Psychology
Good Sense
Good Sense is an essential work by Baron Paul Henri Thiry D'Holbach that distills the core ideas of his earlier masterpiece, Systeme de la N…
Psychology
For the last thirty-four years I have been teaching Psychology by written lectures to students in Ireland and America. From year to year I h…
Habits that Handicap
Habits that Handicap delves into the complex world of addiction, exploring the psychological and social factors that contribute to alcoholis…
Brain and Personality
One of the earlier works on brain science, relating what was then known or conjectured about the connection between the physical brain and t…
The Destination Of Man
Johanne Fichte published The Destination of Man (Die Bestimmung des Menschen) in 1799. It was translated into English in 1846 by Jane Sinnet…
American Psychology
This is the second of what is intended to be three projects featuring journal articles which chart the development of psychology as an acade…
Practical Mysticism
I write only for the larger class which, repelled by the formidable appearance of more elaborate works on the subject, would yet like to kno…
The Psychology of Religion
“The present volume is an excursus into individual psychology, and represents only one of several aspects of the psychology... “It is a pur…
Juggernaut
Edgar Braine was consistently successful at all he set out to accomplish. He went through life with goals and worked diligently and with eth…
The Emotions
I am not satisfied with the account which has been given of the feelings and emotions in our books of mental science, and thence transferred…
Pathological Lying, Accusation, and Swindling
This work describes and analyzes several cases of pathological behavior. The interest comes not only from the cases themselves, but also fro…
Why We Love Music
Psychologists have not explained why we love music. A technical psychologist indulges in generalizations and predictions in a practical and …
Short Nonfiction Collection
Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include Philosophy and Psychology: selectio…
American Psychology
This is the first of what is intended to be three projects featuring journal articles which chart the development of psychology as an academ…
Human Nature and Conduct
Part 2 describes Dewey's concept of IMPULSES. They encompass the interaction of one's self with the environment. When the environment encoun…
Psychology of the Stock Market
Written in 1912 (before the 1929 crash and way before electronic trading), economist G. C. Selden explores the psychology behind stock marke…
On chronic alcoholic intoxication
Physician William Marcet treated numerous cases of acute alcoholism (delirium tremens) and chronic alcoholism. He suggests gastrointestinal …
Studies in the Psychology of Sex
Volume 3: Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and PainIn the study of Love and Pain I have discussed the sources of those aberrations which…
Short Nonfiction Collection
"Is sin a necessary stage in the development of humanity, or a yawning chasm in the very structure of the universe?” Theologian J. Gres…
Psychotherapy
Talking about viewing the Ocean "If I take the attitude of appreciation, it would be absurd to say that this wave is composed of chemic…