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- The Spirit of Atheism: An Introduction to Spirituality Without God, by André Comte-Sponville, French Edition André Comte-Sponville · André Comte-Sponville refuses to surrender spirituality to religion or atheism to nihilism. He organizes the inquiry around three questions: religion’s social function, reasons for believing or not believing in God, and the possibility of a wholly immanent spiritual experience. What you will learn
- Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill, 2006 edited digital reproduction Napoleon Hill · This edited digital reproduction of the 1937 English text links desire, planning, decision and persistence to the pursuit of wealth. It presents Hill's claims without independently verifying them. What you will learn
- Perspectives on Our Age: Jacques Ellul Speaks on His Life and Work Jacques Ellul; edited by Willem H. Vanderburg · In interviews edited by Willem H. Vanderburg, Ellul connects his life to his analyses of technology, propaganda, and Christianity. What you will learn
- The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics, edited by Brad Inwood Brad Inwood (editor) · This collection edited by Brad Inwood traces the history of Stoicism and examines the main parts of its system: epistemology, logic, physics, theology, determinism, metaphysics, and ethics. It also studies Stoic influence on medicine, grammar, linguistics, and astronomy, followed by its reception through the early modern period. What you will learn
- 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. What you will learn
- 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. What you will learn
- The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Translated by Michael Chase Pierre Hadot, translated by Michael Chase · Pierre Hadot interprets the Meditations as spiritual exercises rather than a series of isolated aphorisms. In Michael Chase’s English translation, the book develops this reading through the disciplines of assent, desire, and action. What you will learn
- Presentations of Philosophy, by André Comte-Sponville, French Edition André Comte-Sponville · Twelve introductions open philosophy through its problems rather than through a gallery of doctrines. André Comte-Sponville invites readers to think for themselves about morality, politics, love, death, knowledge, freedom, God, and wisdom while drawing on philosophers of the past. What you will learn
- A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues, by André Comte-Sponville, French Edition André Comte-Sponville · André Comte-Sponville moves through eighteen virtues, from politeness to love, asking what makes us capable of acting humanly. Fidelity, prudence, courage, justice, humour, and gentleness are examined through concrete tensions rather than praised as mere words. What you will learn
- 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. What you will learn
- The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, an English Anthology Epictetus · This anthology gathers under Epictetus’ name maxims on governing judgement, independence from fortune, human kinship, and the conduct of social roles. Its memorable form supports reflection but does not replace the argumentative context of the Discourses. What you will learn
- 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. What you will learn
- The Inner Citadel: Introduction to the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, French Edition Pierre Hadot · In this French edition, Pierre Hadot interprets the Meditations as a notebook of Stoic exercises rather than a confession. He explains how Marcus Aurelius trains assent, orders desire, and relates action to the human community. What you will learn
- Philosophy as a Way of Life: Spiritual Exercises from Socrates to Foucault, by Pierre Hadot, Edited with an Introduction by Arnold I. Davidson and Translated by Michael Chase Pierre Hadot, translated by Michael Chase · In this collection, Pierre Hadot distinguishes philosophical discourse from philosophy as lived practice. The essays examine how dialogue, attention, meditation, and the contemplation of nature were meant to transform judgment, conduct, and the perception of the world, from Socrates and the ancient schools to selected Christian and modern adaptations. What you will learn
- 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. What you will learn
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell, German Translation Published by Ullstein George Orwell, German translation · In this German translation, Winston Smith falsifies Party records while trying to preserve a memory and desire of his own. Orwell joins surveillance, permanent war, and impoverished language to portray a power seeking not only obedience but control over what can be thought as real. What you will learn
- The Subversion of Christianity, by Jacques Ellul, translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley Jacques Ellul; translated by Geoffrey W. Bromiley · Ellul examines the contradictions between biblical revelation as he understands it and Christianity’s historical forms, including moralism, sacralization, and political power. What you will learn
- The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons, by Napoleon Hill Napoleon Hill · Hill presents success as the product of definite purpose, planning, cooperation, decision and persistence. His own claims must remain distinct from quotations, poems and reported speech. What you will learn
- 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. What you will learn
- 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. What you will learn
- 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. What you will learn
- 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. What you will learn
- So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, by Douglas Adams Douglas Adams · Arthur Dent returns to an Earth that should have been destroyed and meets Fenchurch, the only other person who senses that something decisive has been forgotten. Douglas Adams turns their inquiry and the dolphins’ disappearance into a comedy about happiness, memory, and explanations that fit too neatly. What you will learn
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams Douglas Adams · Arthur Dent leaves a doomed Earth and discovers a Guide in which absurdity is a survival method. The first novel introduces the answer 42. What you will learn
- The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, by Douglas Adams Douglas Adams · The second novel carries Arthur Dent and his companions toward a restaurant set at the end of time. What you will learn
- Young Zaphod Plays It Safe, by Douglas Adams Douglas Adams · A short Zaphod Beeblebrox adventure placed between the fourth and fifth novels in the anthology. What you will learn