Philosophy
- Philosophical Explorations of Faith
- Explorations of Human Nature
- Foundations of Political Philosophy
- Philosophical Essays on Existence
- Philosophical Classics of Antiquity
Lectures on Landscape
Lectures on Landscape presents a thought-provoking exploration of landscape painting through the eyes of John Ruskin, a prominent artist and…
Short Nonfiction Collection
Seventeen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include philosophy--Bertrand Russell, Spi…
Eudemian Ethics
Eudemian Ethics is a profound exploration of moral philosophy by Aristotle, delving into the nature of virtue, the essence of friendship, an…
Short Nonfiction Collection
Twenty-one short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "We must learn to dignify common labor." Booker T. Washington spoke plain…
The Greek View of Life
“With the Greek civilisation beauty perished from the world. Never again has it been possible for man to believe that harmony is in fact the…
The Arabic Hidden Words
Kalimát-i-Maknúnih or The Hidden Words is a book written in Baghdad around 1857 by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of t…
The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche
Volume 3 of the complete works contains several short critical introductory essays, five lectures under the heading "On the Future of o…
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám is a celebrated collection of quatrains that explores the complexities of life, love, and …
Short Nonfiction Collection
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the re…
Offences Against One's Self
Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theor…
Feeling and Imagination in Art, Science, and Technology
Instructor: Prof. Irving Singer
This course is a seminar on creativity in art, science, and technology. We discuss how these pursuits are j…
The World as Will and Idea
The World as Will and Idea presents Arthur Schopenhauer's profound exploration of the nature of existence, where he posits that the driving …
Elements of Theology
The Elements of Theology (ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΩΣΙΣ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ) was written by the Greek Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus (ΠΡΟΚΛΟΣ) and translated by Thoma…
Bacon
This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days and progresses to his relationships with Que…
G.K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns
In this engaging collection, G.K. Chesterton presents a series of newspaper columns originally published in "The New Witness" unde…
Short Nonfiction Collection
A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection we…
On the Future of Our Educational Institutions
These are lectures on the education system of Nietzsche's day. He states that "This book is intended for calm readers, for those who ha…
A Ballade of Suicide
A Ballade of Suicide is a thought-provoking poem by G. K. Chesterton that delves into the complexities of life and death with a unique blend…
Lysis
Lysis is a philosophical dialogue by Plato that delves into the nature of friendship and love, exploring the complex relationships between i…
On the Nature of Things
On the Nature of Things, written in the first century BCE by Titus Lucretius Carus, is one of the principle expositions on Epicurean philoso…