Bill Boerst
85 books
Reference
595
Frank G. Carpenter - Carpenter's Geographical Reader: Australia and the Islands
The purpose of this book is to give the children who read it a living knowledge of Australia and the chief islands of the world, and especially those which have become colonies or dependencies of the United States. In...
9 hours 11 minutes
*Non-fiction
494
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...
5 hours 47 minutes
*Non-fiction
494
Arthur Schopenhauer - World as Will and Idea Volume 1
Schopenhauer used the word «will» as a human's most familiar designation for the concept that can also be signified by other words such as «desire,» «striving,» «wanting,» «effort,» and «urging.» Schopenhauer's...
22 hours 41 minutes
*Non-fiction
469
John Stuart Mill - Considerations on Representative Government
Mill's volume was published in 1861 as an argument favoring this form of governance. Mill covers what forms of government work best, including when representative government is applicable and when not. He details...
9 hours 54 minutes
*Non-fiction
409
Francis Fisher Browne - Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln
This detailed biography covers the places in Lincoln's life: Indiana, Illinois, Washington. It also traces his various roles as storekeeper, serviceman, state legislator, lawyer, politician, Republican Party leader,...
20 hours 24 minutes
