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Mendel's principles of heredity William Bateson · 1902 · 446p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Bateson named the science "genetics" in 1905-1906. This is the first textbook in English on the subject of genetics. Shares: Biological Evolution, Evolution

Climbing Mount Improbable Richard Dawkins · 1996 · ★ 4.1 · 340p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In this book, Richard Dawkins urges us to put aside superstitions and wake up to a universe far more wondrous than those in any myths, by describing the difference between accident and design in evolution. Shares: Biological Evolution, Evolution

Lay sermons, addresses, and reviews Thomas Henry Huxley · 1870 · 378p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Which describes some of the things which were said by Charles Darwin. Author became known as 'Darwin's bulldog' because of his forceful and energetic support for Darwin's theory, especially at the notorious British Association meeting in Oxford in 1860. In fact, Huxley had some reservations about aspects of the theory, especially the element of gradual, continuous progress, but in public he was… Shares: Evolution, Philosophy

Novum organum Francis Bacon · 1620 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Demanding "When The New Organon appeared in 1620, as part of a six-part programme of scientific inquiry entitled 'The Great Renewal of Learning', Francis Bacon was at the high point of his political career, and his ambitious work was groundbreaking in its attempt to give formal philosophical shape to a new and rapidly emerging experimentally based science. Bacon combines theoretical scientific epistemology… Shares: English Philosophy, Motion, Philosophy

Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en los hombres y en los pueblos Miguel de Unamuno · 1900 · ★ 4.1 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Del sentimiento trágico de la vida en los hombres y en los pueblos, conocida usualmente como Del sentimiento trágico de la vida, es uno de los más destacados ensayos filosóficos de Miguel de Unamuno, publicado en 1913. Bajo la influencia de Søren Kierkegaard y de san Ignacio de Loyola, entre otros, quien fuera eximio rector de la Universidad de Salamanca hace una profunda incursión en la… Shares: Philosophy and religion, Philosophy

Gaia James Lovelock · 1979 · ★ 4.1 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Uiteenzetting van de theorie dat de aarde, zee en atmosfeer één groot organisme zijn dat zichzelf door een feedback-mechanisme in stand houdt, en een beoordeling van de huidige 'gezondheidstoestand' van het mechanisme. Shares: Evolution, Philosophy

L'Évolution créatrice Henri Bergson · 1907 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Challenging French philosopher Henri Bergson's Creative Evolution was published in 1907 and translated into English in 1911. Very popular at the time, it gives an alternate mechanism for evolution - that it is motivated by an "elan vital" a vital impetus, also graspable as our natural creative urge. It also looks at Bergson's conception of time, a subjective "duration" (rather than the quantifiable time of a… Shares: Biological Evolution, Evolution, Philosophy

Philosophical essays concerning human understanding David Hume · 1900 · ★ 4.0 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Challenging "Over a series of elegantly written, engaging essays, the Enquiry examines the experiential and psychological sources of meaning and knowledge, the foundations of reasoning about matters that lie beyond the scope of our sensory experience and memory, the nature of belief, and the limitations of our knowledge. The positions Hume takes on these topics have been described as paradigmatically… Shares: English Philosophy, Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy

A treatise of human nature David Hume · 1739 · ★ 4.0 · 324p · ≈ 10h · Demanding The eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher's classic work on human understanding and morals. Shares: English Philosophy, Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy

The Evolution of Man Ernst Haeckel · 1876 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Ernst Haeckel's The Evolution of Man is a bold, richly illustrated exploration of human origins that joins embryology, comparative anatomy, and evolutionary theory in a single sweeping argument. From the fertilized ovum through cleavage, gastrulation, and the formation of the vertebrate body, the book traces development as a living record of ancestry, linking humanity to the broader animal… Shares: Biological Evolution, Evolution

On the origin of species by means of natural selection Charles Darwin · 1859 · ★ 4.0 · 452p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Charles Darwin's seminal work laying the foundations for the principles of evolutionary biology via natural selection, based on evidence that he collected during his expedition on HMS Beagle in the 1830s. Shares: Biological Evolution, Evolution

The fundamental questions of philosophy Ewing, A. C. · 1951 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares: Modern philosophy, Philosophy

Elements of the philosophy of the human mind Dugald Stewart · 1792 · 589p · ≈ 19h · Demanding The HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY & ETHICS collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The works in this collection include expositions and scholarly analyses of philosophy and ethics for the earliest recorded Western religious and secular works. Documents concern prehistoric, medieval, and modern times, with background and historical narratives on Western thought. The… Shares: English Philosophy, Philosophy

Frygt og Bæven Søren Kierkegaard · 1843 · ★ 4.0 · 114p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Frygt og Bæven er et filosofisk værk af Søren Kierkegaard, udgivet 16. oktober 1843 under pseudonymet Johannes de Silentio. Værket er en udvidet meditation over Mosebog 22, også kendt som Isaks binding. Kierkegaard forsøger at forstå Abrahams indre psykologiske tilstand under hans tre og en halv dag lange rejse til Moriah. Teksten forsøger at vise, hvordan det ikke er let at forstå Abrahams… Shares: Modern philosophy, Philosophy

Gjentagelsen Søren Kierkegaard · 1843 · ★ 3.8 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Repetition: A Venture in Experimental Psychology () is an 1843 book of philosophical fiction by Søren Kierkegaard that is semi-autobiographical. The book was written under the pseudonym Constantin Constantius to reflect its theme of repetition, especially of the thesis that repetition is the basis of most forms of happiness. The books narrator explores the question of whether true repetition can… Shares: Modern philosophy, Philosophy

Oeuvres de Descartes René Descartes · 1842 · 12p · ≈ 24m · Challenging 6 Oeuvres de René Descartes Ce livre numérique présente une collection des oeuvres majeures de René Descartes éditées en texte intégral. Une table des matières dynamique permet d'accéder directement aux différentes oeuvres. Liste des oeuvres: Correspondance Discours de la méthode Les méditations Les météores Les passions de l'âme Principes de Philosophie - Préface Shares: Modern philosophy, Philosophy

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 This Excellent Collection brings together Stapledon's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Science-Fiction Books. This Books created and collected in Olaf Stapledon's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art. William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is one of the… Shares: Philosophy

De consolatione philosophiae Boethius · 1483 · ★ 4.1 · 140p · ≈ 4h · Demanding Boethius composed the De Consolatione Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. whilst awaiting death under torture. He had been condemned on a charge of treason which he protested was manifestly unjust. Though a convinced Christian, in detailing the true end of life which is the soul's knowledge of God, he consoled himself not with Christian precepts but with the tenets of Greek philosophy. This… Shares: Philosophy and religion, Philosophy

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