Philosophy
- Philosophical Explorations of Faith
- Explorations of Human Nature
- Foundations of Political Philosophy
- Philosophical Essays on Existence
- Philosophical Classics of Antiquity
Siddhartha
Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha…
The Path of Prosperity
Summary from The Path of Prosperity:I looked around upon the world, and saw that it was shadowed by sorrow and scorched by the fierce fires …
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Civil Disobedience is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. Published in 1849 under the title Resistance to Civil Government, it expressed Thorea…
Heretics
"Heretics," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. First published in 1905.
Chesterton had a sense of humor, had a sense …
In Tune with the Infinite
In Tune with the Infinite invites listeners to explore the profound connection between the individual and the universe. Ralph Waldo Trine pr…
The Genealogy of Morals
In 1887, with the view of amplifying and completing certain new doctrines which he had merely sketched in Beyond Good and Evil (see especial…
Orthodoxy
"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. First published in 1908.
"The only possible excuse for this boo…
Pragmatism
'Pragmatism' contains a series of public lectures held by William James in Boston 1906–7. James provides a popularizing outline of his view …
Timaeus
"Our intention is, that Timaeus, who is the most of an astronomer amongst us, and has made the nature of the universe his special study…
Confessions
Confessions is a profound autobiographical work by St. Augustine of Hippo, composed in the late 4th century. This introspective narrative sp…
The Kingdom of God is within you
The title of the book comes from Luke 17:21. It is a non-fiction work of the famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy. He wrote it after many years…
Meditations on First Philosophy
After several years working on a treatise putting forth his mechanistic philosophy and physics, Descartes shelved the project when his conte…
Progress and Poverty
Progress and Poverty by Henry George explores the intricate relationship between economic progress and social inequality. Written in 1879, t…
Laotzu's Tao and Wu Wei
The classic of the Way and of High Virtue is the Tao Teh Ching. Its author is generally held as a contemporary of Confucius, Lao Tzu, or Lao…
On Liberty
Published in 1859, On Liberty details Mill's view that individuals should be left wholly free to engage in any activity, thought or belief t…
Human, All Too Human
"Human, all-too-Human, is the monument of a crisis. It is entitled: 'A book for free spirits,' and almost every line in it represents a…
Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy is a book that has become a classic of Christian apologetics. In the book's preface Chesterton states the purpose is to "atte…
Leviathan
Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written in 1651…
Meister Eckhart's Sermons
In Meister Eckhart's Sermons, the profound insights of a medieval philosopher-theologian come to life through a collection of seven thought-…
The Twilight of the Idols
Of The Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche says in Ecce Homo: “If anyone should desire to obtain a rapid sketch of how everything before my tim…