Psychology
The Emotions
I am not satisfied with the account which has been given of the feelings and emotions in our books of mental science, and thence transferred…
Essay on the Creative Imagination
"It is quite generally recognized that psychology has remained in the semi-mythological, semi-scholastic period longer than most attemp…
Habits that Handicap
Habits that Handicap delves into the complex world of addiction, exploring the psychological and social factors that contribute to alcoholis…
Genetic Studies of Genius
It should go without saying that a nation's resources of intellectual talent are among the most precious it will ever have. The study of the…
Practical Mysticism
I write only for the larger class which, repelled by the formidable appearance of more elaborate works on the subject, would yet like to kno…
Good Sense
Good Sense is an essential work by Baron Paul Henri Thiry D'Holbach that distills the core ideas of his earlier masterpiece, Systeme de la N…
How to Care for the Insane
How to Care for the Insane by William D. Granger is a historical manual that explores the principles of caregiving for individuals with ment…
The Psychology of Religion
“The present volume is an excursus into individual psychology, and represents only one of several aspects of the psychology... “It is a pur…
Psychotherapy
Talking about viewing the Ocean "If I take the attitude of appreciation, it would be absurd to say that this wave is composed of chemic…
Short Nonfiction Collection
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Philosophy and Psychology: selectio…
Brain and Personality
One of the earlier works on brain science, relating what was then known or conjectured about the connection between the physical brain and t…
The Interpretation of Dreams
A neat book on dream analysis by the founding father of psychoanalysis. This book is about the inner theater and the workings of the mind in…
The psychic life of micro-organisms
Described by Binet as a branch of psychology little known, he endeavoured in the following essay upon Micro-organisms, to show that psycholo…
How to Analyze People on Sight
In this popular American book from the 1920s, accomplished public speaker and self-help charlatan Elsie Lincoln Benedict outlines her pseudo…
Juggernaut
Edgar Braine was consistently successful at all he set out to accomplish. He went through life with goals and worked diligently and with eth…
The Salem Witchcraft
The object in reprinting this most interesting review is simply to show the progress made in moral, intellectual, and physical science. The …
American Psychology
This is the first of what is intended to be three projects featuring journal articles which chart the development of psychology as an academ…
The Man Who Found the Truth
An old man, accused of having murdered his family as a young man, spends a lifetime in prison. With brilliant psychological insight so chara…
Mythology
Jane Ellen Harrison was an English classical scholar whose work had a particular focus on the earliest origins of Greek religion. Her Mythol…
On chronic alcoholic intoxication
Physician William Marcet treated numerous cases of acute alcoholism (delirium tremens) and chronic alcoholism. He suggests gastrointestinal …