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The Basis Of Morality

Read by Jeffrey Allen Stumpf

Arthur Schopenhauer

In 1837, the Danish Royal Society of Sciences offered a prize to any essayist who could satisfactorily answer the question, "Is the fou…

Animals’ Rights Considered In Relation To Social Progress (Version 2)

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Henry Salt

Published in 1892, this pioneering book presents early philosophical and ethical arguments for the compassionate treatment of animals and cr…

The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya, Volume 1

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Bādarāyaṇaandadi Shankara

The Vedanta Sutras, or Brahma Sutras as they are also known, is a Sanskrit text attributed to the sage Badarayana (also known as Vyasa) writ…

Chapter 28 Carnal death destroys the body limited in space and the consciousnes…

In On Life

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Leo Tolstoy

What is the "good life" for us mortal beings? Two months spent recovering from a severe injury allowed Tolstoy to develop and orga…

Book VI, chapters 1 to 10

In The History of Rome, volume 2

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Titus Livius

The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering th…

The Just Judge

In Zadig or The Book of Fate (Version 2)

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Voltaire

"there is no Evil under the Sun, but some Good proceeds from it:" -- this quote from this novel sums it up. One of Voltaire's most…

Book II, Chapters 34 to 41

In The History of Rome, volume 1

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Titus Livius

The History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) is a history of ancient Rome, written in Latin by Livy (Titus Livius) between 27 and 9 BC, covering th…

Selected excerpts by Thomas Hobbes

In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 18

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Thomas Hobbes

The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…