Philosophy
The Journal of John Woolman
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John Woolman
John Woolman was born at Northampton, N. J., in 1720, and died at York, England, in 1772. He was the child of Quaker parents, and from his y…
Echoes of Love’s House
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William Morris
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of Echoes of Love’s House by William Morris. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 9th,…
Human Sacrifice
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John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
This was one of Lord Acton's essays, that was in response to the publication of the letters between Sir Robert Peel and Lord Macaulay. Lord…
The Privilege of Pain
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Caroline Kane Mills Everett
We have seen that as mankind rises in the scale of civilization the body becomes increasingly less important. Nevertheless, I wish it to be …
Mardi
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Herman Melville
Mardi is Melville's first purely fictional work. In it he contemplates man's beliefs, and questions whether or not one faith has value over …
Essays in Experimental Logic
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John Dewey
In this early collection of formative essays, acclaimed American philosopher John Dewey argues that the idealistic, realistic, and analytic …
The Brilliant Proof
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Mírzá Abu’L-Fadl Gulpáygání
“In these days,” writes the renowned Bahá’í scholar, Mírzá Abu’l-Fadl, “which are the latter days of 1911, A. D.…
A Bird in a Gilded Cage
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Arthur J. Lamb
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A Bird in a Gilded Cage by Arthur J. Lamb. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 2, …
Selected Works
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Voltairine De Cleyre
Voltairine de Cleyre was an American anarchist. She was skilled in many subjects and wrote essays, poems, letters, sketches, stories and spe…
The Mystery
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of The Mystery by Paul Laurence Dunbar. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 12, 2012,P…
Born Again
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Alfred Lawson
"I doubt that anyone who reads [Born Again] will ever forget it: it is quite singularly bad, with long indigestible rants against the e…
Forgiveness
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John Greenleaf Whittier
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Forgiveness by John Greenleaf Whittier. This was the Weekly Poetry project for June 2, 2013.W…
American Philosophy Collection
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Various
This recording is the second in an ongoing series of collections highlighting foundational articles in early 20th Century American philosoph…
The Coming People
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Charles F. Dole
Dole briefly sketches the history of life, and shows how it has a definite direction - toward the survival of the kind and gentle people. It…
Reincarnation
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Théophile Pascal
Dr. Pascal brings us the Theosophic knowledge to reincarnation. He discusses four main topics: 1). The Soul and the Bodies, 2). Reincarnat…
Vairagya Shatakam
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Bhartṛhari
Vairagya Shatakam is one of the best books that gives the true picture of Renunciation. The book talks on how a common man gets lured by the…
Past Days
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Anne Brontë
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Past Days by Emily Brontë . This was the Weekly Poetry project for November 28th, 2010An…
Not Yet my Soul
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Robert Louis Stevenson
LibriVox volunteers bring you 15 recordings of Not Yet my Soul by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for May 19…
The Prophet
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Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet is the best known work of Khalil Gibran, also known as Kahlil Gibran, a Lebanese American poet and artist.The poetic prose of Th…