18 books like Natural religion
The languages of the world
An excellent overview of how all the world's main languages interconnect where they do. It also gives samples of the language with translation for a large number of languages.
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Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Through dialogue, three fictional characters named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God's existence. While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply in opinion on God's nature or attributes and how, or if, humankind can come to knowledge of a deity.
In the Dialogues,…
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Essays and treatises on several subjects
Essays and treatises: on several subjects. By David Hume, Esq; In four volumes. ... [pt.3], David Hume. Essays and treatises: on several subjects. By David Hume, Esq; In four volumes. ... Hume, David, 1711-1776. A new edition. 4v. ; 12⁰. London : printed for A. Millar; and A. Kincaid and A. Donaldson, at Edinburgh, 1760. Reproduction of original from the British Library. English Short Title…
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Tractatus logico-philosophicus
Wittgenstein's book about the problems of language and his attempt of describing the world and an philosophical accurate and most of all logical language.
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Κρατύλος
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Language, thought, and reality
Writings by the pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf, including his famous work on the Hopi language as well as general reflections on language and meaning.
The pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf (1897–1941) grasped the relationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape our innermost thoughts. His basic thesis is that our perception of the world and our ways of…
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Language
An expert, accessible study, this book asks and answers fundamental questions about how language works, its regional variations, and its cultural and historical roles. The author relates linguistic issues to a broad spectrum of other areas, including the part played by language in the nature of thought and in artistic expression. No finer introduction to the subject exists, and this work's direct…
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Primitive culture
Edward Burnett Tylor (1832–1917) was an English anthropologist who is widely considered the founder of anthropology as a scientific discipline. He was the first Professor of Anthropology at the University of Oxford from 1896 to 1909, and developed a broad definition of culture which is still used by scholars. First published in 1871, this classic work explains Tylor's idea of cultural evolution…
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Physico-theology
With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world.
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Philosophie der symbolischen Formen
Ernst Cassirer war ein deutscher Philosoph. Ausgebildet in der neokantianischen Marburger Schule, folgte er zunächst seinem Mentor Hermann Cohen in dem Versuch, eine idealistische Wissenschaftsphilosophie darzustellen. Nach Cohens Tod im Jahr 1918 entwickelte Cassirer eine Theorie des Symbolismus und nutzte sie, um die Phänomenologie des Wissens zu einer allgemeineren Philosophie der Kultur zu…
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A treatise of human nature
The eighteenth-century Scottish philosopher's classic work on human understanding and morals.
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Adroddiad gan Arolygwyr ei MawrhydiGreat Britain. Welsh Office. Education Department. Inspectorate.
Adroddiad gan Arolygwyr ei Mawrhydi
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De mysteriis
The third century philosopher Iamblichus of Chalcis was a major figure in the school of Neoplatonism and the founder of its Syrian branch. He was also a notable biographer of the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras. Aside from Iamblichus’ own philosophical contribution, the ‘Protrepticus’ is of importance for the study of the Sophists, owing to its preservation of several pages of an…
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The religion of ancient Scandinavia
The ninth and tenth centuries were a period of new development and great changes within the Scandinavian countries. The Viking expeditions brought a large part of the population into direct contact with war and battle, while the former petty kings disappeared, or lost most of their importance, before strong rulers like Gorm in Denmark or Harald in Norway. In the courts of these new sovereigns…
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Self-help
Self-Help; With Illustrations of Character and Conduct is a book published in 1859 by Samuel Smiles. The second edition of 1866 added Perseverance to the subtitle. It has been called "the bible of mid-Victorian liberalism".M. J. Cohen and John Major (eds.), History in Quotations (London: Cassell, 2004), p. 611. Darwin biographer Janet Browne called it "the bible of the improving middle classes,"…
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Völkerpsychologie
Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt (1832 – 1920) è stato uno psicologo, fisiologo e filosofo tedesco. Secondo Blumenthal "È divenuto per la storia della psicologia 'il padre fondatore' della disciplina, grazie al suo contributo teorico e sperimentale".Wundt era convinto che i contenuti psichici sono realtà complesse che possono però essere scomposti nelle unità più semplici che li costituiscono…
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The One Year Bible ESV
Today's #1–Selling Daily Reading BibleMillions of people have benefited from reading through God's Word by using The One Year Bible. This bestselling Bible divides the text into 365 short sections, making it easy for users to read all of Scripture in one unforgettable year—in as little as 15 minutes a day! This edition of The One Year Bible features the full text of the English Standard…
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The One Year Bible NLT
A fresh new look makes this Bible all the more appealing as it guides readersthrough God's Word with daily readings from the Old Testament, New Testament, Psalms, and Proverbs.
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