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Mental Efficiency
Read by Ruth Golding
Arnold Bennett
In this light-hearted yet thought-provoking collection of articles, Bennett offers his thoughts on exercising the mind, organising your life…
Character Building
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Booker T. Washington
Character Building is a compilation of speeches, given by Mr. Booker T. Washington, to the students and staff of the Tuskegee Normal and Ind…
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Version 2)
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Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience (Resistance to Civil Government) is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published i…
Heretics
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G. K. Chesterton
The Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere "rollicki…
Creative Mind
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Ernest Shurtleff Holmes
This little book is an attempt to explain what each soul must discover for himself, that he stands in the midst of an eternal creative power…
In Tune with the Infinite
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Ralph Waldo Trine
Trine tells us that by connecting and harmonizing with the Universe we attract love, health, peace and success. Trines' writings may have be…
Progress and Poverty
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Henry George
What I have done in this book, if I have correctly solved the great problem I have sought to investigate, is, to unite the truth perceived b…
Wit and Wisdom of Chesterton
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G. K. Chesterton
This little volume, issued as a gift book for lovers of Mr. Chesterton's writings in 1911, is made up from essays to be found in "The D…
Representative Men
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
A series of biographical lectures originally published in 1850. Each chapter is a philosophical treatment of the life of an intellectual. Th…
The Maine Woods
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Henry David Thoreau
On August 31, 1846, twenty-nine-year-old Henry David Thoreau left his cabin on Walden Pond to undertake a railroad and steamboat journey to …
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is the only book-length philosophical work published by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein during h…
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Version 2)
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Friedrich Nietzsche
By turns illuminating, infuriating, bewildering, and amusing, Nietzsche's masterwork covers a lot of ground. He rejects most strands of Wes…
Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll, Volume 1
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Robert G. Ingersoll
Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll was a Civil War veteran, American political leader and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for…
Fishing with a Worm
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Bliss Perry
Fishing with a Worm by Bliss Perry includes the poignant and philosophical observations of a fly fisherman lured by the worm. Bliss Perry wa…
Evolution Creatrice
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Henri Bergson
Creative Evolution (French: L'Évolution créatrice) is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation…
Aequanimitas and Other Addresses
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Sir William Osler
This book is a compilation of twenty-two addresses given by Sir William Osler in various settings. He spoke on the philosophical and moral f…
On Life
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Leo Tolstoy
What is the "good life" for us mortal beings? Two months spent recovering from a severe injury allowed Tolstoy to develop and orga…
The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Vol. I
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Abdu’L-Bahá ‘Abbás
“Two years before the crash of world war shook the continents and upheaved oceans,” Howard MacNutt relates. “‘Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbá…
A Theory of Monads: Outlines of the Philosophy of the Principle of Relativity
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Herbert Wildon Carr
Since the publication of this book, a little more than a year ago, the interest in Einstein and the principle of relativity has very greatly…
Animals’ Rights Considered In Relation To Social Progress (Version 2)
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Henry Salt
Published in 1892, this pioneering book presents early philosophical and ethical arguments for the compassionate treatment of animals and cr…