Abandon earthly pleasure

Petrarch

15

Abjuration, Inquisition

Galileo

17

Abstract state

Comte

2-4, 10, 14

Abu Bakr Ibn Baki

Ibn Khallikan

7

Abu Nuwas Ibn Hani

Ibn Khallikan

3

Abu Zaid ibn Mahommed

Ibn Khaldun

Intro,1--14

Abu-Raihan

Albiruni

Intro,1--28

Abuses, in war

Erasmus

8

Accusation, and conjecture

Gorgias

1

Achilles, remorse

Homer

10

Act, with rectitude

Amenenope

4

Action, doing right

Epictetus

29

Action, foundation for

Bentham

9

Action, without thought

Epictetus

21

Actions, contradictory

Erasmus

45

Actions, emulating

Democritus

17

Actions, illegal

English Billl of Rights

18-31

Activism, social

Vives

Intro

Activities not tolerated

Locke

24-5

Activities, of the self

Vardhamana

5

Activity, and age

Montaigne

31

Actors, improving a play

Goethe

40

Acts, appropriate

Epictetus

22

Adams, John

Jefferson

Intro

Administration, and law

Han Fei Tzu

5

Adultery, penalty

Hebrew Scrb

28

Advancement of Learning

Bacon

1--39

Advice, seeking

Ben Sirach

53--6

Advice, taking

Ben Sirach

8

Advice, to a son

Eliz Poets

10

Aeschylus

Aeschylus

Intro, 1--11

Affability, and good temper

Bruni

24

Affairs of state, importance

Democritus

33

Affection, not imposable

Gandhi

62

Affection, not love

Eliz Poets

12

Afflictions, frivolous arguments

Manetti

5

Afflictions, overcome by pleasure

Manetti

4

Affront, giving

Cervantes

1

Africa, ancient people

Bushmen

Intro

Africa, oral literature

Bantu

1--17

Africa, oral literature

Bushmen

1--12

African values

Summary

5

Agamemnon, arrogance

Homer

1

Agamemnon, murder of

Aeschylus

4

Agamemnon, status

Thucydides

10-11

Agamemnon, vacillations

Euripedes

1--5

Agammenon, and Achilles

Homer

4

Age, and learning

Erasmus

3

Age, and wisdom

Bedouin

6

Age, difficult to be wise

Goethe

33

Age, reflects on youth

Eliz Poets

4

Age, treat honorably

Ben Sirach

36

Aged, honor

Hebrew Scrb

4

Aged, relief of

Sun Yat-sen

16

Aggression, remorse for

Asoka

1

Agitation, political

Gandhi

33

Agnostic writings, India

Carvaka

Intro

Ahimsa, truth

Gandhi

1, 15, 51-3

Ai (love)

Sun Yat-sen

17, 19

Ainkurunuru, poet

Tamil Poets

2, 3, 4

Akam, personal poems

Tamil Poets

Intro

Akananuru, poet

Tamil Poets

6, 9

al Maarri (Abu ‘l-Ala)

Ibn Khallikan

1

Al Ma'arri, Abu 'l'Ala

Al Ma'arri

Intro, 1--32

Alaskan Eskimo

Eskimo

1,6,12

Albiruni, Abu-Raihan

Albiruni

Intro, 1--28

Alchemy

Albiruni

21

Alcmaeon

Greek Analects

44

Alexiad

Comnena

Intro

Alexius I Comnenus

Comnena

Intro

al-Farazdak

Ibn Khallikan

5

Alien, do not wrong

Hebrew Scrb

7, 43-4

Aliens, collective expulsion, prohibited

European Council

Protocol 4.4

Aliens, restriction of  rights

European Council

16

Allies and subordinates

Machiavelli

7

Allies, in war, claims

Grotius

37, 38

Allure, of barley stalk

Sumerian Songs

3

Allure, sweet thing

Sumerian Songs

6

Almond Blossoms, of Chao

Po Chu-i

14

Ambassadors, outrage against

Comnena

11

Ambiguity

Chuang Tzu

6

Ambition, empty the mind of

Lao Tzu

3

Amenenope

Amenenope

Intro, 1-16

America, cause for success

Paine

1

American Indian

Zitkala-Sa

Intro

American life

Rodo

25-9

Amorous encounters

Bedouin

Intro

Analects, of Confucius

Confucius

Intro

Anatomy, comparative

Harvey

15

Anaxagoras

Greek Analects

57--63

Anaxarchus

Greek Analects

74

Anaximander

Greek Analects

7,8

Ancestors, of man

Darwin

35

Ancient friends, forget not

Hafiz

8

Ancient medicine

Hippocrates

2

Ancient sparks of love

Boccaccio

2

Andromache

Euripedes

11--13

Andromache

Euripedes

7, 8

Andromache, and Hector

Homer

11

Anecdotes, humanistic