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De ludo schacchorum (Liber de moribus hominum)

The Game of Chess

De ludo schacchorum (Liber de moribus hominum)

Jacobus de Cessolis

Latin

Jacobus de Cessolis c. 1300 · published 1450

363 pages

Literature Theology Classical Philosophy Strategy Games

Christian Theology Classical Philosophy Literature & Poetry Strategy Games

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gameschessethicsliteraturephilosophyhistorytheology

Jacobus de Cessolis transforms the 64 squares of a chessboard into a sprawling roadmap for human morality and social order. Discover a world where every move of a king or pawn reveals a hidden truth about power, friendship, and the architecture of a just society.

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Major Themes

Petrarch38pJulius Caesar37pjustice30pStoicism29pJacobus de Cessolis27pSeneca25pComputus24pCaesar23pPompeius22pValerius Maximus21pRoman history21pCicero21pvirtue18pCato17pPompey the Great17pRoman Civil War17pJason17pgrief16pallegory15pMedea15p

14th century historyp. 256, p. 260

abbreviationsp. 257, p. 344

Abelp. 57, p. 58

Abyssp. 144, p. 145

abyssusp. 144, p. 145, p. 146

Achillasp. 175, p. 176, p. 177

adulteryp. 28, p. 347

Adversus Jovinianump. 20, p. 301

Aeneasp. 148, p. 149

Aeneidp. 47, p. 270, p. 273

Affricap. 129, p. 140, p. 187

Africap. 18, p. 32, p. 140, p. 141, p. 143, p. 161, p. 175

afterlifep. 275, p. 277, p. 281

Agarenip. 134, p. 180

agricolap. 57, p. 107, p. 109, p. 112

agriculturep. 54, p. 55

Alan of Lillep. 196, p. 197

Alanus de Insulisp. 196, p. 197

Alexanderp. 17, p. 26, p. 30, p. 130, p. 135

Alexander Macedop. 31, p. 37

Alexander Magnusp. 11, p. 16, p. 18, p. 38, p. 48, p. 50

Alexander the Greatp. 11, p. 16, p. 17, p. 18, p. 26, p. 30, p. 31, p. 37+5 more

Alexandriap. 135, p. 176, p. 177

Alfilp. 29, p. 30, p. 82

alphabetop. 233, p. 243

Alphilsp. 30, p. 115

alphilusp. 25, p. 102, p. 105

Alphinusp. 13, p. 101, p. 108

Alphylp. 62, p. 107, p. 108

alphylusp. 25, p. 63, p. 82, p. 100, p. 107

Ambrosiusp. 22, p. 284

amicitiap. 15, p. 35, p. 57, p. 62, p. 64, p. 65, p. 66, p. 67

amicusp. 67, p. 125, p. 256, p. 347

Amonp. 50, p. 280

angerp. 51, p. 52

animap. 95, p. 275, p. 277, p. 313, p. 314

Annus solarisp. 224, p. 241, p. 243

Antigonusp. 37, p. 51, p. 71, p. 274

Antipaterp. 161, p. 178, p. 179

Antoniusp. 12, p. 150, p. 162, p. 165, p. 169, p. 171, p. 172, p. 173+3 more

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To the Neighbor with Advice: An Epistle to Friedrich von Reventlowvia Nero Seneca Epistulae Morales Vol. 3 (Letters 93-124)via Seneca M. Tullii Ciceronis opera omnia, praeter hactenus vulgatam Dionysii Lambini editionem ; accesserunt D. Gothofredi,... notevia Cicero Iohannis Saresberiensis policraticus de nugis curialium et vestigiis philosophorum continens libros octovia John the Evangelist Meditationes divi Augustini episcopi Hipponenis ... Soliloquia animae ad deum ... Manuale ... Enchiridion de fide, spe et caritate ... De triplici habitaculo ... Scala paradisi ... De duodecim abusionum gradibus ... De beata vita ... De assumptione beatae Mariae virginis ... De divinatione daemonum ... De honestate mulierum ... De cura agenda pro mortuis ... De vera et falsa poenitentia ... De cordis contritione ... De contemptu mundi ... De convenientia decem preceptorum ... De cognitione verae vitae ... Confessiones ... De doctrina christiana ... De fide ad Petrum ... De vita et moribus clericorum ... De vera religione ...via Augustine of Hippo Meditations of Marcus Aurelius (Communings with Himself)via Antoninus

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