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SELF RELIANCE is Emerson’s famous work where he argues the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas. He was seen as a champion …

MEDITATIONS (Medieval Greek: Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν Ta eis heauton, literally ‘to himself’) is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 AD, recording his private notes t …

On the Basis of Morality is one of Arthur Schopenhauer’s major works in ethics, in which he argues that morality stems from compassion. Das E-Book The Basis of Morality wird angeboten von Merkaba Pre …

The Lord of the Rings is intended to be applicable to the real world of relationships, religion, pleasure, pain, and politics. Tolkien himself said that his grand tale of wizards, orcs, hobbits, and …

This volume explores the fraught relationship between Futurism and the Sacred. Like many fin-de-siècle intellectuals, the Futurists were fascinated by various forms of esotericism such as theosophy a …

LEVIATHAN or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil-commonly referred to as Leviathan-is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) and published in 1651 (revised L …

A superb new edition of Epictetus’s famed handbook on Stoicism—translated by one of the world’s leading authorities on Stoic philosophy Born a slave, the Roman Stoic philosopher Epictetus (c. 55–135 …

‘Evil is the most serious of our moral problems. All over the world cruelty, greed, prejudice, and fanaticism ruin the lives of countless victims. Outrage provokes outrage. Millions nurture seething …

ON LIBERTY is a philosophical work by English philosopher John Stuart Mill, originally intended as a short essay. The work, published in 1859, applies Mill’s ethical system of utilitarianism to socie …

Collected here are five short essays, Human Nature, Government, Free-will and Fatalism, Character, Moral Instinct, and, Ethical Reflections, by the world renowned philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. …