18 books like Dieu et l’État

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Roads to Freedom Bertrand Russell · 1918 · ★ 3.9 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Moderate THE attempt to conceive imaginatively a better ordering of human society than the destructive and cruel chaos in which mankind has hitherto existed is by no means modern: it is at least as old as Plato, whose ``Republic'' set the model for the Utopias of subsequent philosophers. Whoever contemplates the world in the light of an ideal - whether what he seeks be intellect, or art, or love, or… Shares Anarchism and anarchists, Anarchists, Anarchism, Philosophy

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche

The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche · 1909 · 18p · ≈ 36m · Moderate Shares Philosophie, Philosophy with this book.

Culture and religion in some of their relations John Campbell Shairp · 1871 · 197p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Shares Christianity, Religion, Philosophy with this book.

Memoirs of a Revolutionist Peter Kropotkin · 1899 · ★ 4.2 · 502p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Published in Atlantic monthly Sep. 1898-Sep. 1899 under title The autobiography of a revolutionist. Graphic details of Russian conditions and of an eventful life. — A.L.A. Catalog 1904 “Kropotkin’s story is a singularly rich, diversified, and romantic one, and it is attractively told. Nothing more interesting in its way has ever been written than the chapters relating his prison life and… Shares Anarchism and anarchists, Anarchists, Anarchism

Der Antichrist Friedrich Nietzsche · 1895 · ★ 4.1 · 92p · ≈ 3h · Challenging "Here is Friedrich Nietzsche's great masterpiece The Anti-Christ, wherein Nietzsche attacks Christianity as a blight on humanity. This classic is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand Nietzsche and his place within the history of philosophy ..."--Description from www.amazon.com Shares Controversial literature, Christianity, Religion, Philosophy

Julian Fellowes's Belgravia

Julian Fellowes's Belgravia Julian Fellowes · 2017 · ★ 4.4 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The New York Times bestselling novel about scandalous secrets and star-crossed lovers. Watch the new original series Belgravia only on EPIX. On the evening of 15 June 1815, the great and the good of British society have gathered in Brussels at what is to become one of the most tragic parties in history - the Duchess of Richmond's ball. For this is the eve of the Battle of Waterloo, and many of… Shares London

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 Shares Philosophy with this book.

The Thames River Murders

The Thames River Murders Ashley Gardner & Jennifer Ashley · 2015 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate 1818: Captain Lacey is asked by Peter Thompson of the Thames River Police to help him investigate a cold case–the murder of a woman found near the docks Thompson patrols. The investigation was sidelined, considered unsolvable, but Thompson has long wished to find her killer.Captain Lacey joins him in the hunt, entering a part of society that is closed to outsiders. Meanwhile, he must deal with… Shares London

Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti Nicola Sacco · 1928 · 414p · ≈ 13h · Moderate From the Publisher: Electrocuted in 1927 for the murder of two guards in Massachusetts, the Italian-American anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti defied the verdict against them, maintaining their innocence to the end. Whether they were guilty continues to be the subject of debate today. First published in 1928, Sacco and Vanzetti's letters represent one of the great personal documents… Shares Anarchists, Anarchism, Philosophy

Science moderne et l’anarchie Peter Kropotkin · 1901 · 96p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Shares Anarchism and anarchists, Anarchism, Philosophy with this book.

The Shaver's new sermon for the fast day

The Shaver's new sermon for the fast day Pasquin Shaveblock · 1795 · 23p · ≈ 46m · Challenging Shares Atheism, Controversial literature, Christianity with this book.

Pensées Blaise Pascal · 1670 · ★ 4.0 · 297p · ≈ 9h · Challenging "Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and physicist, but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion upon which his reputation now rests. The Pensees is a collection of philosophical fragments, notes and essays in which he explores the contradictions of human nature in psychological, social, metaphysical and, above all,… Shares Controversial literature, Christianity, Religion, Philosophy

Le sacré et le profane Mircea Eliade · 1959 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Famed historian of religion Mircea Eliade observes that even moderns who proclaim themselves residents of a completely profane world are still unconsciously nourished by the memory of the sacred. Eliade traces manifestations of the sacred from primitive to modern times in terms of space, time, nature, and the cosmos. In doing so he shows how the total human experience of the religious man… Shares Philosophie, Religion, Philosophy

Anarchism and Other Essays Emma Goldman · 1910 · ★ 4.1 · 197p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Anarchism asserts the possibility of an organization without discipline, fear, or punishment, and without the pressure of poverty: a new social organism which will make an end to the terrible struggle for the means of existence,--the savage struggle which undermines the finest qualities in man, and ever widens the social abyss. In short, Anarchism strives towards a social organization which will… Shares Anarchism and anarchists, Anarchism, Philosophy

Jesus, Interrupted

Jesus, Interrupted Bart D. Ehrman · 2009 · ★ 4.4 · 292p · ≈ 9h · Moderate The problems with the Bible that New Testament scholar Bart Ehrman discussed in his bestseller *Misquoting Jesus*—and on *The Daily Show* with John Stewart, NPR, and *Dateline NBC*, among others—are expanded upon exponentially in his latest book: *Jesus, Interrupted*. This New York Times bestseller reveals how books in the Bible were actually forged by later authors, and that the New Testament… Shares Controversial literature, Christianity

Le Mythe de l'éternel retour Mircea Eliade · 1949 · ★ 4.2 · 195p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "This founding work of the history of religions, first published in English in 1954, secured the North American reputation of the Romanian emigre-scholar Mircea Eliade (1907-1986). Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no less than half a dozen European languages, Eliade's The Myth of the Eternal Return makes both intelligible and compelling… Shares Philosophie, Christianity, Religion, Philosophy

Guesses at truth Augustus J. C. Hare · 1827 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Challenging Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Shares Christianity, Religion, Philosophy

Saint Francis of Assisi Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1923 · ★ 4.0 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Moderate G.K. Chesterton lends his witty, astute and sardonic prose to the much loved figure of Saint Francis of Assis. Grounding the man behind the myth he states "however wild and romantic his gyrations might appear to many, [Francis] always hung on to reason by one invisible and indestructible hair....The great saint was sane....He was not a mere eccentric because he was always turning towards the… Shares Christianity, Religion, Philosophy

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