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Languages: 17
Works in French and English: 259
Multilingual works: 259
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Cover extracted from the PDF of A Calendar of Wisdom, by Leo Tolstoy, Translated and Edited by Peter Sekirin

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A Calendar of Wisdom, by Leo Tolstoy, Translated and Edited by Peter Sekirin

Leo Tolstoy, translated and edited by Peter Sekirin; attributed source thinkers retained

Tolstoy arranges a year of short readings around love, faith, moral work, death, and the refusal of violence. His own formulations stand beside texts attributed to named authors and traditions.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 377

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A Rulebook for Arguments, by Anthony Weston

Anthony Weston

Anthony Weston breaks argumentation into practical rules: establish reliable premises, choose relevant examples, address objections, and make the path to a conclusion explicit. The book serves both writing and critical evaluation.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 169

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Cover extracted from the PDF of A Short Treatise on the Inner Life, by Frédéric Lenoir, French Edition

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A Short Treatise on the Inner Life, by Frédéric Lenoir, French Edition

Frédéric Lenoir

Frédéric Lenoir begins from a simple proposition: existence is given, living must be learned. He draws from Confucius, Epicurus, Plotinus, Montaigne, Spinoza, and other traditions for practices of self-knowledge, discernment, presence, silence, choice, love, and forgiveness.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 196

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Cover extracted from the PDF of A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues, by André Comte-Sponville, Translated by Catherine Temerson

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A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues, by André Comte-Sponville, Translated by Catherine Temerson

André Comte-Sponville, translated by Catherine Temerson

From politeness to love, André Comte-Sponville examines eighteen virtues as concrete powers of willing and acting. Catherine Temerson’s English translation follows an ethics that seeks to understand fidelity, prudence, justice, humour, and gentleness instead of compiling a catalogue of vices.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 1,112

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Cover extracted from the PDF of Being-Time: Reflections on the Time of Consciousness, by André Comte-Sponville, French Edition

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Being-Time: Reflections on the Time of Consciousness, by André Comte-Sponville, French Edition

André Comte-Sponville

Developed from a lecture for physicists, this essay advances a precise thesis: only the present exists, yet the present is not a durationless instant. André Comte-Sponville confronts conscious time with the time of the world in order to connect metaphysics, memory, and the conduct of life.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 177

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Cover of another edition of Discourses of Epictetus: Excerpt, Recorded by Arrian

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Discourses of Epictetus: Excerpt, Recorded by Arrian

Epictetus, recorded by Arrian

In this selection from the Discourses recorded by Arrian, Epictetus examines what lies within our power, the use of appearances, and the true measure of progress. Pressing questions, objections, and concrete examples give the teaching its oral force.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 17

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Fear of Blushing in the Social Anxiety Spectrum, a Coauthored StudyAntoine Pelissolo, Albert Moukheiber, Corine Lobjoie, Jean Valla, and Simon Lambrey

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Fear of Blushing in the Social Anxiety Spectrum, a Coauthored Study

Antoine Pelissolo, Albert Moukheiber, Corine Lobjoie, Jean Valla, and Simon Lambrey

This coauthored clinical study asks whether fear of blushing forms a distinct profile within social-anxiety disorders and symptoms.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 29

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Cover extracted from the PDF of Happiness: A Philosopher’s Guide, by Frédéric Lenoir, Translated by Andrew Brown

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Happiness: A Philosopher’s Guide, by Frédéric Lenoir, Translated by Andrew Brown

Frédéric Lenoir, translated by Andrew Brown

Frédéric Lenoir carries the question of happiness among Aristotle, Epicurus, Socrates, Jesus, Kant, Schopenhauer, the Buddha, Epictetus, Montaigne, and Spinoza. Andrew Brown’s translation combines pleasure, meaning, attention, relationships, and joy without reducing them to one recipe.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 754

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Cover extracted from the PDF of Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics, by A. A. Long

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Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics, by A. A. Long

A. A. Long

A. A. Long offers a critical introduction to Stoics, Epicureans, and Sceptics, from the death of Alexander to the end of the Roman Republic. He compares their ideas and methods while showing how heavily their reconstruction depends on fragmentary and uneven evidence.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 548

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How Jesus Became God, by Frédéric Lenoir, French Edition

Frédéric Lenoir

Frédéric Lenoir traces changing interpretations of Jesus from first-century testimony to controversies that produced conciliar formulas. He distinguishes the Jewish preacher, the titles given by his followers, and the gradual definition of his relation to God.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 421

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Editorial illustration of La Pensée de l’Humanité (Path of Life), by Leo Tolstoy, translated from Russian into French by E. Halpérine-Kaminsky

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La Pensée de l’Humanité (Path of Life), by Leo Tolstoy, translated from Russian into French by E. Halpérine-Kaminsky

Léon Tolstoï, traduit par E. Halpérine-Kaminsky; penseurs sources attribués conservés

In this work composed near the end of his life, Tolstoy brings together his own reflections and thoughts attributed to other authors. Thirty chapters organize this material around questions such as God, the soul, love, violence, conscience, moral effort, suffering, and death.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 390

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Leaders Eat Last, by Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek

Sinek describes teams whose leaders protect people rather than their own rank. His “Circle of Safety” frames trust, cooperation, and the cost of targets that distance executives from the work people do.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 482

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Cover of another edition of Leo Tolstoy’s Thoughtful Wisdom for Every Day, Selected, Translated, and Compiled by Peter Sekirin

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Leo Tolstoy’s Thoughtful Wisdom for Every Day, Selected, Translated, and Compiled by Peter Sekirin

Leo Tolstoy; selected, translated and compiled by Peter Sekirin; attributed source thinkers retained

This English volume organizes daily readings around themes such as faith, love, pride, truth, effort, and death. Peter Sekirin selected, translated, and compiled it. Some sayings carry an explicit attribution, while others appear without a named author.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 394

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Cover of another edition of Life, the Universe and Everything, by Douglas Adams

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Life, the Universe and Everything, by Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

The third novel sends Arthur Dent back into a cosmic adventure in which the answer 42 still fails to resolve the original problem.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 197

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L’Alchimiste, by Paulo Coelho, translated into French by Jean Orecchioni

Paulo Coelho; traduit par Jean Orecchioni

The shepherd Santiago’s journey turns a search for treasure into an apprenticeship in reading signs, making choices, and remaining faithful to his desire.

Languages: French · English · portuguese
Indexed excerpts: 396

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Mind and Cosmos, by Thomas Nagel

Thomas Nagel

Thomas Nagel challenges the claim that a materialist neo-Darwinian account can fully explain consciousness, reason, and value. Without adopting theism, he explores whether mind and teleology belong to the fundamental structure of nature.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 212

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Mostly Harmless, by Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

The fifth novel returns to Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, and those around them in a universe of competing versions.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 231

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Musonius Rufus: Lectures & Sayings, Revised Edition, Translated by Cynthia King

Musonius Rufus, translated by Cynthia King

This revised 2011 edition presents Cynthia King’s English translation of the lectures and sayings of Musonius Rufus. These texts test philosophy against food, clothing, marriage, women’s education, pain, and self-control.

Languages: French · English
Indexed excerpts: 159

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