Ancient
The Ocean of Theosophy
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William Q. Judge
Judge wrote this book because he saw a need for a book about Theosophy that everyone could understand. Discussed are after-death states, r…
A Guide to Stoicism
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St. George William Joseph Stock
This book is a primer on the philosophy of stoicism, resurrected from its origins in Greek and Roman philosophy. The original philosophy was…
Critias
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Plato
This is an incomplete dialogue from the late period of Plato's life. Plato most likely created it after Republic and it contains the famous …
The Morals (Moralia), Book 1
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Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus
The Moralia (or The morals or Matters relating to customs and mores) is a work by the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea. It is…
The Sayings of Lao Tzu
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Lao Tzu
Lao-Tzu, also known as Laozi was a Chinese philosopher believed to have lived in the 6th century BCE and is credited with writing the Tao-Te…
Bhagavadgita - des Erhabenen Sang
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Unknowntranslated Byleopold Von Schroeder and Translated Byleopold Von Schroeder
Die Bhagavadgita ist eine der zentralen Schriften des Hinduismus. Sie hat die Form eines spirituellen Gedichts. Der vermutlich zwischen dem …
Ion
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Plato
In Plato's ION, Socrates questions Ion, whether he should really claim laud and glory for his 'rhapsodic' recitals of Homer's poetry.—Descri…
Posterior Analytics
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Aristotle
Posterior Analytics is the fourth of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon ("Instrument"). Po…
Critón o el deber
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Plato
Diálogo entre Sócrates y Critón, horas antes de la ejecución del filósofo, en que se trata del deber. Su…
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (version 2)
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Patanjali
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the original. Yet they contain the es…
Prior Analytics
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Aristotle
Prior Analytics is the third of Aristotle's six texts on logic which are collectively known as the Organon ("Instrument"). In Prio…
She-rab Dong-bu (The Tree of Wisdom)
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Nagarjuna
The She-rab Dong-bu (Tree of Wisdom) is a metrical translation in Tibetan of a Sanscrit ethical work entitled Prajnya Danda, written by Naga…
Musings of a Chinese Mystic: Selections from the Philosophy of Chuang Tzu
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Lionel Giles
If Lao Tzu then had revolted against the growing artificiality of life in his day, a return to nature must have seemed doubly imperative to …
Parva Naturalia
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Aristotle
Parva Naturalia [the "short treatises on nature" (a conventional Latin title first used by Giles of Rome)] is a collection of book…
Meditaciones
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Marcus Aurelius
El emperador romano Marco Aurelio además de ser recordado por su buen gobierno, ha pasado a la posteridad por esta obra singular&iacu…
Des Sokrates Verteidigung (Apologie)
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Plato
Platon (427 v. Chr.–348 v. Chr.) läßt Sokrates sein Leben darstellen und beurteilen sowie seine Einstellung zum Tod. Überset…
Chandogya Upanishad
Read by Jothi Tharavant
Unknowntranslated Byf. Max Müller and Translated Byf. Max Müller
The word Upanishad (upa-ni-shad) consists of, "Upa" means "near;" "ni" means "down;" "shad"…
Sophist
Read by Geoffrey Edwards
Plato
Sophist (Ancient Greek: Σοφιστής) discusses being and not-being while drawing a distinction between the philosopher and the sophist. - Summa…
On the Ends of Good and Evil
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
On the Ends of Good and Evil (Latin: DE FINIBUS BONORUM ET MALORUM) discusses Skeptic, Epicurean, Stoic, Peripatetic and Academic views on t…
Protagoras
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Plato
Jowett, in his always informative introduction, sees this dialogue as transitional between the early and middle dialogues. Socrates meets wi…