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Ludwig Feuerbach - Essence of Christianity

Taking issue with Hegel's sense that God, as Logos, is somehow central to all that is, Feuerbach explores his own notion that Christianity, as religion, grew quite naturally from ordinary human observation. Only upon...

Rom Maczka 14 hours 31 minutes

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John Dewey - Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education

An important, controversial, and often cited work on public education. Dewey discusses the role of public education in a democracy and the different methods for achieving quality in education. After its initial...

Tim Ferreira and 13 more 16 hours 20 minutes

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George Santayana - Life of Reason volume 1

The Life of Reason, subtitled «the Phases of Human Progress», is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-born American philosopher George Santayana (1863-1952). It consists of Reason in Common...

Fredrik Karlsson 9 hours 48 minutes

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William C. Hunter - Pep: Poise, Efficiency, Peace

Colonel William Crosbie Hunter was a businessman and self-help writer who was moderately popular in the early 20th century. His books set forth his personal philosophy on health, happiness, human relations, and...

J A Carter 3 hours 47 minutes

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Girl Scout Collection

These articles, pamphlets, and stories relating to the Girls Scouts of America touch on the history, activities, ideals, and traditions of this remarkable girls' organization. Though some of the articles appear...

Betsie Bush 3 hours 38 minutes

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Poetry

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Bhartṛhari - Vairagya Shatakam

Vairagya Shatakam is one of the best books that gives the true picture of Renunciation. The book talks on how a common man gets lured by the endless desires which when satisfied fetches him nothing but the desires...

Uday Sagar 1 hour 52 minutes

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John Stuart Mill - Auguste Comte and Positivism

Part 1 lays out the framework for Positivism as originated in France by Auguste Comte in his Cours de Philosophie Positive. Mill examines the tenets of Comte's movement and alerts us to defects. Part 2 concerns all...

Bill Boerst 5 hours 47 minutes

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Poetry

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Omar Khayyám - Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur

In 1906, Eben Francis Thompson,scholar and poet, published a limited edition of his translation of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam. This edition contains 878 quatrains, and represents the most extensive translation of...

Algy Pug and 6 more 4 hours 17 minutes

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Classics (Greek & Latin Antiquity)

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Marcus Tullius Cicero - On the Laws

On the Laws (Latin: De Legibus) was written shortly after Cicero's «On the Commonwealth» during the last years of the Roman Republic. The three surviving books (out of an original six), in order, expound on Cicero's...

Geoffrey Edwards 4 hours 11 minutes

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Ernst Haeckel - Riddle of the Universe

The Riddle of the Universe is the philosophical work of Ernst Haeckel, eminent biologist, in which he explores the meaning of life, the nature of reality, and the connection between physiology and thought. (Summary by...

April Gonzales and 10 more 13 hours 44 minutes

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Poetry

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James Allen - Divine Companion

James Allen was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. In the introduction Lily Allen writes: «It cannot be said of this book that...

Algy Pug 2 hours 29 minutes

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Omar Khayyám - Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Le Gallienne)

Richard le Gallienne was an English poet and critic, who, although unfamiliar with the Persian language, had a profound interest in the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. In 1897 he published a collection of 211 quatrains,...

Algy Pug 1 hour 14 minutes

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Stolen Bacillus and other stories H. G. Wells

Eight Keys to Eden Mark Clifton

Songs of Innocence and Experience (version 2) William Blake

Russian Realities and Problems: Lectures delivered at Cambridge in August 1916

Short Story Collection Vol. 081

Around the World with the Children Frank G. Carpenter

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