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Minor Dialogues, Together With the Dialogue on Clemency
by Lucius Annaeus SenecaAUBREY STEWART's preface on the book saysI can say little by way of preface to Seneca’s “Minor Dialogues” which I have not already expressed in my preface to “De Beneficiis,” except that the “Minor Dialogues” seem to me to be composed in a gloomier key than either the “De Beneficiis” or “De Clementia,” and probably were written at a time when the a..
Practical Phrenology Simplified
by Theodore FosterThe present volume is designed to exhibit the subject of Practical Phrenology in as clear and as perspicuous a light as its nature will admit. To this purpose the author has aimed to divest it of all extraneous matter, and at the same time to avoid all unnecessary conciseness. The learner will here find a comprehensive view of the functions of each..
Phrenology Examined
by P. FlourensHaving been a witness to the progress of phrenology, I was led to the composition of the following treatise. Each succeeding age has a philosophy of its own.The seventeenth century recovered from the philosophy of Descartes; the eighteenth recovered from that of Locke and Condillac: is the nineteenth to recover from that of Gall? This is a really i..
The Life of Rev. David Brainerd
by Jonathan EdwardsIt is a striking characteristic of the life of Brainerd, from the time of his entering on the study of Theology till his death, that he daily “walked with God,” or mourned the absence of the light of his countenance. President Edwards has endeavored to exhibit the state of his mind each day, as described in his diary. In this edition, many passages..
Christianity in relation to Freethought, Scepticism, and Faith
by Charles BradlaughChristianity in relation to Freethought, Scepticism, and FaithThree discourses by the Bishop of Peterborough with special replies by Mr. C. BradlaughIt will be seen by the following Circular and Correspondence how the Discourses of the Bishop of Peterborough and Mr. Bradlaugh’s Replies thereto were brought about. The Dean’s Circular speaks of..
The Murderous Tyranny of the Turks
by Arnold J. ToynbeeNo one who has studied the history of the Near East for the last five centuries will be surprised that the Allied Powers have declared their purpose to put an end to the rule of the Turk in Europe, and still less will he dissent from their determination to deliver the Christian population of what is called the Turkish Empire, whether in Asia or in ..
Chance, Love, and Logic - Philosophical Essays
by Charles S. PeirceIn the essays gathered together in this volume we have the most developed and coherent available account of the philosophy of Charles S. Peirce, whom James, Royce, Dewey, and leading thinkers in England, France, Germany and Italy have placed in the forefront of the great seminal minds of recent times. Besides their inherent value as the expression ..
Stories of the Wars of the Jews
by A. L. O. E. (A Lady of England)The works which I have chiefly consulted in compiling the following sketch, have been (in addition to the Holy Scriptures) the books of the Apocrypha, Josephus’ Wars of the Jews, the elaborate writings of Prideaux, and a small volume on the history of the Hebrews, published some years ago in India.There is no history more fraught with interest, or ..