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A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift
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Category: Religion & Philosophy | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this ...Show more
Civil Disobedience and Other Essays (PB) by Henry Thoreau
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American author, naturalist, and abolitionist, Henry David Thoreau was a principal figure of the 19th century movement of Transcendentalism. Central to the philosophy is a belief that people, who are inherently good, are corrupted by the organized institutions of society and that consequently the best c ...Show more
Essays on Civil Disobedience by Bob Blaisdell
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Inexpensive but substantial, this anthology ranges from Henry David Thoreau's great nineteenth-century polemics "Civil Disobedience" and "Slavery in Massachusetts" to more recent writings by Aung San Suu Kyi as well as Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of the subversive Russian rock group Pussy Riot.Additional sel ...Show more
Essays on Teaching by Bob Blaisdell (Editor); Dover Staff
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Reflections on the teaching experience include selections from the works of Plato, Rousseau, Tolstoy, D. H. Lawrence, John Dewey, Maria Montessori, Bertrand Russell, A. S. Neill, and contemporary American authors. Rich in insights and inspiration, this anthology surveys the challenges and rewards of tea ...Show more
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome
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Category: Religion & Philosophy | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
These spiritual reflections of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) show a leader trying to make sense of himself and the universe, and cover diverse topics such as the question of virtue, human rationality and the nature of the gods. In developing his personal beliefs, Aurelius created one of the ...Show more
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
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Category: Classics | Series: Dover Giant Thrift Editions
A masterpiece of storytelling and symbolic realism, this thrilling adventure and epic saga pits Ahab, a brooding sea captain, against the great white whale that crippled him. More than just the tale of a hair-raising voyage, Melville's riveting story passionately probes man's soul. A literary classic fi ...Show more
Pragmatism by William James
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Pragmatism A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking by William James Excerpt onalism' used as synonyms of 'rationalism' and 'empiricism.' Well, nature seems to combine most frequently with intellectualism an idealistic and optimistic tendency. Empiricists on the other hand are not uncommonly materialist ...Show more
Pride and Prejudice (Study Guide) by Jane Austen
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Category: Education | Series: Dover Thrift Study Editions
Includes the unabridged text of Austen's classic novel plus a complete study guide that features chapter-by-chapter summaries, explanations and discussions of the plot, question-and-answer sections, author biography, historical background, and more.
Self-Reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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This superb edition of Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-reliance and Other Essays bring the original wisdom and ideas of individualism to the reader.Written in the 1840s when R. W. Emerson was at his prolific peak, these essays encapsulate the unique take on the world which in many ways mirrored the ascendant ...Show more
Seneca's Letters from a Stoic by Lucius Seneca
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Along with the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Seneca's Letters from a Stoic is one of the major texts of Roman Stoic philosophy. Themes include the rational order of the universe, how to lead a simple life, the effects and benefits of misfortune, and the necessity of facing mortality.
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu
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Category: Religion & Philosophy | Series: Dover Thrift Editions | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 10-12, Age 15-18
Written during the golden age of Chinese philosophy, and composed partly in prose and partly in verse, the Tao Te Ching is surely the most terse and economical of the world's great religious texts. In a series of short, profound chapters it elucidates the idea of the Tao, or the Way-an idea that in its ...Show more
The Ego and the Id by Sigmund Freud
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Category: Psychology | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
All human behaviors and traits, according to this 1923 study, derive from the complicated interactions of three elements of the psyche: the id, the ego, and the superego. The root of Sigmund Freud's approach to psychiatric treatment resides in bringing the id, the hidden source of human passion, to the ...Show more