Philosophy & Ethics

The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2

Emperor of Rome Julian

The volume presents the second half of Emperor Julian’s collected orations, speeches, and addresses, rendered…

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The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature

C.-F. Volney

Volney’s The Ruins; Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature is an…

Chance, Love, and Logic: Philosophical Essays

Charles S. Peirce

The volume gathers Charles S. Peirce’s most mature philosophical essays, presenting a systematic account of…

Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes

Edward Young

The work is a scholarly meditation on the evolution of English poetry from the era of George Herbert through…

Life and death

A. Dastre

The work is a scholarly survey of biological thought that frames the study of life and death as a branch of…

The unseen universe: Or, Physical Speculations on a Future State

Stewart, Balfour; Tait, Peter Guthrie

The work is a nineteenth‑century treatise that seeks to bridge scientific inquiry and Christian doctrine.

The philosophical and mathematical commentaries of Proclus on the first book of Euclid's elements (Vol. 1 of 2): To which are added, A history of the restoration of Platonic theology, by the latter Platonists: And a translation from the Greek of Proclus's Theological elements

Proclus

The work is a scholarly edition of Proclus’s commentaries on the first book of Euclid’s Elements, accompanied…

Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 2 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods

Plotinus

This volume presents the complete works of Plotinus, arranged chronologically and divided into four distinct…

The Theistic Conception of the World An Essay in Opposition to Certain Tendencies of Modern Thought

B. F. Cocker

The work is a nineteenth‑century theological treatise in which Benjamin Franklin Cocker sets out a systematic…

The Origin of Man and of His Superstitions

Carveth Read

The work is a scholarly treatise that seeks to explain humanity’s biological and psychological origins by…

The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World. Volume 1

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

The work is a systematic exposition of the French Enlightenment philosopher‑physicist Paul‑Henri Thiry, baron…

Siddhartha: eine indische Dichtung

Hermann Hesse

Der Roman ist eine poetisch‑mythische Erzählung, die das Leben des jungen Brahmanensohnes Siddhartha…

The Gospel of Buddha, Compiled from Ancient Records

Paul Carus

The work is a scholarly compilation that presents the teachings and life of Gautama Buddha in a format…

The ethics of rhetoric

Richard M. Weaver

Richard M. Weaver’s The Ethics of Rhetoric is a scholarly examination of Plato’s Phaedrus, treating the…

Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous in Opposition to Sceptics and Atheists

George Berkeley

Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous is a philosophical tract by George Berkeley that takes the form…

First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life

H. G. Wells

First‑hand and unpretentious, this work is a personal confession of belief written by H. G.

Sacred Books of the East

The volume presents a selection of Vedic hymns, the earliest Sanskrit poetry that forms the foundation of…

Oscar Wilde, Art and Morality: A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

The work is a scholarly defence of Oscar Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, framed as an essay on “Art…

The Zen Experience

Thomas Hoover

Thomas Hoover’s The Zen Experience is a scholarly survey that traces Zen Buddhism from its Taoist roots…

Charmides

Plato

The work is a scholarly edition of Plato’s dialogues, presented in English translation and accompanied by a…

The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3

Sir Thomas Browne

The volume gathers the later English writings of Sir Thomas Browne, a 17th‑century physician and moralist,…

Crito

Plato

Plato’s Crito is a short philosophical dialogue that opens in the early morning of Socrates’ final days, when…

True Christianity A Treatise on Sincere Repentence, True Faith, the Holy Walk of the True Christian, Etc.

Johann Arndt

True Christianity is a devotional treatise that opens with a detailed autobiographical sketch, positioning…