Psychology
The Author's Abstract of Melancholy
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Robert Burton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Author's Abstract of Melancholy by Robert Burton. This was the fortnightly poetry project …
The Passing of the Year
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Robert W. Service
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of The Passing of the Year by by Robert W. Service. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for D…
The Major Symptoms of Hysteria
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Pierre Janet
In this series of lectures delivered in English by the author while visiting the USA, Janet summarises the (at the time) cutting edge perspe…
A Study of British Genius
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Havelock Ellis
The psychological and anthropological character of genius in the British Isles was investigated by Ellis. Citing and collating an extensive …
The Man of Genius
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Cesare Lombroso
Famous criminologist, anthropologist, and psychiatrist, Dr Lombroso, investigated the memetic anecdotal belief that genius is associated wit…
The Emotions
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James McCosh and James Mccosh
I am not satisfied with the account which has been given of the feelings and emotions in our books of mental science, and thence transferred…
The psychic life of micro-organisms : a study in experimental psychology
Read by Leon Harvey
Alfred Binet
Described by Binet as a branch of psychology little known, he endeavoured in the following essay upon Micro-organisms, to show that psycholo…
Genetic Studies of Genius, Volume 1: Mental and Physical Traits of a Thousand Gifted Children
Read by Leon Harvey
Lewis Terman
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…
Life of Dorothea Lynde Dix
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Francis Tiffany
A biography of a woman who advocated for the humane treatment of people with mental illness. As a young woman travelling overseas, Dorothea …
Practical Mysticism (Version 2)
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Evelyn Underhill
I write only for the larger class which, repelled by the formidable appearance of more elaborate works on the subject, would yet like to kno…