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Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays

Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays

by Bertrand Russell

The aspects of Bertrand Russell views on philosophy cover the changing viewpoints of philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), from his early writings in 1896 until his death in February 1970. Bertrand Arthur William Russell was a British nobleman, philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, and social critic. At various p..

Common Sense

Common Sense

by Thomas Paine

One of the most influential works in the history of Politics, Common Sense has ignited and created the need for freedom in Thirteen British Colonies. Though it was published anonymously initially, this book has the credit of highest number of copies read in the history of American publishing. Most important aspect of this book was the writing st..

The Collector

The Collector

by Henry T. Tuckerman

The Collector is a collection of essays written by the American essayist Henry Theodore Tuckerman, whose sympathetic and delicate criticism is reflected in all his prose and verse.  Some of his notable works are A Month in England , The Italian Sketch Book , The Life of John Pendleton Kennedy , Characteristics of Literature , The Life of Silas..

A Modest Proposal

A Modest Proposal

by Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal is written by Jonathan Swift, an Anglo-Irish writer, satirist and political pamphleteer. This most controversial satirical essay was written and published anonymously by the author, when Ireland was in deep trouble and the streets were full of beggars of female genre, who were unable to feed their children. Ireland which was ru..

The Devil's Dictionary

The Devil's Dictionary

by Ambrose Bierce

The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical lexicon, a work of the American journalist Ambrose Bierce, whose literary face include as a short story writer, fabulist, satirist, and literary critic. Among his numerous short stories notable are The Boarded Window, An Inhabitant of Carcosa, The Haunted Valley, A Diagnosis of Death, and An Affair of Outposts...

Essays Of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays Of Ralph Waldo Emerson

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays is the complete collection of essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American essayist, lecturer, and poet. The champion of individualism, who had lead Transcendentalist movement, has published numerous essays and public lectures. The writing of “Nature” made him to excel on par with the then contemporary writers. His most famous essay..

The Essays of George Eliot

The Essays of George Eliot

by Nathan Sheppard

The Essays of George Eliot is a collection of popular essays of the Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans, remembered by her pen name George Eliot. Eliot’s works were reflecting the realism and psychological insight of provincial England.  Nathan Sheppardad, the author of books like Shut up in Paris, Before an audience, and The use of the will ..

Nature

Nature

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Nature" is an essay written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, an American author who was instrumental to the development of transcendentalism. His notable contribution to the literary world as essays and poems include Self-Reliance, Compensation, The Over-Soul and The Rhodora. The Author divides nature into four usages such as Commodity, Beauty, Language..