Philosophy Books

Avatâras

Annie Besant

Avatâras is a collection of four lectures delivered at the twenty-fourth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras,..

An Attic Philosopher in Paris

Émile Souvestre

No one succeeds in obtaining a prominent place in literature, or in surrounding himself with a faithful and steady circle of admirers drawn from the fickle masses of the public, unless he possesses or..

The Philosophy of Despair

David Starr Jordan

Today is your day and mine, the only day we have, the day in which we play our part. What our part may signify in the great whole, we may not understand, but we are here to play it, and now is our tim..

Ojennusnuora

Epictetus

Ojennusnuora is a book on ethics written by Epictetus, a Greek Stoic philosopher. He was born a slave at Hierapolis, Phrygia and lived in Rome until his banishment, when he went to Nicopolis..

How to Behave - A Pocket Manual of Republican Etiquette, and Guide to Correct

Samuel R Wells

How to Behave: A Pocket Manual of Republican Etiquette, and Guide to Correct Personal Habits Embracing an Exposition of the Principles of Good Manners; Useful Hints on the Care of the Person, Eating, ..

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

David Hume

In Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, philosopher David Hume examines whether belief in God can be rational. The work takes the form of a debate between three characters: Cleanthes, who argues tha..

On Liberty

John Stuart Mill

On Liberty is a philosophical work by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, originally intended as a short essay. The work, published in 1859, applies Mill's ethical system of utilitarianism to so..

God the Known and God the Unknown

Samuel Butler

God the Known and God the Unknown is a philosophical work by Samuel Butler, the iconoclastic English author of the Utopian satirical novel Erewhon and the semi-autobiographical Bildungsroman The ..