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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

by David Hume

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical dialogue by the Scottish philosopher David Hume, during end of his life. The nature of God’s existence is being debated by three philosophers Demea, Philo and Cleanthes along with Pamphilus, a young man. Though there are scholarly debates about the three philosophers Hume mentions, howe..

Pragmatism

by William James

Pragmatism is a series of lectures by William James, who is often referred as “Father of American Psychology”. Pragmatism is a philosophical tradition evolved in the later decades of 18th century by the three most important philosophers including the author himself along with John Dewey and Charles Sanders Peirce. Pragmatists contend that most phil..

The Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

by A. D. Lindsay

Forward There is a story that Schopenhauer used to begin his lectures on Kant by saying: "Let no one tell you what is contained in the Critique of Pure Reason." The writer of this little book hopes that no one will imagine that he has disregarded this warning. There are no short-cuts to the understanding of a great philosopher, and the..

Eureka - A Prose Poem

by Edgar Allan Poe

Eureka is a lengthy non-fiction work by American author Edgar Allan Poe which he subtitled "A Prose Poem", though it has also been subtitled as "An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe". Adapted from a lecture he had presented, Eureka describes Poe's intuitive conception of the nature of the universe with no antecedent scientific work done ..

Symbolic Logic

by Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll presents a delightfully light-hearted approach to predicate logic, in illustrating the very principles of logic that underly even the furthest reaches of mathematical practice. In many ways, a fascinating book, though I do admit I didn't actually do all of the exercises and quite a lot of the stuff was already known to me, I still enj..

The Kama Sutra

by Vatsyayana

One of the most widely read ancient Indian literature, Vatsyayana's The Kama Sutra is a prose work and definitive guide to understanding the purpose of life (Karma) and living virtuous and gracious life. Ironically the title of the book has become a synonym for sexual positions, though the original work did not contain any illustrations. It i..

Anticipations

by H. G. Wells

H.G. Wells, one of the self claimed social prophets expressed his thoughts on the effects of scientific advancement in human lives, which changed the way the business and life getting moved without the right disintegrating elements. He also foresee the present form of democracy can not lead the society to acceptable change and a new republic could ..

The Discovery of the Future