Western
Socrates and Education
Socrates was a Greek philosopher and had a significant role in the foundation of Western philosophy.
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Religion
The Abominations of Modern Society
R ev. T. De Witt Talmage THE CURTAIN LIFTED. Pride of city is natural to men, in all times, if they live or have lived in a metropolis noted for dign…
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Religion
Tea-Cup Reading, and the Art of Fortune-Telling by Tea Leaves
A Highland See PREFACE It is somewhat curious that among the great number of books on occult science and all forms of divination which have been pub…
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United States
Selections from the Writings of Kierkegaard (Part 1)
S øren Kierkegaard INTRODUCTION I Creditable as have been the contributions of Scandinavia to the cultural life of the race in well-nigh all fields o…
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Science
Relativity: The Special and General Theory (Part 1)
A . EINSTEIN PART I The Special Theory of Relativity I Physical Meaning of Geometrical Propositions In your schooldays most of you who read this b…
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Philosophy
The Interpreters
G eorge William Russell PREFACE I have been intimate with some who risked and with some who lost life for causes to which they were devoted, and c…
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Philosophy
On Sleep and Sleeplessness
A ristotle Part 1 With regard to sleep and waking, we must consider what they are: whether they are peculiar to soul or to body, or common to both; a…
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Philosophy
On Liberty
J ohn Stuart Mill I John Stuart Mill was born on 20th May 1806. He was a delicate child, and the extraordinary education designed by his father was…
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Philosophy
Reference
As a Man Thinketh
J ames Allen THOUGHT AND CHARACTER THE aphorism, "As a man thinketh in his heart so is he," not only embraces the whole of a man's bein…
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Philosophy
Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals
I mmanuel Kant PREFACE Ancient Greek philosophy was divided into three sciences: physics, ethics, and logic. This division is perfectly suitable to t…
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Philosophy
Euthydemus (Part 1)
P lato PREFACE Persons of the Dialogue SOCRATES, who is the narrator CRITO CLEINIAS EUTHYDEMUS DIONYSODORUS CTESIPPUS Scene The Lyceum.
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Philosophy
Story
Empire And Communications (Part 1)
H arold Adams Innis PREFACE In this preface I must express my thanks to Sir Reginald Coupland for his kindness in extending to me an invitation to…
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Politics
Cicero (died 43 B.C.E.) (Part 1)
P lutarch PREFACE It is generally said, that Helvia, the mother of Cicero, was both well-born and lived a fair life; but of his father nothing is r…
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Philosophy
Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays (Part 1)
B ertrand Russell I MYSTICISM AND LOGIC Metaphysics, or the attempt to conceive the world as a whole by means of thought, has been developed, from th…
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Philosophy
A Treatise of Human Nature (Part 1)
D avid Hume INTRODUCTION. Nothing is more usual and more natural for those, who pretend to discover anything new to the world in philosophy and the s…
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Treatise
The City of God, Volume II
A urelius Augustine AUGUSTINE AGAIN TREATS OF THE SIN OF THE FIRST MAN, AND TEACHES THAT IT IS THE CAUSE OF THE CARNAL LIFE AND VICIOUS AFFECTIONS OF…
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Philosophy
The Dawn of Day
F riedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche INTRODUCTION. When Nietzsche called his book _The Dawn of Day_, he was far from giving it a merely fanciful title to a…
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Socialism
Readings on Fascism and National Socialism
V arious PREFATORY NOTE The ensuing readings are presented to encourage the student to clarify his thinking on social philosophy. He will accordingly…
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