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Bk 1: Song V: Boethius' Prayer, and section V

In The Consolation of Philosophy

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Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (transl. James) and Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius written in about the year 524 AD. It has been…

A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated

In Aphorisms

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Oscar Wilde

In 1894, Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) published two collections of aphorisms: A Few Maxims For The Instruction Of The Over-Educated, in the Sa…

Introduction

In Leviathan (Books I and II)

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Thomas Hobbes

Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly called Leviathan, is a book written in 1651…

Part 1

In Offences Against One's Self: Paederasty

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Jeremy Bentham

Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He was a political radical and a leading theor…

Introductory

In Principles of Economics, Book 4: The Agents of Production

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Alfred Marshall

Principles of Economics was a leading economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), first published in 1890. Marshall began writing the…

Of Opinion, Knowledge, and Belief

In The Critique of Pure Reason

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Immanuel Kant

The Critique of Pure Reason, first published in 1781 with a second edition in 1787, has been called the most influential and important philo…

Has a Frog a Soul?

In Has a Frog a Soul?

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Thomas H. Huxley and Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Huxley, known as “Darwin’s Bulldog” for his championing and development of Darwinism, was perhaps the most important Victorian biolog…

War in West Virginia

In The Autobiography of Mother Jones

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Mother Jones and Mary Harris Jones

Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones) was a legendary labor organizer. She was a founding member of the International Workers of the World (the I…

Introductory

In The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

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Olaudah Equiano

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, written in 1789, is the autobiography of Olaudah Equiano. It discusses his time sp…

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