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A General View of Positivism by Auguste Comte

A General View of Positivism

Auguste Comte · 1880

A Pluralistic Universe by William James

A Pluralistic Universe

William James · 1916

A Voice from the South by Anna Julia Cooper

A Voice from the South

Anna Julia Cooper · 1892

Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis

Arrowsmith

Sinclair Lewis · 1777

Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

Beyond Good and Evil

Friedrich Nietzsche

Candida by George Bernard Shaw

Candida

George Bernard Shaw · 1898

Dangerous Ages by Rose Macaulay

Dangerous Ages

Rose Macaulay · 1921

Dark Princess by W. E. B. Du Bois

Dark Princess

W. E. B. Du Bois · 1928

David Harum by Edward Noyes Westcott

David Harum

Edward Noyes Westcott · 1898

Democracy and Education by John Dewey

Democracy and Education

John Dewey · 1916

Democracy and Social Ethics by Jane Addams

Democracy and Social Ethics

Jane Addams · 1902

Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Demons

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Dialogues by Plato

Dialogues

Plato · 1871

Discourses by Epictetus

Discourses

Epictetus · 1766

Discourses on Livy by Niccolò Machiavelli

Discourses on Livy

Niccolò Machiavelli · 1531

Essays by Errico Malatesta

Essays

Errico Malatesta

Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1841

Fathers and Children by Ivan Turgenev

Fathers and Children

Ivan Turgenev · 1962

Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark by Mary Wollstonecraft

Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark

Mary Wollstonecraft · 1796

Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan

Thomas Hobbes · 1651

Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare

Love’s Labour’s Lost

William Shakespeare · 1598

Magnificent Obsession by Lloyd C. Douglas

Magnificent Obsession

Lloyd C. Douglas · 1929

Marius the Epicurean by Walter Pater

Marius the Epicurean

Walter Pater · 1885

Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius · 1626