Great minds series

Presents an English translation of the Latin text by sixteenth-century Dutch theologian Desiderius Erasmus in which he illuminates the humanists' program for educational, religious, and theological reform through an ironic speech by the pagan goddess Folly in praise of herself.

A statement and defense of capitalist economics, first published in the late eighteenth century by Scottish scholar Adam Smith.

A contemporary account of the long, disastrous conflict between Athens and Sparta, written by Thucydides four hundred years before the birth of Christ.

Presents a comprehensive account of paranormal beliefs and popular delusions in history including the seventeenth-century madness surrounding the value of tulips in Holland, witch hunts and haunted houses, health cures and scares, and other examples of human gullibility.