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Max Arthur Macauliffe - Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Volume 6
This is one of the first (and still one of the few) comprehensive books about the Sikh religion in the English language. Macauliffe had extensive access to manuscripts of the Sikh sacred writings (the Granth), as well...
10 hours 49 minutes
Health & Fitness
617
Caroline Kane Mills Everett - Privilege of Pain
We have seen that as mankind rises in the scale of civilization the body becomes increasingly less important. Nevertheless, I wish it to be clearly understood, that I do not maintain that it is preferable to be ill...
1 hour 45 minutes
Philosophy
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - Phenomenology of Mind, Volume 2
Phänomenologie des Geistes (1807) is Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel's most important and widely discussed philosophical work. Hegel's first book, it describes the three-stage dialectical life of Spirit. The title can...
12 hours 5 minutes
Education
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John Locke - Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II
John Locke wrote four essays on human (or humane) understanding. Here are a few quotes from the book: «I see no reason to believe, that the soul thinks before the senses have furnished it with ideas to think on....
14 hours 39 minutes
Philosophy
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René Descartes - Selections from the Principles of Philosophy
The Principles of Philosophy, originally published in Latin in 1644, and translated to French in 1647, sets forth the principles of nature--the Laws of Physics--as Descartes viewed them. The book provides a systematic...
2 hours 43 minutes
Philosophy
605
Yoritomo Tashi - Common Sense, How to Exercise It
One of three seminal philosophical works by the twelfth century Japanese Shogun, Yoritomo-Tashi. (From the Preface) He knows how to clothe his teachings in fable and appealing legend, and his exotic soul, so near and...
3 hours 49 minutes
Mathematics
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Charles Babbage - Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Some men write their lives to save themselves from ennui, careless of the amount they inflict on their readers. Others write their personal history, lest some kind friend should survive them, and, in showing off...
15 hours 28 minutes
