18 books like La Poetica
The book of the damned
The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1919). Dealing with various types of anomalous phenomena including UFOs, strange falls of both organic and inorganic materials from the sky, odd weather patterns, the possible existence of creatures generally held to be mythological, disappearances of people under strange circumstances, and…
Shares: Meteorology, Astronomy, Science
Nicomachean Ethics
An detailed examination of what the best life might be for human beings. In order to anwer this question, Aristotle finds he also has to examine what virtue itself is and all of the various virtues that might make up the best life.
Shares: Aristotle, Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
De caelo
Page one of Aristotle's ''On the Heavens'', from an edition published in 1837
Shares: Astronomy, Early works to 1800, Science, Philosophy
The atmosphere
For Introduction to Meteorology, Introduction to Weather and Climate, and Introduction to the Atmosphere courses in the departments of Geography, Physical Sciences, Meteorology, Earth Sciences, Geology, and Physics.
Shares: Meteorology, Science
Prose
Prose is language that is natural or normal in structure: following the spontaneous flow of conversational speech, without any perfectly regular rhythm; containing ordinary grammar patterns; or, in writing, aligning to typical conventions and formatting. It thus can range in its exact medium from informal everyday speaking to formal academic writing. Prose differs most notably from poetry, which…
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Lives
Character studies comparing statesmen and generals of pre-Christian Greece and Rome.
Shares: Philosophers, Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
Meine Weltansicht
Shares: Metaphysics, Science, Philosophy
De anima
For the Pre-Socratic philosophers the soul was the source of movement and sensation, while for Plato it was the seat of being, metaphysically distinct from the body that it was forced temporarily to inhabit. Plato's student Aristotle was determined to test the truth of both these beliefs against the emerging sciences of logic and biology. His examination of the huge variety of living organisms -…
Shares: Aristotle, Early works to 1800, Psychology
Memorabilia
The Memorabilia Xenophon - An essential text for understanding Socrates, Xenophon's Memorabilia is the compelling tribute of an affectionate student to his teacher, providing a rare firsthand account of Socrates' life and philosophy. The Memorabilia is invaluable both as a work of philosophy in its own right and as a complement to the study of Plato's dialogues. The longest of Xenophon's four…
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Gli eroici furori
The second part of The Heroic Enthusiasts which I am now sending to the press is on the same subject as the first, namely the struggles of the soul in its upward progress towards purification and freedom, and the author makes use of lower things to picture and suggest the higher. It is interesting to note that in the first part of The Heroic Enthusiasts (page 122), Bruno makes a distinct allusion…
Shares: Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
Oeuvres de Descartes
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: Philosophers, Early works to 1800, Science, Philosophy
Γοργίας
There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato. This is because his writings have set the schema that philosophy can be said to have followed ever since. Following under the teachings of Socrates, Plato's works are among the world's greatest literature. In the Gorgias, as in nearly all the other dialogues of Plato, we are made aware that formal logic has…
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration after defying his ALS diagnosis at age twenty-one. He is known for both his breakthroughs in theoretical physics as well as his ability to make complex concepts accessible for all, and was beloved for his mischievous sense of humor. At the time of his death, Hawking was working on a final project:…
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Self-knowledge
published 1813. covered in brown (leather or paper?) Hardbound, abt 51/2 by 31/2" written in old fashioned type; f's look like s's
Shares: Ethics, Early works to 1800, Psychology
The Universe
A readable introduction to scientific facts about the earth, the solar system, and the universe.
Shares: Astronomy, Science
An inquiry into the original of our ideas of beauty and virtue
"The Inquiry was written as a critical response to the work of Bernard Mandeville and as a defense of the ideas of Anthony Ashley Cooper, Lord Shaftesbury. It consists of two treatises exploring our aesthetic and our moral abilities. The first treatise argues that human beings possess a natural internal sense of beauty, whereas the second focuses on the "moral sense" that enables us to…
Shares: Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
The common sense of science
Discusses science as a characteristic part of human activity and as an effort to render the world predictable.
Shares: Science, Philosophy
Moralia
The Moralia of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an eclectic collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They provide insights into Roman and Greek life, but often are also timeless observations in their own right.
Shares: Ethics, Early works to 1800, Science, Philosophy