Philosophy
Zum ewigen Frieden
Read by Christian Al-Kadi
Immanuel Kant
In der Abhandlung „Zum ewigen Frieden" wendet Kant die Grundsätze seiner Moralphilosophie auf die Beziehungen zwischen Staaten an.…
On the Heavens
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Aristotle
On the Heavens (Greek: Περί ουρανού, Latin: De Caelo or De Caelo et Mundo) is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise. In it Aristotle argue…
Phaedrus
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Plato
“For there is no light of justice or temperance, or any of the higher ideas which are precious to souls, in the earthly copies of them: they…
On Liberty
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John Stuart Mill
Published in 1859, On Liberty details Mill's view that individuals should be left wholly free to engage in any activity, thought or belief t…
Leviathan
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Thomas Hobbes
In Books 3 and 4 of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes elaborates on the political philosophy set forth in the first two books, by considering the nat…
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
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Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. Published in 1849 under the title Resistance to Civil Government, it expressed Thorea…
Euthyphro
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Plato
Awaiting his trial on charges of impiety and heresy, Socrates encounters Euthyphro, a self-proclaimed authority on matters of piety and the …
Utilitarianism
Read by D.E. Wittkower
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill's book Utilitarianism is one of the most influential and widely-read philosophical defenses of utilitarianism in ethics. Th…
Orthodoxy
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G. K. Chesterton
Orthodoxy is a book that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. In the book's preface Chesterton states the purpose is to "atte…
The Rosicrucian Mysteries
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Max Heindel
A primer for those interested in the basic philosophy, beliefs & secrets of the Rosicrucians. (Summary by Kirk Ziegler)
Über die Weiber
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Arthur Schopenhauer
In diesem vielzitierten Essay aus dem Jahre 1851 ist Schopenhauers generell herablassende Einstellung zu Frauen zusammengefaßt. Frauen…
Aesop's Fables
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…
The Montessori Method
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Maria Montessori
In the early 1900's Dr. Maria Montessori began to reform educational methods with her work the 'Case dei Bambini' in Rome, Italy. Montessori…
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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William Blake
The work was composed between 1790 and 1793, in the period of radical foment and political conflict immediately after the French Revolution.…
Der Wahrheitpfad
Read by Christian Al-Kadi
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Das Dhammapada ist eine Anthologie von Aussprüchen des Buddha. Dabei sind die Verse so ausgewählt, dass sie den Kern der Lehre des…
The Light of Egypt
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Thomas H. Burgoyne
"The Light of Egypt" will be found to be an Occult library in itself, a textbook of esoteric knowledge, setting forth the "wi…
Aesop's Fables
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Aesop
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…