraz znawcą i tłumaczem literatury francuskiej i rosyjskiej. Napisał wiele pseudohistorycznych romansów, sensacyjnie prze...
„Tako rzecze Zaratustra” to jedno z najważniejszych dzieł Frederyka Nietzschego. Paryski mnich Zaratustra po doświadczeniu wewnętrznej przemiany będącej wynikiem długiej, samotnej konte...
The book describes the events that took place in the first half of the 17th century, when the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks defended their rights. Taras Bulba is a grown man, a Cossack colonel meets his so...
This is the comedy of the ancient Greek comedian Aristophanes, the earliest of his plays that have survived to this day. Together with „Mir” and „Lysistrata” refers to the &...
This is a collection of judgments. In „The Analects” the mystical layer is completely absent, as well as the natural-philosophical problems. Outwardly unsystematically arranged aphorism...
Pisfeter manages to convince the birds that their mission is to rule the world. According to his idea, the bird city of Tucekukuyshchyna is being built between heaven and earth; birds give wings to...
The old farmer Strepsiad is in debt because of his son Fidippida, squandering money for equestrian sports. Strepsiad seeks help from a neighbor – the sage of Socrates; Having come to the &bdq...
The Doctrine of the Mean is a text rich in symbolism and a guide to cultivation. The goal of the doctorine meaning is to maintain balance and harmony from the direction of the mind to a state of co...
The game begins with Praxagora leaving the house on the Athenian street before dawn. She wears a fake beard and men’s clothes, and she carries a cane and a lit lamp. A chorus of Athenian wome...
Aristophanes is revered as the „father of comedy.” He wrote over forty works, of which eleven reached us. Centuries have passed, but the comedies of Aristophanes continue to live. The p...
The play is about a petty official Khlestakov, who does not stand out for anything special. He is traveling from St. Petersburg on business with his servant, they stop in one county town, where the...
Knighs are not just equestrians: the whole estate was called in Athens – those who had enough money to keep a war horse. These were wealthy people, had small estates outside the city, lived o...
Like Byron’s passionate sayings „sounding on the tones of a wild and completely unsophisticated melody”, this is Gorky’s crazy, unbridled, powerful voice when he sings about...