Philosophy
The Life of Reason volume 2
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George Santayana
The Life of Reason, subtitled "the Phases of Human Progress", is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-bo…
The Persian Hidden Words
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Bahá'U'Lláh
Kalimát-i-Maknúnih (کلمات مکنونه) or The Hidden Words is a book written in Baghdad around 1857 by Bahá'u'lláh, t…
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together With Death's Duel
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John Donne
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is a 1624 prose work by the English theologian and writer John Donne, Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Lond…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers
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Elbert Hubbard
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…
Common Sense, How to Exercise It
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Yoritomo Tashi
One of three seminal philosophical works by the twelfth century Japanese Shogun, Yoritomo-Tashi. (From the Preface) He knows how to clothe…
Buddhist Psychology; Mind and Mental Process (Lorig) Complete Series
Emily Hsu
Buddhist Psychology; Mind and Mental Process (Lorig) Complete Series Basic Buddhist Studies Program Emily Hsu "All human accomplishment…
Poems and Prose for the Departed Vol. 01
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Various
This is a collection of short poems and readings, both religious and secular, on death and bereavement. (Summary by Ruth Golding)
Modern Magic
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Maximilian Schele De Vere
M. (Maxamilian) Schele de Vere was born in Sweden in 1820 and studied language in Germany before eventually becoming a professor of modern l…
Chorus of Women
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Aristophanes
LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Chorus of Women by Aristophanes. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 21, 2012.Aris…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 015
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Various
A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were independently…
Old Ireland
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Walt Whitman
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Old Ireland by Walt Whitman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for August 1st, 2010.
Best Way to Read a Book
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Edgar A. Guest
LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Best Way to Read a Book by Edgar A. Guest. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Septem…
The Higher Pantheism
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Alfred, Lord Tennyson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Higher Pantheism by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Septemb…
Exotics and Retrospectives
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Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn, born 1850 in Greece, went to Japan when he was 40 years old and became a Japanese citizen only 6 years later. His writings a…
Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 005
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Various
A collection of ten short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collection we…
The Journey of Life
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William Cullen Bryant
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of The Journey of Life by William Cullen Bryant. This was the Weekly Poetry project for December…
Marius the Epicurean, Volume 1
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Walter Pater
Marius the Epicurean is a philosophical novel written by Walter Pater, published in 1885. In it Pater displays, with fullness and elaboratio…
A General View of Positivism
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Auguste Comte
Auguste Comte was from France and published this book in French in 1844. He made a very great impact on the sciences and claims to have “dis…
The Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation
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James Barr Walker
The book is a series of independent demonstrations, the results of which accumulate to the final conclusion, that the Christian religion is …