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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 …

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…

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…

Chapter XIII: Government Of The Democracy In America—Part I

In Democracy in America Vol. I

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Alexis de Tocqueville and Alexis De Tocqueville


When Tocqueville visited America in the 1830s he found a thriving democracy of a kind he had not seen anywhere else. Many of his insightful …

08 – The Girls of Herland

In Herland

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman


Herland is a utopian novel from 1915, written by feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The book describes an isolated society comprised entirel…

XII - Of Religion

In Leviathan (Books I and II)

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Thomas Hobbes


Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written in 1651…

Chapter IV

In A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln

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John G. Nicolay and John George Nicolay


John G. Nicolay was Abraham Lincoln’s private White House secretary. With assistant secretary, John Hay, he wrote the two volume definitive …

00 - Introductory Note

In Buddhist Writings

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Henry Clarke Warren, translator and Varioustranslated Byhenry Clarke Warren


An anthology of Buddhist scriptures, appropriate as an introduction to its vast literature, or as a sampler for those who want to better und…

The Ptolemies

In Cleopatra

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Jacob Abbott


A biography of the famous Cleopatra of Egypt, written in a manner, equally interesting to children and to adults.

23 - Part V: Chapter I

In The Theory of Moral Sentiments (First Edition)

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Adam Smith


"How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortunes of other…

Evolution Going On

In The Outline of Science, Vol 1 (Version 2)

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J. Arthur Thomson


The Outline of Science, Volume 1 was written specifically with theman-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Coveringscientific subje…

On His Blindness

In Short Poetry Collection 064

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John Milton


LibriVox's Short Poetry Collection 064: a collection of 20 public-domain poems, chosen and read by Librivox volunteers.