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Stoicism

Read by Leon Mire


St. George William Joseph Stock


This short book is part of the Philosophies Ancient and Modern series, which attempts to make Western philosophy more accessible to the gene…

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

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David Hume


In Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, philosopher David Hume examines whether belief in God can be rational. The work takes the form of …

The Golden Bough: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, Volume 1

Read by Leon Harvey


James Frazer


The first volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. Topics covered include extensive discu…

Intelligence Tests and School Reorganisation

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Lewis Terman


A collection of essays relating to the efforts to reorganise American schools to provide a more efficient and effective education system. Al…

The Intelligence of School Children

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Lewis Terman


This book has been written for the rank and file of teachers, school supervisors, and normal-school students. Its purpose is to illustrate t…

Crime, Its Causes and Remedies

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Cesare Lombroso


Published as the third volume in the Modern Criminal Science Series, Cesare Lombroso, renowned Italian criminologist, collected a wealth of …

The Golden Bough: The Magic Art and the Evolution of Kings, Volume 2

Read by Leon Harvey


James Frazer


The second volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. The superstition and magical purpose …

The Measurement of Intelligence

Read by Leon Harvey


Lewis Terman


An explanation of and a completed guide for the use of the Stanford revision and the Simon Binford intelligence test - Summary by the solois…

Army Mental Tests

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Robert Mearns Yerkes and Clarence Stone Yoakum


Prepared in cooperation with the staff of the surgeon general's office as a source of information and printed materials concerning psycholog…

Bible (WEB) NT 10: Ephesians

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World English Bible


Paul writes to the church at Ephesus, beginning with a praise to God for the forgiveness of their sins and for choosing them in His grace. P…

Hereditary Genius

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Sir Francis Galton


A biographical summary of the pre-eminent men of Britain grouped by profession. The extensive survey draws from information including colleg…

Bible (WEB) NT 18: Philemon

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World English Bible


While in prison, Paul writes this letter to another Christian, Philemon. Paul has met with and converted a man named Onesimus, probably a r…

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 3. The Dying God

Read by Leon Harvey


James Frazer


The fourth volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. With this third part of The Golden Bo…

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 4. Adonis Attis Osiris. V…

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James Frazer


The fifth volume and the first of two in the fourth part of Frazer's seminal work on the evolution of belief deals with the semi mythologica…

English Men of Science: Their Nature and Nurture

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Sir Francis Galton


The results of a survey undertaken by Galton to learn more about individual differences and similarities between the "pre-eminent"…

Inquiries into Human Faculty and its Development

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Sir Francis Galton


Francis Galton, credited with the discovery of identification by fingerprinting, also took a long term interest in the study of biometrics. …

The Man of Genius

Read by Leon Harvey


Cesare Lombroso


Famous criminologist, anthropologist, and psychiatrist, Dr Lombroso, investigated the memetic anecdotal belief that genius is associated wit…

The Influence of Monarchs

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Frederick Adams Woods


Frederick Adams Woods presents compelling evidence to support the great man theory of history and his own category scientific inquiry known …

A Study of British Genius

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Havelock Ellis


The psychological and anthropological character of genius in the British Isles was investigated by Ellis. Citing and collating an extensive …

The Golden Bough. A Study in Magic and Religion. Part 4. Adonis Attis Osiris. V…

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James Frazer


The sixth volume in the Golden Bough. Frazer continues into the second part of the compilation of analogies dealing with the recurring theme…

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