Philosophy & Ethics

Einstein, the searcher: his work explained from dialogues with Einstein

Alexander Moszkowski

The book is a memoir‑style portrait of Albert Einstein assembled by Alexander Moszkowski, a journalist who…

Philosophy and the Social Problem

Will Durant

Cape Cod

Henry David Thoreau

This work is Henry David Thoreau’s travel narrative of Cape Cod, a blend of personal memoir and regional…

Aristotle

A. E. Taylor

The book is a concise guide that seeks to make the language and ideas of Aristotle accessible to the…

Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction: Vital Facts of Life for All Ages

Thomas W. Shannon

The book presents itself as a comprehensive guide to sexual knowledge and moral instruction, aimed at…

夢溪筆談, Volume 01-26

Kuo Shen

Disputation of Doctor Martin Luther on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences

Martin Luther

This work is a theological treatise in which Martin Luther, the German reformer, argues against the papal…

The Teaching of Epictetus Being the 'Encheiridion of Epictetus,' with Selections from the 'Dissertations' and 'Fragments'

Epictetus

The work presents a modern reconstruction of Epictetus’s oral teachings, drawing on the fragments preserved…

張載集

Zai Zhang

An Apology for the True Christian Divinity Being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers

Robert Barclay

Robert Barclay’s work is an apologetic treatise defending the doctrines of the Society of Friends, commonly…

Five Years of Theosophy

Five Years of Theosophy is a memoir‑style treatise that records a former disciple’s observations on occult…

Lysis

Plato

The dialogue Lysis places Socrates in the company of two Athenian youths, Lysis and Menexenus, as they…

Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2

Walter Pater

The novel continues Walter Pater’s lyrical reconstruction of a young Roman’s inner life, blending historical…

Petrarch's Secret; or, the Soul's Conflict with Passion Three Dialogues Between Himself and S. Augustine

Francesco Petrarca

Petrarch’s Secret, or the Soul’s Conflict with Passion presents three imagined dialogues between the Italian…

Selbstbetrachtungen

Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

Dieses Werk ist das autobiografische Gedankengut des römischen Kaisers Marcus Aurelius, das er in den stillen…

Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction

John Davenport

John Davenport’s work is a three‑part scholarly treatise that treats the “powers of reproduction” as a…

The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics

Immanuel Kant

The work is Immanuel Kant’s The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, a philosophical treatise that seeks to…

Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors

Fabiola hospital association, Oakland, Calif.

Thoughts: Selected from the Writings of Favorite Authors is a compendium of brief moral and philosophical…

The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 7 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private

Thomas Jefferson

Democracy and Social Ethics

Jane Addams

Newer ideals of peace

Jane Addams

Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death

F. W. H. Myers

Frederic William Henry Myers’s Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death is a scholarly treatise on…

Civilization and ethics: The philosophy of civilization, part 2

Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer’s Civilization and Ethics is a philosophical essay that interrogates the very purpose of…

文心雕龍

Xie Liu