Machiavelli, More&Luther. The Five Foot Shelf of Classics, Vol. XXXVI (in 51 Volumes)

Author name not noted above: Martin Luther and William Roper.Translator names not noted above: N.H. Thompson, Ralph Robinson, R.S. Grignon, and C.A. Buchheim.Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name& 34;Harvard Classics,& 34; this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University& 39;s longest-serving president. Also known as& 34;Dr. Eliot& 39;s Five Foot Shelf,& 34; it represented Eliot& 39;s belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.Volume XXXVI features essential works from 16th-century Europe: The Prince, the infamous 1513 collection of thoughts on politics and ethics by Italian diplomat and philosopher NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI (1469-1527) Utopia, by English scholar SIR THOMAS MORE (1478-1535), a 1516 dissertation on the pressing social issues of his day The Life of Sir Thomas More, dating from the 1550s, by his son-in-law, English writer WILLIAM ROPER (c. 1498-1578) The Ninety-Five Theses, the 1517 criticism of the Church that started the Protestant Revolution by German theologian MARTIN LUTHER (1483-1546), plus his& 34;Address to the Christian Nobility& 34; and& 34;Concerning Christian Liberty& 34;English statesman and writer SIR THOMAS MORE (1478-1535) is best remembered as both a humanist scholar and a reli...