The Complete Aristotle (eng.)

Nietzsche, first published in 1886.
It takes up and expands on the ideas of his previous work, Thus
Spoke Zarathustra, but approached from a more critical, polemical
direction.
In Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche attacks past philosophers for
their alleged lack of critical sense and their blind acceptance of
Christian premises in their consideration of morality. The work
moves into the realm "beyond good and evil" in the sense of leaving
behind the traditional morality which Nietzsche subjects to a
destructive critique in favour of what he regards as an affirmative
approach that fearlessly confronts the perspectival nature of
knowledge and the perilous condition of the modern individual.
Musashi Miyamoto
----
The
Book of Five Rings
    Miyamoto Musashi's Go Rin no Sho or the book of five rings, is
considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun
Tzu's The Art of War and Chanakya's Arthashastra.
    The five "books" refer to the idea that there are different
elements of battle, just as there are different physical elements
in life, as described by Buddhism, Shinto, and other Eastern
religions. Through the book Musashi defends his thesis: a man who
conquers himself is ready to take it on on the world, should need
arise.
Homer
----
The
Iliad & The Odyssey
    While Homer's existence as a historical person is still a topic
of debate, the writings attributed to the name have made their mark
not only on Greek history and literature, but upon western
civilization itself. Homer's epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey,
laid the foundation upon which Ancient Greece developed not only
its culture, but its societal values, religious beliefs, and
practice of warfare as well.
    This publication features the Samuel Butler translation, and
while it strays from the poetic style reproduced by more well known
translators like Robert Fagles and Robert Fitzgerald, the vision of
the epics as if they were prose found in modern novels take their
best form under Butler's most capable hand.
    The source text reproduced for this publication is derived from
the online library of the University of Adelaide in South Australia
under the freedoms specified by a Creative Commons License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/au/).
Sun Tzu
----
The Art
of War
    The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written
during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each
of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been
praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics
of its time.
The Art of War is one of the oldest books on military strategy in
the world. It is the first and one of the most successful works on
strategy and has had a huge influence on Eastern and Western
military thinking, business tactics, and beyond. Sun Tzu was the
first to recognize the importance of positioning in strategy and
that position is affected both by objective conditions in the
physical environment and the subjective opinions of competitive
actors in that environment. He taught that strategy was not
planning in the sense of working through a to-do list, but rather
that it requires quick and appropriate responses to changing
conditions. Planning works in a controlled environment, but in a
competitive environment,
Niccolò Machiavelli
----
The
Prince
    Il Principe (The Prince) is a political treatise by the
Florentine public servant and political theorist Niccolò
Machiavelli. Originally called De Principatibus (About
Principalities), it was written in 1513, but not published until
1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. The treatise is not
representative of the work published during his lifetime, but it is
the most remembered, and the work responsible for bringing
"Machiavellian" into wide usage as a pejorative term. It has also
been suggested by some critics that the piece is, in fact, a
satire.
Marcus Aurelius
----
Meditations
    The writings of Marcus Aurelius on Stoic philosophy.
Laozi
----
Tao Te
Ching
    The Tao Te Ching is fundamental to the Taoist school of Chinese
philosophy and strongly influenced other schools, such as Legalism
and Neo-Confucianism. This ancient book is also central in Chinese
religion, not only for Taoism but Chinese Buddhism, which when
first introduced into China was largely interpreted through the use
of Taoist words and concepts. Many Chinese artists, including
poets, painters, calligraphers, and even gardeners have used the
Tao Te Ching as a source of inspiration. Its