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Official Great Works Draft (14 Viewers)

At least Live Aid can be compared to Woodstock. Trying to rank either of them with some of the other picks taken in that category is going to drive me Looney Tunes.

 
BobbyLayne said:
timschochet said:
BobbyLayne said:
Also, I did note timschochet making some lame attempts to scoot things along today. :bag: Just leave it to the experts, pard.
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Good advice. I suck at that, I have to admit.
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:doh: BTW, can we get a replacement for Doug B in the triumvirate?

I nominate rodg12. He's pretty much the only drafter who is usually around, and as a bonus, has never pissed in anyone elses cheerios.

ETA: well sounds awkward...s/b He's pretty much the only drafter who has never pissed in anyone elses cheerios, and as a bonus, is usually around.
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Let's give Doug a couple more days here to hopefully get his act together. If he doesn't show or wants to quit, we can always make whatever changes are necessary.
 
BobbyLayne said:
timschochet said:
BobbyLayne said:
Also, I did note timschochet making some lame attempts to scoot things along today. :lmao: Just leave it to the experts, pard.
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Good advice. I suck at that, I have to admit.
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:doh: BTW, can we get a replacement for Doug B in the triumvirate?

I nominate rodg12. He's pretty much the only drafter who is usually around, and as a bonus, has never pissed in anyone elses cheerios.

ETA: well sounds awkward...s/b He's pretty much the only drafter who has never pissed in anyone elses cheerios, and as a bonus, is usually around.
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:bag: Probably the strangest compliment I have ever received.

 
Here's what a nerd I am. I first heard of the Epic of Gilgamesh in a book entitled Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Deities and Demigods which I may still have stored away somewhere in my garage. Gilgamesh was somewhat of a minor deity; he had something like 200 hit points and some kind of awesome sword. Thor or even Hercules would have kicked his ###, not to mention Ra the Sun God who was a match for anyone in the book including Zeus and Odin.

 
One more picks update, then I'm off to bed......

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31.15 - Bob Lee Swagger - Up (PM Sent)

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31.19 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

31.20 - Yankee23Fan

32.01 - Yankee23Fan

32.02 - Tirnan (autoskip if not around)

32.03 - Genedoc

32.04 - DC Thunder

32.05 - Scott Norwood

32.06 - Bob Lee Swagger

 
Guys, Today is going to be a travel day for me, so skip me if it gets back around

I will be checking in later, not sure if it will be afternoon or evening tho.

Salut!

 
timschochet said:
Here's what a nerd I am. I first heard of the Epic of Gilgamesh in a book entitled Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: Deities and Demigods which I may still have stored away somewhere in my garage. Gilgamesh was somewhat of a minor deity; he had something like 200 hit points and some kind of awesome sword. Thor or even Hercules would have kicked his ###, not to mention Ra the Sun God who was a match for anyone in the book including Zeus and Odin.
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I owned that book too, and it's also where I first heard of Gilgamesh. I was a real :confused: at 13. (feel free to quote manip this to suit your pleasure)

 
TidesofWar said:
Guys, Today is going to be a travel day for me, so skip me if it gets back around

I will be checking in later, not sure if it will be afternoon or evening tho.

Salut!
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I'll be around today.Big Rocks - your round 32 pick is sandwiched between a couple autoskips, please PM after your pick. TIA

 
MisfitBlondes said:
31.14 Live Aid - Wild Card.

Live Aid was a multi-venue rock music concert held on July 13, 1985. The event was organised by Bob Geldof, Midge Ure, Harvey Goldsmith and the Band Aid Trust, in order to raise funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. Billed as a "global jukebox", the main sites for the event were Wembley Stadium, London, attended by 72,000 people, and JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, attended by about 90,000 people, with some acts performing at other venues such as Sydney and Moscow. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and TV broadcasts of all time -- an estimated 1.5 billion viewers in 100 countries watched the live broadcast.
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Link.Link.

Queen opening to massive cheers with "Bohemian Rhapsody", and the antics of lead singer Freddie Mercury who got the entire Wembley crowd clapping in unison to "Radio Ga Ga" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" before singing along, word-for-word, to "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions". The band's performance, also including "Hammer to Fall", led to Queen's slot being voted in a recent poll (by fans and musicians alike) as the 'Greatest Live Gig Ever'.
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I remember watching this show and that Queen performance was incredible. :coffee:
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Mother ******
 
31.15 - Daniel Day Lewis as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood - Acting Performance

Maybe it's too recent to have any real perspective on this performance, but it was one of the sentimental picks that I really wanted on my team. I believe that DDL is the greatest living actor, and that he is at his best in this role.

Plainview is in many ways a stereotypical representation of the robber baron. Ruthless, unabashedly greedy and not above lying to get what he wants; Plainview is a product of Second Industrial Revolution. Yet despite these negative qualities he is shown to be hard working, pragmatic, somewhat honorable man who is shown to despise hypocrisy (particularly that of organized religion) and protective of children.

A key aspect of Plainview's character is his misanthropy, which he repeatedly expresses in words and actions. He bitterly claims that he sees no good in people and desires to one day be wealthy enough that he would never have to deal with people again. Despite this he is shown to have a need for at least one person to be with him; initially his surrogate son HW and then his alleged half brother Henry Brands, both of whom he treats as soundboards and dogsbodies but shows great, unspoken affection for.

His isolation seems to make him believe that only people directly related to him by blood can be trusted. He disowns HW for wanting to go his separate way and seems to convince himself that young man could never be trusted because he wasn't a blood relative. When Henry does appear claiming to be his brother, he takes the stranger under his wing without needing much convincing. He also admits to dreaming about one day having lots of children to run around his stately manor. Family is a concept he focuses on frequently.

Daniel's determinaiton for obtaining oil seems partly based on wanting to become rich and partly out of an obsessive fixation. He is shown to do very little with his money aside from buy a large house and expand his business empire. Even in his mansion he sleeps on a wooden floor, much like how he did when he was still on the up and coming. Business competitors offer to make him a millionaire half way through the film but he refuses, asking "what else would I do with myself?" His insistence on working could be chalked up to a lack of interest in other things like a relationship (he is never shown to have any interest in women) or in any other activity.

Along with being emotionally withdrawn and gruff, Plainview also harbours an incredible competitiveness and is prone to bursts of violent uncontrolled anger. He adamantly opposes Standard Oil because he feels they cheat people on the shipping costs and don't "dig around the dirt" themselves. His opposition turns into competition when one of Standard Oil's men, Tilford, accidentally offends Plainview's sense of family. Plainview threatens to kill Tilford and later, after he has struck a lucrative deal with Union Oil, gloats and embarasses Tilford in front of his friends. Plainview's rage extends to two counts of murder; Henry Brands, for lying about being his brother, and Eli Sunday, who put him through a traumatizing initiation into the Church of the Third Revelation. Neither are premeditated and are easily uncovered.
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Some trivia:
Daniel Day-Lewis based his voice for and characterization of Daniel Plainview in part on old recordings of the director, writer, and actor John Huston. An article by Christopher Goodwin in the Sunday Times (of London) revealed Paul Thomas Anderson sent Day-Lewis documentaries about Huston while Day-Lewis was preparing to play the role.

The main character Daniel Plainview was modeled loosely after famous oil man Edward Doheny and his characteristics were based on Count Dracula. Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills was used at the end of the film; this house was built by Doheny for his son, Edward L. Doheny, Jr. (Ned).

The fictional character of Daniel Plainview bears some resemblance to a real, early 20th-century California oil tycoon named Edward L. Doheny. Both were from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; both were employed by Geological Survey and worked in Kansas; both tried a hand at mining before going into the oil business; and both worked with a fellow prospector named "H. B. Ailman." As for other Plainview-Doheny connections, the bowling alley scene in ‘There Will Be Blood’ was filmed at Greystone Manor, a California estate Doheny built as a present for his only son. Also interestingly, the infamous "milkshake speech" Plainview gives is based upon transcripts of congressional hearings concerning the Teapot Dome Scandal, in which the very same Edward L. Doheny had been accused of bribing a political official.

Daniel Day-Lewis improvised the speech he gives to the citizens of Little Boston, about building schools, bringing bread to the town, etc. Paul Thomas Anderson says of this, "It was delicious. It was Plainview on a platter."

Daniel Day-Lewis used oral histories from the time period to create Plainview's distinctive voice.
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Bob Lee Swagger said:
31.15 - Daniel Day Lewis as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood - Acting Performance

Maybe it's too recent to have any real perspective on this performance, but it was one of the sentimental picks that I really wanted on my team. I believe that DDL is the greatest living actor, and that he is at his best in this role.

Plainview is in many ways a stereotypical representation of the robber baron. Ruthless, unabashedly greedy and not above lying to get what he wants; Plainview is a product of Second Industrial Revolution. Yet despite these negative qualities he is shown to be hard working, pragmatic, somewhat honorable man who is shown to despise hypocrisy (particularly that of organized religion) and protective of children.

A key aspect of Plainview's character is his misanthropy, which he repeatedly expresses in words and actions. He bitterly claims that he sees no good in people and desires to one day be wealthy enough that he would never have to deal with people again. Despite this he is shown to have a need for at least one person to be with him; initially his surrogate son HW and then his alleged half brother Henry Brands, both of whom he treats as soundboards and dogsbodies but shows great, unspoken affection for.

His isolation seems to make him believe that only people directly related to him by blood can be trusted. He disowns HW for wanting to go his separate way and seems to convince himself that young man could never be trusted because he wasn't a blood relative. When Henry does appear claiming to be his brother, he takes the stranger under his wing without needing much convincing. He also admits to dreaming about one day having lots of children to run around his stately manor. Family is a concept he focuses on frequently.

Daniel's determinaiton for obtaining oil seems partly based on wanting to become rich and partly out of an obsessive fixation. He is shown to do very little with his money aside from buy a large house and expand his business empire. Even in his mansion he sleeps on a wooden floor, much like how he did when he was still on the up and coming. Business competitors offer to make him a millionaire half way through the film but he refuses, asking "what else would I do with myself?" His insistence on working could be chalked up to a lack of interest in other things like a relationship (he is never shown to have any interest in women) or in any other activity.

Along with being emotionally withdrawn and gruff, Plainview also harbours an incredible competitiveness and is prone to bursts of violent uncontrolled anger. He adamantly opposes Standard Oil because he feels they cheat people on the shipping costs and don't "dig around the dirt" themselves. His opposition turns into competition when one of Standard Oil's men, Tilford, accidentally offends Plainview's sense of family. Plainview threatens to kill Tilford and later, after he has struck a lucrative deal with Union Oil, gloats and embarasses Tilford in front of his friends. Plainview's rage extends to two counts of murder; Henry Brands, for lying about being his brother, and Eli Sunday, who put him through a traumatizing initiation into the Church of the Third Revelation. Neither are premeditated and are easily uncovered.
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Some trivia:
Daniel Day-Lewis based his voice for and characterization of Daniel Plainview in part on old recordings of the director, writer, and actor John Huston. An article by Christopher Goodwin in the Sunday Times (of London) revealed Paul Thomas Anderson sent Day-Lewis documentaries about Huston while Day-Lewis was preparing to play the role.

The main character Daniel Plainview was modeled loosely after famous oil man Edward Doheny and his characteristics were based on Count Dracula. Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills was used at the end of the film; this house was built by Doheny for his son, Edward L. Doheny, Jr. (Ned).

The fictional character of Daniel Plainview bears some resemblance to a real, early 20th-century California oil tycoon named Edward L. Doheny. Both were from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; both were employed by Geological Survey and worked in Kansas; both tried a hand at mining before going into the oil business; and both worked with a fellow prospector named "H. B. Ailman." As for other Plainview-Doheny connections, the bowling alley scene in ‘There Will Be Blood’ was filmed at Greystone Manor, a California estate Doheny built as a present for his only son. Also interestingly, the infamous "milkshake speech" Plainview gives is based upon transcripts of congressional hearings concerning the Teapot Dome Scandal, in which the very same Edward L. Doheny had been accused of bribing a political official.

Daniel Day-Lewis improvised the speech he gives to the citizens of Little Boston, about building schools, bringing bread to the town, etc. Paul Thomas Anderson says of this, "It was delicious. It was Plainview on a platter."

Daniel Day-Lewis used oral histories from the time period to create Plainview's distinctive voice.
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Even with My Left Foot in the bank, I was considering taking this.
 
DCThunder has timed out. Genedoc/Bonzai in OTC.

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Gene put priority on a couple other tunes, so I'm going a bit rogue with this one. I don't see how he could be disappointed with this pick, though. Oddly, this will be our second Otis Redding tune. The man was truly a giant, and I consider this song to be his best. It's consistently ranked among the greatest songs of all time. Rightly so.

 
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31.20 - Acting Performance

James Cagney as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy Considered by most to be Cagney's greatest role, and in a life of filim where he is considered one of the greatest actors ever, that is high praise indeed.

 
32.1. The performance was already selected, but the movie needs to be as well. One of, if it the, greatest war movie ever made.

I select, Patton

Translator: The general would like to know if you will drink a toast with him.

Patton: Thank the general and tell him I have no desire to drink with him or any other Russian son of a #####.

Translator: [Nervous] I can't tell him that!

Patton: Tell him, every word.

Translator: [in Russian] He says he will not drink with you or any Russian son of a #####.

Russian general: [in Russian] Tell him he is a son of a #####, too. Now!

Translator: [Very nervous] He says he thinks you are a son of a #####, too.

Patton: [laughing] All right. All right, tell him I'll drink to that; one son of a ##### to another.

Lt. Col. Charles R. Codman: [Codman is handed a letter while riding through the newly liberated Palermo] This is from from General Alexander, sir, reminding you that you are not to take Palermo.

Patton: Send him a message, Cod. Ask him if he wants me to give it back.

 
Yankee23Fan said:
32.1. The performance was already selected, but the movie needs to be as well. One of, if it the, greatest war movie ever made.

I select, Patton

Translator: The general would like to know if you will drink a toast with him.

Patton: Thank the general and tell him I have no desire to drink with him or any other Russian son of a #####.

Translator: [Nervous] I can't tell him that!

Patton: Tell him, every word.

Translator: [in Russian] He says he will not drink with you or any Russian son of a #####.

Russian general: [in Russian] Tell him he is a son of a #####, too. Now!

Translator: [Very nervous] He says he thinks you are a son of a #####, too.

Patton: [laughing] All right. All right, tell him I'll drink to that; one son of a ##### to another.

Lt. Col. Charles R. Codman: [Codman is handed a letter while riding through the newly liberated Palermo] This is from from General Alexander, sir, reminding you that you are not to take Palermo.

Patton: Send him a message, Cod. Ask him if he wants me to give it back.
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Big fan of this movie and the man himself (witness the sig). Need to watch it again, been a while since I've seen it.
 
Abrantes said:
Yankee23Fan said:
31.20 - Acting Performance

James Cagney as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy Considered by most to be Cagney's greatest role, and in a life of filim where he is considered one of the greatest actors ever, that is high praise indeed.
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:cool: Never seen it.
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It's a musical, so if that isn't your cup of tea...... But, it is a great movie. Filming began right as Pearl Harbor was attacked. They changed a few parts of the movie to make it as patriotic as possible and had a pay to see opening night to raise money for the war effort. They raised something like five million dollars that night. There are a few cool stories like that surrounding the movie. There was actually a rumor that Cagney made the movie because he was about to be investigated for being a communist so he searched for the most patriotic movie he could star in.
 
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32.03 - Genedoc/Bonzai - OTC until :03

32.04 - DC Thunder (autoskip after time out)

32.05 - Scott Norwood/Anborn - On Deck

32.06 - Bob Lee Swagger - In the Hole

32.07 - MisfitBlondes

32.08 - Uncle Humuna

32.09 - Team CIA (autoskip)

32.10 - El Floppo (autoskip if here in first 15)

32.11 - Thatguy (autoskip)

32.12 - Big Rocks

32.13 - Tides of War (autoskip)

32.14 - BobbyLayne

32.15 - Abrantes

 
Yankee23Fan said:
Abrantes said:
Yankee23Fan said:
31.20 - Acting Performance

James Cagney as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy Considered by most to be Cagney's greatest role, and in a life of filim where he is considered one of the greatest actors ever, that is high praise indeed.
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:bag: Never seen it.
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It's a musical, so if that isn't your cup of tea...... But, it is a great movie. Filming began right as Pearl Harbor was attacked. They changed a few parts of the movie to make it as patriotic as possible and had a pay to see opening night to raise money for the war effort. They raised something like five million dollars that night. There are a few cool stories like that surrounding the movie. There was actually a rumor that Cagney made the movie because he was about to be investigated for being a communist so he searched for the most patriotic movie he could star in.
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Nothing against musicals. Just never got around to seeing this one, but I'll definitely look it up now. Love that rumor too. :cry:
 
31.17--Mastering the Art of French Cooking--Julia Child, Simone Beck--Non-Fiction

I'm taking a cook-book, as the one of the greatest non-fiction books ever published. How dare a cookbook compete with The Wealth of Nations or Hegelian philosophy you may ask? Well, even philosophers and economists as well as presidents and peasants alike have all got to eat. And Julia Child's ground-breaking book translated and demystified the receipes and techniques of classic French cooking into something that American cooks could make at home. Published in two volumes, Vol. 1 in 1961 and Vol. 2 in 1970, Mastering the Art of French Cooking sparked a revolution in gastronomy in America and made Julia Child, wife of a US foreign service officer and possible wartime spy, into an international celebrity.

Volume 1 covers the basics of French cooking, striking as much of a balance as possible between the complexities of restaurant cooking a l'Escoffier and the practicalities of the American home cook. Traditional favorites like boeuf bourguignon, bouillabaisse, and cassoulet are featured, as are extensive instructions on how to prepare vegetables in a manner more appetizing than the practices of the American kitchen of the 1960s. This volume has been through many printings and has been reissued twice with revisions, first in 1983 with updates for changes in kitchen practice (especially the food processor), and then in 2003 as a 40th anniversary edition with an introduction giving a history of the book.

Some classic French baking is also included, but baking got a much more thorough treatment in Volume 2, which was published in 1970 after Bertholle had gone on to other projects. Also covered is breadmaking, which Child and Beck studied under Professor Raymond Calvel, at the time one of France's recognized experts on bread, and charcuterie. Coryn's illustrations in the second volume were built on photography work done by Paul Child.

So for the ground-breaking changes that it brought about, there is no doubt that this book should be included amongst the worlds greatest.

 
32.03 Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle (Non-Fiction)

Along with Newton, Mozart, and a handful of others, Aristotle has a claim to the greatest intellect in human history. It's insane that nothing has been taken by him yet. After some thought, I've decided to take what I believe to be his most enduring and relevant work:

Aristotle applied the same patient, careful, descriptive approach to his examination of moral philosophy in the Eqikh Nikomacoi (Nicomachean Ethics). Here he discussed the conditions under which moral responsibility may be ascribed to individual agents, the nature of the virtues and vices involved in moral evaluation, and the methods of achieving happiness in human life. The central issue for Aristotle is the question of character or personality — what does it take for an individual human being to be a good person?

Every activity has a final cause, the good at which it aims, and Aristotle argued that since there cannot be an infinite regress of merely extrinsic goods, there must be a highest good at which all human activity ultimately aims. (Nic. Ethics I 2) This end of human life could be called happiness (or living well), of course, but what is it really? Neither the ordinary notions of pleasure, wealth, and honor nor the philosophical theory of forms provide an adequate account of this ultimate goal, since even individuals who acquire the material goods or achieve intellectual knowledge may not be happy.

According to Aristotle, things of any variety have a characteristic function that they are properly used to perform. The good for human beings, then, must essentially involve the entire proper function of human life as a whole, and this must be an activity of the soul that expresses genuine virtue or excellence. (Nic. Ethics I 7) Thus, human beings should aim at a life in full conformity with their rational natures; for this, the satisfaction of desires and the acquisition of material goods are less important than the achievement of virtue. A happy person will exhibit a personality appropriately balanced between reasons and desires, with moderation characterizing all. In this sense, at least, "virtue is its own reward." True happiness can therefore be attained only through the cultivation of the virtues that make a human life complete.
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Yankee23Fan said:
Abrantes said:
Yankee23Fan said:
31.20 - Acting Performance

James Cagney as George M. Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy Considered by most to be Cagney's greatest role, and in a life of filim where he is considered one of the greatest actors ever, that is high praise indeed.
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:goodposting: Never seen it.
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It's a musical, so if that isn't your cup of tea...... But, it is a great movie. Filming began right as Pearl Harbor was attacked. They changed a few parts of the movie to make it as patriotic as possible and had a pay to see opening night to raise money for the war effort. They raised something like five million dollars that night. There are a few cool stories like that surrounding the movie. There was actually a rumor that Cagney made the movie because he was about to be investigated for being a communist so he searched for the most patriotic movie he could star in.
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Great movie and great role by Cagney. Also some pretty good patriotic music by Irving Berlin too.
 
Sorry for the delay. I hemmed and hawed about whether or not it was eligible, since it's technically a collection of works. Let me know what y'all think.

 
Bonzai said:
Sorry for the delay. I hemmed and hawed about whether or not it was eligible, since it's technically a collection of works. Let me know what y'all think.
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Just so everyone understands, he's asking if he can take six books that were organized about 350 years after Aritstotle wrote them:
The Categories (Latin: Categoriae) introduces Aristotle's 10-fold classification of that which exists. These categories consist of substance, quantity, quality, relation, place, time, situation, condition, action, and passion.
On Interpretation (Latin:De Interpretatione, Greek Perihermenias) introduces Aristotle's conception of proposition and judgment, and the various relations between affirmative, negative, universal and particular propositions. It contains Aristotle's principal contribution to philosophy of language. It also discusses the Problem of future contingents.
The Prior Analytics (Latin: Analytica Priora) introduces his syllogistic method (see term logic), argues for its correctness, and discusses inductive inference.
The Posterior Analytics (Latin: Analytica Posteriora) deals with demonstration, definition, and scientific knowledge.
The Topics (Latin: Topica) treats issues in constructing valid arguments, and inference that is probable, rather than certain. It is in this treatise that Aristotle mentions the Predicables, later discussed by Porphyry and the scholastic logicians.
Sophistical Refutations (Latin: De Sophisticis Elenchis) gives a treatment of logical fallacies, and provides a key link to Aristotle's work on rhetoric.Influence

The Organon was used in the school founded by Aristotle at the Lyceum, and some parts of the works seem to be a scheme of a lecture on logic. So much so that after Aristotle's death, his publishers (Andronicus of Rhodes in 50 BC, for example) collected these works.

Following the collapse of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, much of Aristotle's work was lost in the Latin West. The Categories and On Interpretation are the only significant logical works that were available in the early Middle Ages. These had been translated into Latin by Boethius. The other logical works were not available until translated to Latin in the 12th century, although preserved in the Greek-speaking lands of the Roman Empire.

The books of Aristotle were available in the Arab Empire and were studied by Islamic and Jewish scholars, including Rabbi Moses Maimonides (1135–1204) and Muslim Judge Ibn Rushd (1126 - 1198); both lived in Cordoba, Spain. Cordoba had 70 libraries, one of them with over 40,000 volumes; the two largest libraries in non-Arab Europe each had only 2,000 volumes.

All the major scholastic philosophers wrote commentaries on the Organon. Aquinas, Ockham and Scotus wrote commentaries on On Interpretation. Ockham and Scotus wrote commentaries on the Categories and Sophistical Refutations. Grosseteste wrote an influential commentary on the Posterior Analytics.
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I'm very interested in this ruling. I have multi-volume non-fiction books on my list (which, unlike the above, were intended from the beginning to be one work split into different volumes). I'm not clear if we there are exceptions whereby we can take multiple volumes in a series (i.e., many history works consist of several books).
 
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