The Library
1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
200–101 BC
1 work
c. 150–100 BC
Greek
Anonymous
A Greek retelling of the return from exile, differing from Ezra–Nehemiah in order and content, and containing one episode found nowhere else: three bodyguards of Darius debate whether wine, the king, or women is strongest, and the winner answers that women are strong but truth conquers all.
301–400
1 work
c. 395
Latin
De Mendacio
Augustine of Hippo · 354–430
An examination of eight kinds of lie, concluding that none is permissible — not even to save a life, and not even to save a soul.
1001–1100
1 work
c. 1080–1085
Latin
De Veritate
Anselm of Canterbury · 1033–1109
A search for what truth is in statements, in thought, in the will, and in things themselves, arriving at truth as rightness perceived by the mind.
1201–1300
1 work
1256–1259
Latin
Quaestiones Disputatae de Veritate
Thomas Aquinas · 1225–1274
Twenty-nine questions from public disputations on truth, knowledge, conscience, providence, and the human mind's grasp of God.
1601–1700
1 work
1644
English
John Milton · 1608–1674
A speech to Parliament against licensing the press, arguing that truth needs no protection in a free and open encounter and that a good book is a precious lifeblood.
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