Category Archives: Philosophy
Essays Before a Sonata
Author(s): Charles Ives Some philosophical studies in relation to the ideas of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne....
How We Think
Author(s): John Dewey A book written by an American education philosopher in which he proposed...
Mistakes of Moses
Long before modern podcasts and digital forums captured public debates on faith and reason, nineteenth-century...
On the Future of Our Educational Institutions (Version 2)
Author(s): Friedrich Nietzsche These are lectures on the education system of Nietzsche’s day. He states...
Dreams of a Spirit-Seer
Author(s): Immanuel Kant Analysis of the writings of Kant’s contemporary, the spiritualist religious philosopher Swedenborg,...
Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays
Author(s): Bertrand Russell This anthology collects a number of fascinating strands of Bertrand Russell’s thought....
Early Greek Philosophy
Author(s): Alfred William Benn “Man is the measure of all things,” said the early Greek...
History of Philosophy
Few surveys capture the immense arc of human thought with the structural clarity and historical...
Marius the Epicurean, Volume 1
Author(s): Walter Pater Marius the Epicurean is a philosophical novel written by Walter Pater, published...
Early Greek Philosophy & Other Essays (Version 2)
Author(s): Friedrich Nietzsche “The essays contained in this volume treat of various subjects. With the...
De Profundis (version 2)
Author(s): Oscar Wilde This is a letter written from prison in 1897 by Oscar Wilde...
Is the Bible Worth Reading and Other Essays
Author(s): Lemuel Kelley Washburn These are more than 100 short essays on all things atheism...
Meditations on First Philosophy
Author(s): René Descartes After several years working on a treatise putting forth his mechanistic philosophy...
Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind
Author(s): Jean-Jacques Rousseau This work presents Rousseau’s belief in the profoundly transformational effects of the...
Beyond Good and Evil
Author(s): Friedrich Nietzsche First published in 1886 at Nietzsche’s own expense, the book was not...
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future (Version 2)
Author(s): Friedrich Nietzsche By turns illuminating, infuriating, bewildering, and amusing, Nietzsche’s masterwork covers a lot...
Autobiography of a Yogi
Author(s): Paramhansa Yogananda This autobiography of the author is a beautiful story of his journey...
Arrows of Freethought
Author(s): George William Foote In these 21 short essays, George William Foote shoots “Arrows of...
Annie Besant
Author(s): Annie Besant In her autobiography, Annie Besant poignantly writes of her search for the...
Anthropology
Author(s): Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant gave a series of lectures on anthropology 1772-1773, 1795-1796 at...
Ancient Greek Philosopher-Scientists
Long before Aristotle classified the natural world and Socrates questioned the citizens of Athens, a...
Ancient Ideals in Modern Life: Four Lectures
Author(s): Annie Besant Four lectures about East Indian spirituality delivered at the twenty-fifth anniversary meeting...
Animals’ Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress
Author(s): Henry Salt In the book, Salt argues against the idea of speciesism, though the...
Animals’ Rights Considered In Relation To Social Progress (Version 2)
Author(s): Henry Salt Published in 1892, this pioneering book presents early philosophical and ethical arguments...
Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers
Author(s): Charles Bradlaugh This book presents a brief bio and a summary of important ideas...
American Philosophy Collection Vol. 1
Author(s): Various This collection of articles in early 20th Century American philosophy focuses on the...
American Philosophy Collection Vol. 2
Author(s): Various This recording is the second in an ongoing series of collections highlighting foundational...
All Things Are Possible
Author(s): Lev Shestov A passionate exponent of Russian Existentialism, Lev Shestov is little known in...
Aequanimitas and Other Addresses
Author(s): Sir William Osler This book is a compilation of twenty-two addresses given by Sir...
A Treatise Of Human Nature
Author(s): David Hume This book, published in two volumes called “books” by the author, is...