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The Nature and Authority of Conscience

Read by John Greenman


Rufus Jones


Rufus Matthew Jones (January 25, 1863 – June 16, 1948) was an American religious leader, writer, magazine editor, philosopher, and college p…

The Service

Read by Phil Schempf


Henry David Thoreau


An essay in three parts written in July 1840. "Human life is his topic, and he views it with an Oriental scope of thought, in which di…

Philosophy

Read by Ciufi Galeazzi


Bertrand Russell


Bertrand Russell was a well known mathematician, philosopher, and author. First published in England under the title "An Outline of Ph…

Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure, and Other Essays

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Edward Carpenter


This publication, by English utopian socialist Edward Carpenter, describes civilisation as a sort of disease with which humanity is afflicte…

Practical Mysticism (Version 2)

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Evelyn Underhill


I write only for the larger class which, repelled by the formidable appearance of more elaborate works on the subject, would yet like to kno…

David Hume and his Influence on Philosophy and Theology

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James Orr


David Hume justly takes rank as the most distinguished member of that brilliant circle of literary men whose names gave such a lustre to the…

Science and the Modern World

Read by Peter Tucker


Alfred North Whitehead


It is fortunate that in the twentieth century, science and philosophy are beginning to be united in the same person as they were in the seve…

Essays Before a Sonata

Read by Edmund Bloxam


Charles Ives


Some philosophical studies in relation to the ideas of Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne. Although the sonata is not explicitly referenced in this…

Der Lärm - Eine Kampfschrift gegen die Geräusche unseres Lebens

Read by Claus Misfeldt


Theodor Lessing


Jeder hat sich wohl schon einmal über lärmende Zeitgenossen geärgert. Der von Mitmenschen verursachte Krach ist seit je her e…

Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress

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Henry Salt


In the book, Salt argues against the idea of speciesism, though the term was not coined for another 76 years.The book also argues against vi…

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