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Mary Olivier: A Life
May Sinclair
A gifted young woman born into a strict upper middle class Victorian family struggles for decades to balance duty to her controlling mother with a driving need to learn and to create her art.
The Crock of Gold
James Stephens
A philosopher sets out to rescue the beautiful Caitilin Ni Murrachu from the god Pan in an adventure that involves leprechauns, Celtic gods, policemen, and philosophical disquisitions both profound and absurd.
The Demi-Gods
James Stephens
Three demi-gods descend among humanity in the form of angels, stumbling upon a father, his daughter, and their donkey traveling around rural Ireland.
A Voyage to Arcturus
David Lindsay
One man’s journey through a psychedelic alien landscape of philosophy, religion, life, and death.
Thus Spake Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
After ten years spent in solitude, Zarathustra goes back amongst men to share his accumulated wisdom and prepare humanity for the Overman.
Demian
Hermann Hesse
A boy goes on a journey of spiritual growth.
Analects
Confucius
The paradigmatic Chinese sage expounds on leading an ethical and fulfilled life.
Discourses
Epictetus
Epictetus instructs his students how to live the life of a Stoic.
Darkwater
W. E. B. Du Bois
A collection of essays, short fiction, and poetry related to the lives of black people in Jim Crow-era America.
The Kural
Thiruvalluvar
An Indian weaver-philosopher expounds on the subjects of righteousness, wealth, and love.
Tao Te Ching
Laozi
One of the fundamental texts of the Tao philosophy and religion.
Essays
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A collection of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essays.
The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius
A Roman statesman awaiting execution is visited by the personification of philosophy.
The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi relates his life experiences from his birth in Gujarat in 1869 through the Indian National Congress of 1915.
Short Works
Epictetus
A collection of Epictetus’s short works.
A Confession
Leo Tolstoy
A brief meditation on depression, philosophy, religion, and the meaning of life.
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
The personal diary of the Roman Emperor, in which he lays out his thoughts and philosophical musings on the Stoic philosophy and way of life.
Dialogues
Plato
A collection of Plato’s dialogues.
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau’s report on his social experiment of solitude, simplicity, and self-reliance.
Orthodoxy
G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton’s unique view on Christianity and how all his “solitary and sincere speculations” were ultimately answered by its theology.
Tusculan Disputations
Cicero
Cicero gives practical guidance for living wisely and well by adopting a Stoic outlook and concentrating on the virtues.
Heretics
G. K. Chesterton
A collection of essays in which G. K. Chesterton debates the intellectuals of his day on a range of topics.
The Religion of Nature Delineated
William Wollaston
Wollaston attempts to derive ethics and religion by using rational thought and observation of the natural world, without resorting to revelation or received religion.
The End of the World
Geoffrey Dennis
A philosophical reflection on how the end of the world would unfold based on hypothetical variables and relevant knowledge and historical context.
What’s Wrong with the World
G. K. Chesterton
Philosopher G. K. Chesterton comments on various social issues of his day, including property, imperialism, feminism, and education.
Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle
Aristotle examines how one may live in the most thriving, excellent manner.
The Age of Reason
Thomas Paine
Paine argues against the legitimacy of the Bible and institutional religion.
The City of God
Augustine of Hippo
Bishop Augustine of Hippo provides a defense of the Christian faith against its pagan critics, as well as explaining God’s work and purposes in world history, from beginning to end.
The Everlasting Man
G. K. Chesterton
G. K. Chesterton takes us through the history of man, rebuking common secular views and presenting the case for the Catholic Church.
An Inquiry Into the Accordancy of War with the Principles of Christianity
Jonathan Dymond
Dymond argues that war is incompatible with the teachings of Christianity.
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Ludwig Wittgenstein
One of the most important texts of 20th century philosophy, in which the nature of the philosophy, language, understanding, and logical atomism are explored.
The Conquest of Bread
Peter Kropotkin
Peter Kropotkin describes the organization of an anarchist society.
The Rights of Man
Thomas Paine
A philosopher and political activist presents a forceful argument in favor of the principles of the French Revolution and of republicanism in general, together with a condemnation of monarchy and hereditary power in general.
Dialogues
Seneca
Seneca’s dialogues and consolations, including “On Benefits,” examine living life through the lens of Stoic philosophy.
A Voice from the South
Anna Julia Cooper
A Black woman from the American South philosophizes on various subjects.
The Problems of Philosophy
Bertrand Russell
A beginner’s guide to problems in various fields of philosophy.
The Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau explores the political philosophy of authority originating from the consent of the people.
What Is Art?
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy outlines his philosophy of aesthetics.
Essays
Thomas Paine
A collection of Thomas Paine’s essays on republicanism, the problems of monarchy, and human rights.
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
Adam Smith lays the foundation of classical economics.
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
Hobbes explores a vision of the ideal state, in which people cede certain freedoms to a sovereign power in exchange for security and stability.
The American Crisis
Thomas Paine
A collection of articles written during the American Revolutionary War that outline Paine’s support for a self-governing America.
Pragmatism
William James
James introduces the philosophy of pragmatism and applies it to some metaphysical problems.
The New State
Mary Parker Follett
The theory of group organization is formulated and applied in an attempt to design a truly democratic political state.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Diogenes Laërtius
Brief biographies of the prominent philosophers of ancient Greece.
No Treason
Lysander Spooner
Lawyer and political philosopher Lysander Spooner presents his case for the invalidity of the United States Constitution.
Principia Ethica
G. E. Moore
An analysis of the concept of good that diagnoses the history of ethics as being marred by the “naturalistic fallacy” while discussing intrinsic goods and evils.
What Is Property?
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Proudhon outlines the anarchist economic theory of mutualism.
Unto This Last
John Ruskin
A philosophical discussion on the nature of wealth and labor.
Women and Economics
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Gilman explores the transformation of the role of women in society and the necessity for women to achieve economic independence.
A Pluralistic Universe
William James
A philosopher gives an introduction to radical empiricism and how it relates to the experienced world.
Liberalism
L. T. Hobhouse
An early twentieth century description of the philosophy of liberal socialism.
Some Thoughts Concerning Education
John Locke
John Locke outlines his philosophy of childhood education.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft
Wollstonecraft argues for equal treatment of women in society, especially in matters of education.
The Crowd
Gustave Le Bon
Le Bon explores the psychology, motivations, and dangers of crowds of people.
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism
R. H. Tawney
A tracing of the development of religious thought from the Middle Ages to the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell travels to post-revolutionary Russia to see if Bolshevism achieves its communist aspirations.
Roads to Freedom
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell investigates the merits and potential shortcomings of different socialist tendencies.
Mutual Aid
Peter Kropotkin
Kropotkin explores the role of cooperation in animal societies and human societies, past and present, and how it could benefit modern society.
Culture and Anarchy
Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold describes what he considers to be the flaws in Victorian British society.
The Kingdom of God Is Within You
Leo Tolstoy
Tolstoy describes true Christianity as a non-hierarchical, nonviolent, non-coercive pursuit, and criticizes institutional Christianity as a deceptive corruption.
The Servile State
Hilaire Belloc
Hilaire Belloc’s thesis that the capitalist state breeds a collectivist theory which, in action, produces something utterly different from collectivism: the Servile State.
Human Nature and Conduct
John Dewey
Dewey applies the theory of pragmatism to morality, reason, and society.
The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli
The classic treatise on how to tyrannize one’s subjects.
The Acquisitive Society
R. H. Tawney
A discussion of the distinction between an Acquisitive Society, one guided by profits, and a Functional Society, one guided by service.
The Story of Utopias
Lewis Mumford
An American historian reviews the literature surrounding utopias and how they relate to contemporary society.
Essays
Errico Malatesta
A collection of essays by Errico Malatesta.
Democracy and Education
John Dewey
A critical survey of the philosophy and aims of education in a democratic society.
Democracy and Social Ethics
Jane Addams
Jane Addams argues that addressing social issues like poverty and inequality requires shifting from individual morality to a collective understanding of social responsibility.
Two Treatises of Government
John Locke
Locke critiques the concepts of absolute monarchy and divine right, arguing instead for a government founded on natural rights, individual freedom, and the consent of the governed, which protects the fundamental rights of life, liberty, and property.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Adam Smith
Adam Smith assesses the sources of human morality and the role of human sympathies in judging the propriety of our actions and behaviors.
Moribund Society and Anarchy
Jean Grave
Jean Grave systemically critiques bourgeois society from an anarchist perspective.
The Public and Its Problems
John Dewey
A discussion of the political philosophy of a democratic society.
The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ classic analysis of modern industrial society and call for Working Class revolution.
Discourses on Livy
Niccolò Machiavelli
The classic treatise on how to prevent the tyranny of a Prince.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
David Hume
Hume examines the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality and human understanding.
The Blazing World
Margaret Cavendish
A young lady is abducted and finds herself the empress of a strange new world.
Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche’s philosophical treatise on the ambiguity of traditional morality.
A General View of Positivism
Auguste Comte
A brief overview of the goals and methods of the Positivist philosophical movement.
On Liberty
John Stuart Mill
Mill’s famous essay that applies a utilitarian ethical system to systems of government.
The Genealogy of Morals
Friedrich Nietzsche
Three essays analyzing the origins, meaning, and value of the concepts of good, evil, and bad; of guilt, punishment, and bad conscience; and of ascetic ideals, including those of truth and truthfulness.
The Theory of the Leisure Class
Thorstein Veblen
Veblen outlines his theory of social stratification in an industrialized society, the paradoxical elevation of the leisure class, and conspicuous consumption.
Philosophical Works
René Descartes
A collection of philosophical works.