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History of a Literary Radical, and Other Essays
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Randolph Silliman Bourne
A posthumous collection of Bourne's writing from publications such as The Atlantic Monthly and early issues of The New Republic, with a long…
The Free Press
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Hilaire Belloc
I propose to discuss in what follows the evil of the great modern Capitalist Press, its function in vitiating and misinforming opinion and i…
Areopagitica (Version 2)
Read by Thomas A. Copeland
John Milton
The noblest and most extensive defense of freedom of the press in English. Although Milton was sufficiently practical to serve as a censor o…
Origins of Nature
Read by Richard Dawkins, Rowan Williams and Anthony Kenny
Richard Dawkins, Rowan Williams and Anthony Kenny
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A Treatise Of Human Nature, Volume 2
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David Hume
This book, published in two volumes called "books" by the author, is a treatment of everything from the origin of our ideas to how…
Principia Ethica
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George Edward Moore
George Edward Moore, usually known as G. E. Moore, (1873 – 1958) was a distinguished and influential English philosopher. He was, with Bertr…
A Problem in Modern Ethics
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John Addington Symonds
“Society lies under the spell of ancient terrorism and coagulated errors. Science is either wilfully hypocritical or radically misinformed.”…
Educide
Read by S. Lawrence Parrish
S. Lawrence Parrish
Meet Avery Carmichael, student-teacher. This year he's teamed up with Mr. Samuel Petersen, veteran teacher. Avery is about to get an educati…
The Cambridge Book of Poetry for Children
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Kenneth Grahame
A collection of poems, many well-known or by famous writers for children, celebrating the joys of life for children and avoiding the all-too…
Seed Thoughts
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Joseph Caryl
There is a work which few men possess, and which we are assured that no man alive ever ventured to read through. It is in two mighty folios,…
Literary Taste: How to Form It
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Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…
Darwin 200
Read by Richard Dawkins, Richard Harries and Jeremy Paxman
Richard Dawkins, Richard Harries and Jeremy Paxman
University of Oxford Podcasts
Commentaries on the Laws of England. Book 2: Of the Rights of Things.
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William Blackstone
The Commentaries on the Laws of England by Sir William Blackstone, are a prominent and authoritative 18th century dissertation on the common…
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book IV
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John Locke
This is the fourth book of John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding. His book deals with knowledge and probability. He asks how far…
The Analogy of Religion to the Constitution and Course of Nature
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Joseph Butler
Joseph Butler's great work is the Analogy, published in 1736, and from that day read and admired by every highly-cultivated mind. He was ind…
Monologues
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Richard Middleton
This is a collection of 32 highly diverting essays of English author Richard Middleton. Although Middleton is now best remembered for his gh…
Walker's Appeal
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David Walker
The Appeal grabbed readers’ attention in as dramatic a manner as Walker could have possibly imagined. In her book, Maria W. Stewart and the …
Wherein?
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G. Campbell Morgan
These studies in the book of Malachi were delivered as addresses to the students at Mr. Moody’s Bible School in Chicago, and then to my own …
