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Heretics - G. K. Chesterton
Heretics - G. K. Chesterton
- Author: G. K. Chesterton
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Contemporary
The Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere "rollicking journalist," he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of...
Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll, Volume 1 - Robert G. Ingersoll
Lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll, Volume 1 - Robert G. Ingersoll
- Author: Robert G. Ingersoll
- Genre: Contemporary / Atheism & Agnosticism
Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll was a Civil War veteran, American political leader and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his defense of atheism. This book is the first of two volumes collecting Ingersoll's speeches....
Aequanimitas and Other Addresses - Sir William OSLER
Aequanimitas and Other Addresses - Sir William OSLER
- Author: Sir William OSLER
- Genre: Medical / Contemporary
This book is a compilation of twenty-two addresses given by Sir William Osler in various settings. He spoke on the philosophical and moral foundations of medical science, giving instruction to the student the teacher, the physician and the nurse. In...
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus - Ludwig WITTGENSTEIN
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus - Ludwig WITTGENSTEIN
- Author: Ludwig WITTGENSTEIN
- Genre: Contemporary
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is the only book-length philosophical work published by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein during his lifetime. He wrote it as a soldier and a prisoner of war during World War I. The slim volume (fewer than...
Creative Mind - Ernest Shurtleff HOLMES
Creative Mind - Ernest Shurtleff HOLMES
- Author: Ernest Shurtleff HOLMES
- Genre: Contemporary
This little book is an attempt to explain what each soul must discover for himself, that he stands in the midst of an eternal creative power which presses itself around his own thought, and casts back to him glorified all that he thinks. If it...
In Tune with the Infinite - Ralph Waldo TRINE
In Tune with the Infinite - Ralph Waldo TRINE
- Author: Ralph Waldo TRINE
- Genre: Contemporary / Other religions
Trine tells us that by connecting and harmonizing with the Universe we attract love, health, peace and success. Trines' writings may have been the most important to the "New Thought" movement of the late 1800's and early 1900's which was the...
Mental Efficiency - Arnold Bennett
Mental Efficiency - Arnold Bennett
- Author: Arnold Bennett
- Genre: Psychology / Self-Help / Contemporary
In this light-hearted yet thought-provoking collection of articles, Bennett offers his thoughts on exercising the mind, organising your life, the advantages (and disadvantages) of marriage and other pocket philosophies. The book stands the test of...
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Version 2) - Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Version 2) - Friedrich Nietzsche
- Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Genre: Contemporary
By turns illuminating, infuriating, bewildering, and amusing, Nietzsche's masterwork covers a lot of ground. He rejects most strands of Western thought, especially on the subject of morality, and develops his own theme demanding that individuals...
Progress and Poverty - Henry GEORGE
Progress and Poverty - Henry GEORGE
- Author: Henry GEORGE
- Genre: Business & Economics / Political Science / Contemporary
What I have done in this book, if I have correctly solved the great problem I have sought to investigate, is, to unite the truth perceived by the school of Smith and Ricardo to the truth perceived by the schools of Proudhon and Lasalle; to show that...
Fishing with a Worm - Bliss PERRY
Fishing with a Worm - Bliss PERRY
- Author: Bliss PERRY
- Genre: Contemporary
Fishing with a Worm by Bliss Perry includes the poignant and philisophical observations of a fly fisherman lured by the worm. Bliss Perry was a professor of literature at Princeton and Harvard Universities and spent time in Vermont writing and fly...
The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Vol. I - Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás
The Promulgation of Universal Peace: Vol. I - Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás
- Author: Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás
- Genre: Contemporary / Other religions
“Two years before the crash of world war shook the continents and upheaved oceans,” Howard MacNutt relates. “‘Abdu’l-Bahá ‘Abbás visited the United States of America proclaiming the Glad-Tidings of Universal Peace and the oneness of the world of...
Evolution Creatrice - Henri BERGSON
Evolution Creatrice - Henri BERGSON
- Author: Henri BERGSON
- Genre: *Non-fiction / Contemporary / Life Sciences
Creative Evolution (French: L'Évolution créatrice) is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation appeared in 1911. The book provides an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of evolution, suggesting that...
Representative Men - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Representative Men - Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Genre: Contemporary
A series of biographical lectures originally published in 1850. Each chapter is a philosophical treatment of the life of an intellectual. The six representatives are Plato, Swedenborg, Shakespeare, Montaigne, Napolean and Goethe. (Introduction by S....
Character Building - Booker T. Washington
Character Building - Booker T. Washington
- Author: Booker T. Washington
- Genre: Essays & Short Works / Self-Help / Contemporary
Character Building is a compilation of speeches, given by Mr. Booker T. Washington, to the students and staff of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (now known as Tuskegee University). Booker T. Washington was one of the most prominent...
A Theory of Monads: Outlines of the Philosophy of the Principle of Relativity - Herbert Wildon Carr
A Theory of Monads: Outlines of the Philosophy of the Principle of Relativity - Herbert Wildon Carr
- Author: Herbert Wildon Carr
- Genre: Science / Contemporary
Since the publication of this book, a little more than a year ago, the interest in Einstein and the principle of relativity has very greatly increased. There are now a large number of popular expositions, and the theory itself has undergone some...
