Psychology
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II
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John Locke
John Locke wrote four essays on human (or humane) understanding. Here are a few quotes from the book: "I see no reason to believe, that…
Good Sense
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Baron Paul Henri Thiry D' Holbach and Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach
In 1770, Baron D'Holbach published his masterpiece, "Systeme de la Nature", which for a long time passed as the posthumous work of…
The Anatomy of Melancholy Volume 2
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Robert Burton
The Anatomy of Melancholy is a book by Robert Burton, first published in 1621. On its surface, the book is a medical textbook in which Burto…
La Comédie Humaine: 07 - Scènes de la vie de province tome 3 (8-9-44)
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Honoré de Balzac
Ce n'était pas une petite tâche que de peindre les deux ou trois mille figures saillantes d'une époque, car telle est, e…
Neighbors - Life Stories of the Other Half
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Jacob A. Riis
These stories have come to me from many sources—some from my own experience, others from settlement workers, still others from the records o…
Some Haunted Houses of England and Wales
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Elliott O'Donnell
Old buildings necessarily have a history. It is not always a happy history and folklore abounds. Sometimes unhappy souls come back to haunt …
Two Years and Four Months in a Lunatic Asylum
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Hiram Chase
Hiram Chase is a well liked Reverend in a small ministry in Utica. When his mental and physical health deteriorates, he is taken to Utica lu…
La Comédie Humaine: 08 - Scènes de la vie de province tome 4 (29-07-43) - Illus…
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Honoré de Balzac
Ce n'était pas une petite tâche que de peindre les deux ou trois mille figures saillantes d'une époque, car telle est, e…
In Vino Veritas, from Stages on Life’s Way
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Soren Kierkegaard
In Vino Veritas is one section of Kierkegaard's Stages on Life's Way, originally published in 1845. In a conscious reference to Plato's Symp…
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume 2
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Charles Mackay
"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, an…