Education
The Vocation of the Scholar
The Vocation of the Scholar presents a series of profound lectures by Johann Gottlieb Fichte, a pivotal figure in German idealism. Delivered…
History of England
A simple history of England written principally with words of one syllable. Books of these kind, I understand, are helpful for both beginnin…
Home Education
In proposing these lectures, my original notion was to popularize and amplify the valuable educational hints contained in some two or three …
The Secrets of the Italian Language
Have YOU ever wanted to listen to real Italian, read it and understand it? How can YOU understand Italian even if YOU are an absolute beginn…
Home Geography for Primary Grades
Lessons and exercises for young children, exploring map and compass, mountains and rivers, trees and flowers, wind and rain, and more. (Summ…
In the School Room
In the first place, teaching is not simply telling. A class may be told a thing twenty times over, and yet not know it. Talking to a class i…
Criminal Investigation
Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on …
Principles of Chemical Science
5.112 is an introductory chemistry course for students with an unusually strong background in chemistry. Knowledge of calculus equivalent to…
A Dictionary of English Synonymes
A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions, Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseolog…
Piano and Song
Piano and Song by Friedrich Wieck offers a unique blend of conversation and instruction, making it an engaging resource for anyone intereste…
Persian Self-Taught
“This volume is primarily intended to supply a working and practical knowledge of the Persian language, for the benefit of those who have no…
The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent
In different ways the four essays set forth one theme—the moral use to which intelligence might be put, in rendering our admirations and our…
How to Speak and Write Correctly
This is a 1910 guide for those who wish to learn how to correctly (though maybe not "properly") create sentences, use figures of s…
Institutio Oratoria
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was of Spanish origin, being born about 35 A.D. at Calagurris. At Rome he met with great success as a teacher and…
MITESD.290S05
This subject presents a range of advanced topics in integrated logistics and supply chain management. The course was conducted in a lecture-…
The Prospective Mother
A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy. This book, written for women who have no special knowledge of medicine, aims to answer the questions …
The Spirit Of Education
What is education? It's a term we use every day to describe the process of putting 25 or 30 young souls into a cinder block room and fillin…
Principles of Microeconomics
Instructor: Jon Gruber, 14.01 students
View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/14-01SCF10
This course includes a full set of lecture …
Genetic Studies of Genius
It should go without saying that a nation's resources of intellectual talent are among the most precious it will ever have. The study of the…
On the Future of our Educational Institutions
Nietzsche gives a series of lectures in Bale, Germany on the subject of German educational institutions, and what the best way forward. Sum…