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The Essence of Buddhism
Duke Classics 2022Although Buddhism has been an important cultural force in the East for thousands of years, the tenets of this religion and belief system were largely unknown throughout much the We...
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The Untroubled Mind
Hall, Herbert J.Duke Classics 2021The notion of finding peace and fulfillment in a simpler way of living seems to be everywhere you look these days, but believe it or not, it's not a new concept. After the Spiritua...
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The Laws of Etiquette : Short Rules and Reflections for Conduct in Society
Gentleman, A.Duke Classics 2022Think etiquette is strictly for the ladies? Think again. In this straightforward volume, men are let in on some of the secrets of proper social behavior. Although it was originally...
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Utilitarianism
Mill, John StuartDuke Classics 2022Utilitarianism is philosopher John Stuart Mill's defense and advocacy of utilitarian ethics. First appearing in three magazine articles, this essay was first gathered into a single...
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Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects
Spencer, HerbertDuke Classics 2021Although philosophers have been pontificating on education and pedagogy since ancient times, Victorian thinker Herbert Spencer's ideas about education proved to be instrumental in...
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Unto This Last
Ruskin, JohnDuke Classics 2022Unto This Last is an essay on economy by John Ruskin, critical of the 18th and 19th century capitalist economists. When first published as four magazine articles in 1860 they were,...
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The Prince
Machiavelli, NiccoloDuke Classics 2022Il Principe (The Prince) is the famous text by Florentine public servant Niccolo Machiavelli, in which he outlines the best strategy by which a prince can acquire, maintain and pro...
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The Critique of Pure Reason
Kant, ImmanuelDuke Classics 2023The Critique of Pure Reason is one of the seminal texts of Western philosophy, and the first of Kant's three Critiques. In it he takes up Hume's argument that cause and effect cann...
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Essays, Second Series
Emerson, Ralph WaldoDuke Classics 2022American essayist, philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) lead Transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century and greatly influenced the later New Thought moveme...
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Psychology and Industrial Efficiency
Munsterberg,HugoDuke Classics 2021Commercial air flight, mass manufacturing, ergonomic design -- many cornerstones of twenty-first century life have been made possible through the study of industrial efficiency and...
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The Ideal Made Real : Or Applied Metaphysics for Beginners
Larson, Christian D.Duke Classics 2021The Ideal Made Real is written by the founding New Thought leader and teacher Christian D. Larson, who was a prolific author of metaphysical and self-help books. His ideas and idea...
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Lectures on the Forces of Matter : And Their Relations to Each Other
Faraday, MichaelDuke Classics 2022Self-taught chemist and scientist Michael Faraday was one of the most prolific and prescient researchers to emerge from England in the nineteenth century. In this captivating colle...
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The Story of My Life : With Her Letters and a Supplementary Account of Her Education
Keller, HelenDuke Classics 2022Helen Keller's autobiography, The Story of My Life, tells of her early life and of her experiences with Annie Sullivan, her teacher and companion. It was first published in 1903. K...
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The Essentials of Spirituality
Adler, FelixDuke Classics 2022The spiritual life depends on self-recollection and detachment from the rush of life; it depends on facing frankly the thought of death; it is signalized, especially, by the identi...
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Architects of Fate : Or, Steps to Success and Power
marden, Orison SwettDuke Classics 2022Architects of Fate, or, Steps to Success and Power, by Orison Swett Marden, is a book of inspiration to character-building, self-culture, to a full and rich manhood and womanhood,...
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The Idea of Progress : An Inquiry Into Its Origin and Growth
Bury, J. B.Duke Classics 2021"We may believe in the doctrine of Progress or we may not, but in either case it is a matter of interest to examine the origins and trace the history of what is now, even should it...
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On the Origin of Species : By Means of Natural Selection
Darwin, CharlesDuke Classics 2024 6. painosDarwin consolidated a lifetime of work in On the Origin of Species, compiling his discoveries from the voyage of the Beagle, his experiments, research and correspondence. He argues...
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The Varieties of Religious Experience : A Study in Human Nature
James, WilliamDuke Classics 2021Harvard psychologist and philosopher William James' The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature explores the nature of religion and, in James' observation, its d...
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The Art and Science of Personal Magnetism
Dumont, Theron Q.Duke Classics 2022Have you ever heard of someone being described as having a "magnetic personality"? Chances are, that person is well aware of his or her unique ability to charm and persuade others...
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Buddha, The Word : The Eightfold Path
Duke Classics 2022Buddha, The Word discusses the teachings of Guatama Buddha. The Four Noble Truths teach that suffering is inherent in life, but that through acknowledging the origins of suffering...