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General Philosophy

  • The Philosophy of Life (309 pages) A critical exposition of the fundamental principles in Eastern and Western philosophy in the light of the doctrines of Swami Sivananda. This book also provides a comprehensive survey of the metaphysical groundwork of the East and West. An excellent primer and a sure guide.

  • The Philosophy of Religion (141 pages)

  • Philosophy of Spiritual Activity by Rudolf Steiner (101 pages) A modern philosophy of life developed by scientific methods, being an enlarged and revised edition of "The Philosophy of Freedom" together with the original thesis on "Truth and Science." Contents: Theory of Freedom; Reality of Freedom; Ultimate Questions; Truth and Science.

  • Philosophy of Dreams (53 pages)

  • Philosophy Of Mind_by G.W.F Hegel (78 pages)

  • The Philosophy of Humanism by Corliss Lamont (420 pages) This powerful book is the definitive study of the history and growth of the humanist movement in North America. Renowned philosopher and activist Corliss Lamont offers a vigorous argument for humanism and provides an affirmative, intelligent guidebook for shaping a better life in today's complex world.

  • Being and Nothingness by Jean-Paul Sartre (243 pages) One of the most influential books of 20th-century philosophy, Being and Nothingness, and others by Sartre, has probably been read by more beginning students of philosophy than any other. Sartre's approach to philosophy is eclectic, but he has unique solutions to some of the problems he is attempting to solve, particularly his treatment of the problem of how to handle the negation, a problem of great interest to Hegel, and carried over to a phenomenological setting by Sartre. His discussion of the "experiencing" of negation has to rank as one of the most interesting in contemporary philosophy. It is a topic also that Sartre apparently thought so important that he included it in the first chapter of the book. He does however prepare the reader for the analysis in an introduction to the book. Therein, he argues for the dissolving of the distinction between being and appearance, and to reject (in Nietzschean terms), "the illusion of worlds-behind-the-scene". This discussion also shows Satre's training in the phenomenology of Husserl and Heidegger. The move away from the dualism of appearance and essence, and appearance and being has its consequences of course, and it is these consequences that Sartre expounds upon briliantly in the rest of the book. One of these, interestingly, is the existence of an infinite series. The dualism of being and appearance is replaced by Sartre with the new dualism of finite and infinite. The appearance is finite, but to be grasped as an appearance of that which appears, says Sartre, it requires the series of appearances as infinite.

  • The Interpretation of Dreams - Freud (328 pages) This volume of essays (part of a new series) reflects a wide range of disciplines: sociology, history, literature, and philosophy. Several are works of historic importance by major thinkers, including Wittgenstein and Erikson. Others are more recent works informed by modern thinkers, most notably Lacan. Though of limited appeal to the lay reader in its assumption of a working knowledge of Freud's dream work and its failure to link the essays, the book will interest scholars, particularly those in the humanities concerned with psychoanalysis. Several essays, particularly Meredith Skura's concerning the literary use of dream interpretation, are outstanding commentaries on Freud's landmark work.

  • Space and Time Warps (6 pages) Lecture on time travel theory.

  • [ recommended ] A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking (101 pages) Stephen Hawking, one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists in history, wrote the modern classic A Brief History of Time to help nonscientists understand the questions being asked by scientists today: Where did the universe come from? How and why did it begin? Will it come to an end, and if so, how? Hawking attempts to reveal these questions (and where we're looking for answers) using a minimum of technical jargon. Among the topics gracefully covered are gravity, black holes, the Big Bang, the nature of time, and physicists' search for a grand unifying theory. This is deep science; these concepts are so vast (or so tiny) as to cause vertigo while reading, and one can't help but marvel at Hawking's ability to synthesize this difficult subject for people not used to thinking about things like alternate dimensions. The journey is certainly worth taking, for, as Hawking says, the reward of understanding the universe may be a glimpse of "the mind of God."

  • Prophecies of Nostradamus on WWIII (19 pages)

  • Nature of the WIll 17 pages (Mysterium Pansophicum)

  • Writings of Nostradamus (132 pages)

  • Man: His True Nature and Ministry (249 pages) by Louis Claude De St. Martin. The book clearly goes to show that St. Martin is taking a gnostic stand when it comes to how he looks at this world, compared to the other world, or the material and the spiritual world. As he writes: "This world, where we believe we are, but are not. The other world, where we believe we are not, but where we actually are". He goes on to describe the fallen state of both this world, and the fall of man, and the importance of work and methods of how to regain the primordial divine grace, how to be a Gods minister while on earth, etc.

  • Knowledge of the Higher Worlds and it's Attainment by Rudolf Steiner (90 pages) Even if one is not interested in knowing about and experiencing higher worlds, this book is a great guide to living, full of wisdom and insight. A true spiritual path is also a path toward becoming a mature human being, which may not be terribly exciting to people seeking spiritual fireworks or wanting to promote egoistic aims. This path is one of selflessness and the strengthening of attention; both needed in an self-centered world suffering from an ever increasing attention deficit disorder. Steiner only speaks of what he has experienced personally. He is not a guru and expects no one to take his word for the truth of what he says. He encourages one to be open minded, try the exercises with patience and consistency(harder than one might think)and verify the truth for one's self.

  • The Emerald Tablets of Hermes (22 pages)

  • The Enchiridion (12 pages) Epictetus's "Enchiridion" ("The Manual") is a book about living as a stoic. This book was used as a manual for Roman Centurions and has influenced the lives of many ancient and modern people. It teaches you to deal with hardships and the dissappointments that one encounters in daily life. The stoic philosophy from the Enchiridion helped people like VADM James Stockdale deal with years of captivity in a North Vietnamese prison camp. Basically, the idea behind stoicism is that people can achieve virtue and excellence by concentrating their efforts on what they can control and being indifferent to what they cannot. Unlike Epicurianism, stoicism holds that people are supremely reasonable and that happiness is the result of virtue, honor and conformity to the way of the world. This philosophy was respected by early Christians, and emperors like Marcus Aurelius (The old king in the movie "Gladiator" and a stoic philosopher himself). The translation by George Long is second to none. This book is a valuble handbook for life in modern times and with only 43 pages, it is densely packed with simple ideas for being a better person. I have read it over a dozen times and each time I learn something else about myself and about life. It is a particularly valuble philosophy for members of the military because it explains how to gain control despite overwhelming odds and lack of personal authority. I would recommend this small book to every student of Greek Philosphy and anyone who desires to be a virtuous and successful person.

  • The Laws of Magic (4 pages)

  • Murphy's Laws (4 pages)

  • [ recommended ] A Compendium of Occult Laws (25 pages) This is a selection, arrangement and application of the most important Occult laws taught by the masters of initiation of the Great Secret Schools of the Past and Present-Hermetic, Rosicrucian, Alchemic and Aeth Priesthood, and the Practice of the Laws in the Development of the Fourfold Nature of Man in attaining success and mastership of all planes of activity.

  • A Modern Revival of Ancient Wisdom by Alvin Kuhn (248 pages) This work deals with the great renaissance of ancient Oriental Esotericism in the Western world in modern times. This book is an attempt to present a unified picture of the Theosophic movement in its larger aspects. Contents: Theosophy, An Ancient Tradition; The American Background of Theosophy; Helena P. Blavatsky: Her Life and Psychic Career; From Spiritualism to Theosophy; Isis Unveiled; The Mahatmas and Their Letters; Storm, Wreck, and Rebuilding; The Secret Doctrine; Evolution, Rebirth, and Karma; Esoteric Wisdom and Physical Science; Theosophy in Ethical Practice; Later Theosophical History; Some Facts and Figures; Bibliography.

  • Atalanta Fugiens - Philosophical Emblems of the Secrets of Nature by Michael Majerus (106 pages)

  • Psychopathology of Everyday Life by Sigmund Freud (124 pages)

  • The Ashtavakra Geeta (34 pages)

  • Kybalion Sacred Magick Edition (67 pages) A key book in understanding Hermetic Philosophy

  • The Corpus Hermeticum (46 pages)

  • [ recommended ] Cosmic Laws (26 pages)

  • Three Books of Utopian Philosophy (29 pages) The first book, The Ultimate Philosophy, set forth a practical theory of how to merge Utopia with reality. The second book, The Ultimate Philosophy-Book II, set forth some actual methods for merging Utopia with reality. The third book completes a philosophical trilogy on Utopia by exploring some perceptions of Utopia.

  • A Treatise of Human Nature: Being An Attempt to introduce the experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects by David Hume (362 pages) David Hume's comprehensive attempt to base philosophy on a new, observationally grounded study of human nature is one of the most important texts in Western philosophy. It is also the focal point of current attempts to understand 18th-century philosophy The Treatise first explains how we form such concepts as cause and effect, external existence, and personal identity, and how we create compelling but unverifiable beliefs in the entities represented by these concepts. It then offers a novel account of the passions, explains freedom and necessity as they apply to human choices and actions, and concludes with a detailed explanation of how we distinguish between virtue and vice. The volume features Hume's own abstract of the Treatise, a substantial introduction that explains the aims of the Treatise as a whole and of each of its ten parts, a comprehensive index, and suggestions for further reading.

  • Studies in Comparative Philosophy (129 pages) A systematic study of the principle thinkers in the field of philosophy in the West in the light of the Vedanta doctrine of the East. A must for all students of philosophy.

  • [ recommended ] The Master Key System (134 pages) The Master Key System is simply one of the finest studies in self-improvement, mind-stuff, and higher consciousness ever written. Covering everything from how to get wealthy to how to get healthy, Charles F Haanel leaves no stone unturned. With precision, he elucidates on each topic with logic and rigor that not only leaves you feeling good, but also thinking good. The book was banned by the Church in 1933 and has been hidden away for decades.

  • The Masters and the Path of Occultism By G. de Purucker (33 pages)

  • The Path of Compassion By G. de Purucker (46 pages) Time-honored principles of ethical and spiritual conduct.

  • The Unseen World and Other Essays by John Fiske (130 pages)

  • Occult Glossary: A Compendium of Oriental and Theosophical Terms by G. de Purucker (149 pages) A compendious glossary of commonly used Oriental and Theosophical terms to be helpful for students of esoteric philosophy.

  • Hierarchies: The Ladder of Life (29 pages) Theosopical Manual

  • The Astral Light (17 pages) Theosopical Manual

  • On Being Human by Woodrow Wilson (11 pages) The mark of a great book is one that is meant to be read with pleasure. Written in a conversational manner that was his trademark as an author, Woodrow Wilson's On Being Human is meant not only to be read but also to be pondered thoroughly. It instructs and informs, startles and provokes, arouses and amuses the reader with a keen enthusiasm for seeing and taking pleasure in the affairs of the world.

  • The Doctrine of the Mean by Confucius (11 pages) While there are no stirrings of pleasure, anger, sorrow, or joy, the mind may be said to be in the state of Equilibrium. When those feelings have been stirred, and they act in their due degree, there ensues what may be called the state of Harmony. This Equilibrium is the great root from which grow all the human actings in the world, and this Harmony is the universal path which they all should pursue.

  • The Great Learning by Confusius (6 pages)

  • Universal Natural History and Theory of Heaven by Immanuel Kant (70 pages)

  • The Golden Flower (Cleary) (149 pages) The Classic Chinese Book of Life translated, with Introduction, Notes, and Commentary by Thomas Cleary

  • Cause, Principle and Unity : And Essays on Magic by Giordano Bruno (201 pages) Giordano Bruno's notorious public death in 1600, at the hands of the Inquisition in Rome, marked the transition from Renaissance philosophy to the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century. This volume presents new translations of Cause, Principle and Unity, in which he challenges Aristotelian accounts of causality and spells out the implications of Copernicanism for a new theory of an infinite universe, as well as two essays on magic, in which he interprets earlier theories about magical events in the light of the unusual powers of natural phenomena.

  • [ recommended ] The Inner Teachings of the Philosophies and Religions of India by Yogi Ramacharaka (379 pages) The Land of the Ganges; The Inner Teachings; The Sankhya System; The Vedanta System; Patanjali's Yoga; The Minor Systems; Buddhism; Sufism; The Religions of India; Hindu Working; The Vedas and Glossary of Sanscrit Terms

  • The Inspirational Leader - How to Motivate, Encourage & Achieve Success by John Eric Adair (208 pages) Through this accessible approach, the author offers guidance on how to develop the confidence and competence to become an inspiring leader. There is no magic formula, but the valuable advice presented will help aspiring leaders to realize their potential. Leadership guru John Adair talked with a bright young executive about leaders and the tenets of leadership, and recorded the conversations in this unique, philosophical book. Adair addresses tough questions about leadership and drills down beyond management and deep into human nature. He doesn't bother with leadership buzzwords, but instead discusses in meaningful terms the qualities that make a leader effective. People aren't born leaders, Adair says, they are made. Although the book is a bit too philosophical at times, the conversations between the author and the young executive are thought provoking, and the quotes peppered throughout the book are memorable. If you aspire to transform your management abilities into true leadership skills, we encourage you to sit down with the professor and his young protégé and enjoy the conversation.

  • Figments of Reality - The Evolution of the Curious Mind by Ian Stewart (340 pages) Mathematics and geometry professor Stewart, who writes the "mathematical recreations" column in Scientific American, and biologist Cohen are witty, erudite, clever, at times funny, and generally clearheaded in this rationalist's view of the universe and human evolution. Their thesis is that the human mind evolved in response to the complexity of the world and that language?and, indeed, culture?are inextricable parts of this process: there could be no mind without evolution but no evolution without mind. As is apparently mandatory in books on this subject, the authors include examples, anecdotes, and samples from literally every field of human and animal endeavor to illustrate, illuminate, and elucidate their thesis, making their case by seemingly having on hand millions of bits of information. A delightful but heavy read that is excellent for academic collections and general collections with a highly literate readership.

  • [ recommended ] God's Debris by Scott Adams (Creator of the Dilbert Comic Strip) (144 pages) Scott Adams, creator of the popular comic strip "Dilbert," has written a modern-day parable about a young man and an unlikely mentor. God's Debris starts with a young deliveryman trying to hand over a package to a man with a San Francisco address. But delivering the package to this old man proves to be as difficult as trying to understand the meaning of God. "It's for you," the old man tells the narrator, gesturing to the package. "What's in the package?" the narrator asks. "It's the answer to your question." "I wasn't expecting any answers," the deliveryman admits. About this time, the narrator begins to realize that he's not dealing with a feeble-minded old man; he's dealing with a situation that could alter his life. The sincerity and metaphysical complexity of this fable will surprise those who expect comedy, but Adams is following a tradition set by such writers as Dan Millman (Way of the Peaceful Warrior) and Richard Bach (Illusions). As in many parables that have come before, the deliveryman learns the meaning of life from an illusive mentor who seems to arise from a wrinkle in time. The cleverness of the God's Debris concept is original and bound to leave readers pondering some altered definitions of God, the universe, and just about everything else.

  • Maximum Persuasion: How to use the 36 Chinese Stratagems to Win by Kenrick E. Cleveland (47 pages)

  • [ recommended ] Robert Cialdini - Influence: Science and Practice (4th edition) (300 pages) @200cr An examination of the psychology of compliance (i.e. uncovering which factors cause a person to say “yes” to another's request). Written in a narrative style combined with scholarly research, Cialdini combines evidence from experimental work with the techniques and strategies he gathered while working as a salesperson, fundraiser, advertiser, and in other positions inside organizations that commonly use compliance tactics to get us to say “yes.” Widely used in classes, as well as sold to people operating successfully in the business world, the eagerly awaited revision of Influence reminds the reader of the power of persuasion. Cialdini organizes compliance techniques into six categories based on psychological principles that direct human behavior: reciprocation, consistency, social proof, liking, authority, and scarcity.

  • Encyclopedia of Philosophy (3898 pages)

  • Fundamentals of Esoteric Knowledge by Jean Dubuis (161 pages) @200 This 12 lesson course (view ToC here) provides the background and overview needed to understand precisely the materials in the Alchemical and Qabalistic courses. It is also an exceptional course on its own. The objective is to assist the student in becoming aware of the Path of Return and its significance. Provided exercises assist in contact with the Inner Master. Content: Fundamental Esoteric Principles; General Principles of Human and Social Conduct; Creation; The Macrocosm: Nature; Online Creation: The Microcosm: Man; Passive Symbolism; Active Symbolism: The Word; Numbers and Cycles; Ritual, Meditation and Prayer; The Powers; The Secret Sciences; Universal Justice; 7 Commandments of the Fama Fraternitatis; Service and the Invisible Order.

  • John Cottingham - The Spiritual Dimension: Religion, Philosophy, and Human Value (199 pages) The Spiritual Dimension offers a new model for the philosophy of religion, bringing together emotional and intellectual aspects of our human experience, and embracing practical as well as theoretical concerns. It shows how a religious worldview is best understood not as an isolated set of doctrines, but as intimately related to spiritual praxis and to the search for self-understanding and moral growth. It argues that the religious quest requires a certain emotional openness, but can be pursued without sacrificing our philosophical integrity. Touching on many important debates in contemporary philosophy and theology, but accessible to general readers, The Spiritual Dimension covers a range of central topics in the philosophy of religion, including scientific cosmology and the problem of evil; ethical theory and the objectivity of goodness; psychoanalytic thought, self-discovery and virtue; the multi-layered nature of religious discourse; and the relation between faith and evidence.

  • Julia Watkin - God & the Modern World (133 pages)

  • R. J. Hankinson - Cause and Explanation in Ancient Greek Thought (373 pages) R. J. Hankinson traces the history of ancient Greek thinking about causation and explanation, from its earliest beginnings around 600 BC through to the middle of the first millennium of the Christian era. The ancient Greeks were the first Western civilization to subject the ideas of cause and explanation to rigorous and detailed analysis, and to attempt to construct theories about them on the basis of logic and experience. Hankinson examines the ways in which they dealt with questions about how and why things happen as and when they do, about the basic constitution and structure of things, about function and purpose, laws of nature, chance, coincidence, and responsibility. Such diverse questions are unified by the fact that they are all demands for an account of the world that will render it amenable to prediction and control; they are therefore at the root of both philosophical and scientific enquiry. Hankinson draws on a wide range of original sources, in philosophy, natural sciences, medicine, history, and the law, in order to create a synoptic picture of the growth and development of these central concepts in the Graeco-Roman world.

  • Learning from Six Philosophers Volume 1 (356 pages) | Learning from Six Philosophers Volume 2 (340 pages) Jonathan Bennett engages with the thought of six great thinkers of the early modern period: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume. While not neglecting the historical setting of each, his chief focus is on the words they wrote. What problem is being tackled? How exactly is the solution meant to work? Does it succeed? If not, why not? What can we learn from its success or its failure? These questions reflect Bennett's dedication to engaging with philosophy as philosophy, not as museum exhibit, and they require a close and demanding attention to textual details; these being two features that characterize all Bennett's work on early modern philosophy. For newcomers to the early modern scene, this clearly written work is an excellent introduction to it. Those already in the know can learn how to argue with the great philosophers of the past, treating them as colleagues, antagonists, students, teachers. Volume 1: In this volume Jonathan Bennett examines the views of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz on matter and space, the foundations of physics, atomism and alternatives to it, causation, knowledge of necessary truths, how mind relates to body, the nature and significance of human desires, our perception of the material world, and other topics. While exhibiting and celebrating the wonderful breadth, depth and boldness of the thinking of these philosophers, Bennett also tracks them into the details, where the life is, evaluating their doctrines and arguments on their own merits and in relation to current philosophical problems and interests. Volume 2: In this volume Jonathan Bennett examines the views of Locke, Berkeley, and Hume on thought and sensation, meaning, language, classification, innate ideas and knowledge, our knowledge of necessary truths (bringing in Descartes and Leibniz as well), the basis for our belief that we live in a world of material things, causation, the fundamental difference between colours and shapes, the passage of time and our ability to live through it. While finding much to criticize, Bennett shows that we can learn much about these and other topics under the guidance and inspiration of the energy, courage, and insight of the three great British phillosophers.

  • Lee M. Brown - African Philosophy: New and Traditional Perspectives (98 pages) In the last two decades the idea of African Philosophy has undergone significant change and scrutiny. Some critics have maintained that the idea of a system of philosophical thought tied to African traditions is incoherent. In African Philosophy Lee Brown has collected new essays by top scholars in the field that in various ways respond to these criticisms and defend the notion of African Philosophy. The essays address both epistemological and metaphysical issues that are specific to the traditional conceptual languages of sub-Saharan Africa. The primary focus of the collection is on traditional African conceptions of topics like mind, person, personal identity, truth, knowledge, understanding, objectivity, destiny, free will, causation, and reality. The contributors, who include Leke Adeofe, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Lee Brown, Segun Gbadegesin, D.A. Masolo, Albert Mosley, Ifeanyi Menkiti, and Kwasi Wiredu, incorporate concerns from various African philosophical traditions, including Akan, Azande, Bokis, Igno, Luo, and Yoruba. African Philosophy ultimately tries to bring a more rigorous conception of African philosophy into fruitful contact with Western philosophical concerns, specifically in the philosophies of psychology, mind, science, and language, as well as in metaphysics and epistemology. It will appeal to both scholars and students.

Aristotle

Friedrich Nietzsche

  • Thus Spake Zarathustra (232 pages) A 19th-century literary masterpiece, tremendously influential in the arts and in philosophy, uses the Persian religious leader Zarathustra to voice the author’s views, including the introduction of the controversial doctrine of the Übermensch, or "superman," a term later perverted by Nazi propagandists. A passionate, quasi-biblical style is employed to inspire readers to become more than they have been and to transcend the limitations of conventional morality. A provocative work that remains a fixture of college reading lists.

  • The Antichrist (6 pages) Nietzche's "The Anti-Christ" was one of the last books Nietzsche wrote before the onset of his insanity in 1888. Unlike many of Nietzsche's other books, which raise tantalizing questions and examine experience from a variety of angles, some of them contradictory, "The Anti-Christ" is a relatively straightforward presentation of Nietzsche's critique of Christianity. Contrary to what many think, Nietzsche did not advocate the general abolition of Christianity. He thought it served the needs of the majority of people quite well, but believed it had psychologically destructive effects on the minority of people in a society who were most capable of intellectual, artistic, and other achievement.

  • The Birth of Tragedy (76 pages) Philosopher's classic study declares that Greek tragedy achieved greatness through a fusion of elements of Apollonian restraint and control with Dionysian components of passion and the irrational.

  • Beyond Good And Evil (204 pages) Represents Nietzsche's attempt to sum up his philosophy. In nine parts the book is designed to give the reader a comprehensive idea of Nietzche's thought and style.

  • The Use and Abuse of History (60 pages)

 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • Compensation (24 pages)

  • Spiritual Laws (23 pages)

  • The Conduct of Life (85 pages) There are men, who, by their sympathetic attractions, carry nations with them, and lead the activity of the human race. And if there be such a tie, that, wherever the mind of man goes, nature will accompany him, perhaps there are men whose magnetisms are of that force to draw material and elemental powers, and, where they appear, immense instrumentalities organize around them. Life is a search after power.

  • The Early Poems (103 pages) (Alphonso of Castile, The Amulet, The Apology, Astraea, Bacchus, Berrying, Blight, Compensation, The Day's Ration, Dirge, Each and All, Earth-Song, To Ellen, at the South, Eros, Etienne de la Bodce, To Eva, Fable, Fate, Forbearance, The Forerunners, From the Persian of Hafiz - 1, From the Persian of Hafiz - 2, Give All to Love, Good-By, Guy, Hamatreya, Hermione, Holidays, The House, The Humblebee, Hymn, To J.W., Loss and Gain, Merlin, Merops, Mithridates, Monadnoc, Musketaquid, Ode, Ode Inscribed to William H. Channing, Ode to Beauty, Painting and Sculpture, The Park, The Problem, To Rhea, The Rhodora, Saadi, The Snow-Storm, The Sphynx, Sursum Corda, Suum Cuique, Tact. Threnody, Uriel, The Visit, Wood Notes - 1. Wood Notes - 2, The World-Soul, Xenophanes)

  • English Traits An extremely readable survey of the national characteristics, manners and cultural achievements of the English people, written by America's greatest essayist. Contains: First Visit to England, Voyage to England, Land, Race, Ability, Manners, Truth, Character, Cockayne, Wealth, Aristocracy, Universities, Religion, Literature, The Times, Stonehenge, Personal, Result, Speech at Manchester, and a rather brusque final essay in reflection on the national character.

  • Essays (Art, Character, Circles, Compensation, Experience, Friendship, Gifts, Heroism, History Repeats Itself, Intellect, Love, Manners, Nature, Nominalist and Realist, The Over-Soul, The Poet, Politics, Prudence, Self-Reliance, Spiritual Laws)

  • Essays from the Dial (Agriculture of Massachusetts, America; An Ode and Other Poems, Ancient Spanish Ballads, Historical and Romantic, Antislavery Poems, The Bible in Spain, Chardon Street and Bible Conventions, Confessions of St. Augustine, The Dream of a Day and Other Poems, English Reformers, Essays and Poems (Critique), Europe and European Books Fourierism and the Socialists, Glory, Harvard University, The Huguenots in France and America, Intelligence, Letter to Rev. Wm E. Channing, D.D., A Letter, Literary Intelligence, Michael Angelo, Considered as a Philosophic Poet, New Poetry, Paracelsus, Past and Present, Poems By Tennyson, Poems by William Ellery Channing, Prayers, The Senses and the Soul, Social Destiny of Man; or Association and Reorganization of Industry, Sonnets and Other Poems, The Spanish Student; A Play in Three Acts, Tecumseh; a Poem, Thoughts on Modern Literature, The Tragic Transcendentalism, Two Years Before the Mast; A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea, Walter Savage Landor, The Zincali; or An Account of the Gypsies of Spain)

 

Stephen Hawking

  • A Brief History Of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes (101 pages) Stephen Hawking has earned a reputation as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. In this landmark volume, Professor Hawking shares his blazing intellect with nonscientists everywhere, guiding us expertly to confront the supreme questions of the nature of time and the universe. Was there a beginning of time? Will there be an end? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? From Galileo and Newton to modern astrophysics, from the breathtakingly cast to the extraordinarily tiny, Professor Hawking leads us on an exhilarating journey to distant galaxies, black holes, alternate dimensions--as close as man has ever ventured to the mind of God. From the vantage point of the wheelchair from which he has spent more than twenty years trapped by Lou Gehrig's disease, Stephen Hawking has transformed our view of the universe. Cogently explained, passionately revealed, A Brief History of Time is the story of the ultimate quest for knowledge: the ongoing search for the tantalizing secrets at the heart of time and space.

  • Space and Time Warps (6 pages) Public lecture by Hawking

  • The Nature Of Space And Time  (61 pages) This volume contains a series of lectures delivered in 1994 by Hawking (A Brief History of Time) and Penrose (The Emperor's New Mind), renowned professors at Cambridge and Oxford, respectively. The overall topic is how mathematical physics might best represent the realities of the universe. The lectures assume a rather sophisticated knowledge of physics and mathematics. The authors present alternative views on approaching a formulation that fully accommodates both quantum and gravitational (general relativity) theories in physics. One question, for example, is whether parameters in a quantum description of matter can have definite ("real") values before they are measured. The issues extend to cosmological implications and have intriguing philosophical as well as technical aspects. Although well done, the treatment in this book is not for the general reader.

 

Strategy

  • Book of Five Rings by Musashi (34 pages) The Book of Five Rings is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Written not only for martial artists but for anyone who wants to apply the timeless principles of this text to their life, the book analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction. The Book of Five Rings was composed in 1643 by the famed duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi. Thomas Cleary’s translation is immediately accessible, with an introduction that presents the spiritual background of the warrior tradition. Along with Musashi’s text, Cleary translates here another important Japanese classic on leadership and strategy, The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War by Yagyu Munenori, which highlights the ethical and spiritual insights of Taoism and Zen as they apply to the way of the warrior.

  • The Art of War Sun Tzu Translated by Lionel Giles (43 pages) The ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu is universally recognized as the greatest military strategist in history, a master of warfare interpretation. The Art of War is the Swiss army knife of military theory--pop out a different tool for any situation, views on resourcefulness, momentum, cunning, the profit motive, flexibility, integrity, secrecy, speed, positioning, surprise, deception, manipulation, responsibility, and practicality. The Art of War by Sun Tzu pretty much the same translation with above with a different layout. The Art of War Sun Tzu Bing-fa, another translation.

  • The Prince by Nicolo Machiavelli The seminal tract on politics, warfare, and society. For over 100 years, The Prince has been the "How to" guide for would-be conquerors. When Lorenzo de' Medici seized control of the Florentine Republic in 1512, he summarily fired the Secretary to the Second Chancery of the Signoria and set in motion a fundamental change in the way we think about politics. The person who held the aforementioned office with the tongue-twisting title was none other than Niccolò Machiavelli, who, suddenly finding himself out of a job after 14 years of patriotic service, followed the career trajectory of many modern politicians into punditry. Unable to become an on-air political analyst for a television network, he only wrote a book. But what a book The Prince is. Its essential contribution to modern political thought lies in Machiavelli's assertion of the then revolutionary idea that theological and moral imperatives have no place in the political arena. "It must be understood," Machiavelli avers, "that a prince ... cannot observe all of those virtues for which men are reputed good, because it is often necessary to act against mercy, against faith, against humanity, against frankness, against religion, in order to preserve the state." With just a little imagination, readers can discern parallels between a 16th-century principality and a 20th-century presidency. Machiavelli Prince Another version and format for the above

  • Psychopolitics (41 pages)   @100cr This is the shocking psychopolitics manual Soviet Art of Brainwashing - A Synthesis of the Russian Textbook on Psychopolitics (1995) which contains the detailed instructions on how the science of psychopolitics can destabilize the entire nation and eventually bring it to fall. Perhaps Communism is now dead and poses no threat to anymore but the deadly philosophies and science which was developed during its existence is still very much around us. One of such geostrategic sciences is undoubtly psychopolitics or the science of massively governing others' thoughts, emotions, etc. While the Soviets were listening to everyday party propaganda messages, the secret party schools prepared special courses for a select few to be indoctrinated in the knowledge of control of the masses. Find out what they were taught about and how you can use the same knowledge to expand your immune system so it can act as a shield against those deadly methods. A must read for everyone.

  • Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. It is symbolic that Adam Smith’s masterpiece of economic analysis, The Wealth of Nations, was first published in 1776, the same year as the Declaration of Independence. In his book, Smith fervently extolled the simple yet enlightened notion that individuals are fully capable of setting and regulating prices for their own goods and services. He argued passionately in favor of free trade, yet stood up for the little guy. The Wealth of Nations provided the first--and still the most eloquent--integrated description of the workings of a market economy. The result of Smith’s efforts is a witty, highly readable work of genius filled with prescient theories that form the basis of a thriving capitalist system. This unabridged edition offers the modern reader a fresh look at a timeless and seminal work that revolutionized the way governments and individuals view the creation and dispersion of wealth--and that continues to influence our economy right up to the present day.

  • [ recommended ] Robert Greene - The 48 Laws of Power @300cr (476 pages) synopsis Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills three thousand years of the history of power in to forty-eight well explicated laws. As attention--grabbing in its design as it is in its content, this bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun-tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other great thinkers. Some laws teach the need for prudence ("Law 1: Never Outshine the Master"), the virtue of stealth ("Law 3: Conceal Your Intentions"), and many demand the total absence of mercy ("Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally"), but like it or not, all have applications in real life. Illustrated through the tactics of Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, P. T. Barnum, and other famous figures who have wielded--or been victimized by--power, these laws will fascinate any reader interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.

  • Army Research Institute - Combat Leaders' Guide (229 pages) The Combat Leaders' Guide is both an extract of doctrinal publications and a compilation of tactics, techniques and procedures. It is principally designed as a pocket reference and memory-jogger for infantry combat leaders.

  • Night Combat (72 pages) The material for this study includes principles of Night Combat, Russian and German's night combat method, and training.

  • The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading by Ian Rowland (239 pages) @200cr A comprehensive guide to the most persuasive psychological manipulation technique in the world and its application to psychic readings.

  • [ recommended ] @300 Robert Greene - The 33 Strategies Of War: Part 1 (127MB zipped MP3s, duration: 4 hours 50 minutes)| Robert Greene - The 33 Strategies Of War: Part 2 (136MB zipped MP3s, duration: 5 hours 12 minutes) Spanning world civilizations, synthesizing dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts and thousands of years of violent conflict, The 33 Strategies of War is a comprehensive guide to the subtle social games of everyday life, informed by the most ingenious and effective military principles in war. Structured in Greene's trademark style, The 33 Strategies of War is the I Ching of conflict, the contemporary companion to Sun Tzu's The Art of War.

    Abundantly illustrated with examples from history, including the folly and genius of everyone from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher, Shaka the Zulu to Lord Nelson, Hannibal to Ulysses S. Grant, as well as movie moguls, Samurai swordsmen, and diplomats, each of the 33 chapters outlines a strategy that will help you win life's wars. Learn the offensive strategies that require you to maintain the initiative and negotiate from a position of strength, or the defensive strategies designed to help you respond to dangerous situations and avoid unwinnable wars.

    The great warriors of battlefields and drawing rooms alike demonstrate prudence, agility, balance, and calm - and a keen understanding that the rational, resourceful, and intuitive always defeat the panicked, the uncreative, and the stupid. An indispensable guide, The 33 Strategies of War provides all the psychological ammunition you will need to overcome patterns of failure and forever gain the upper hand.

  • Thomas Cleary - The Book of Leadership & Strategy: Lessons of the Chinese Masters (83.9MB zipped MP3s) The subtle arts of management and leadership have been developed over thousands of years by the Chinese. The Book of Leadership and Strategy represents the Taoist culmination of this long tradition and is one of the most prestigious works of ancient Chinese thought. Collected here are insightful teachings on the challenges of leadership on all levels, from organizational management to political statecraft. The translator, Thomas Cleary, has chosen and arranged these teachings to emphasize the most valuable lessons of Taoist wisdom for modern Western readers. Like Cleary's best-selling translation of The Art of War by Sun Tzu, this work will serve as an enlightening guide for people in business, politics, and government.

 

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