"It is better to be feared than loved… if you cannot be both." First published in 1532, The Prince is the seminal guide to real-world power, statecraft, and manipulation, written by political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli. With piercing honesty and brutal logic, Machiavelli reveals how rulers rise and fallーand wh...

"These are the times that try men's souls." Common Sense by Thomas Paine is the electrifying manifesto that changed the course of history. Published in 1776, this impassioned pamphlet boldly called for American independence from British rule, articulating the power of self-governance, liberty, and democratic ideals ...

"To learn and to practice what is learned time and again is pleasure, is it not?" The Analects is the enduring record of Confucius's teachings, compiled by his disciples over 2,000 years ago. Through short, insightful dialogues and reflections, it explores topics such as respect, virtue, family, education, justice, ...

Harmony lies not in extremes, but in the balance between them. The Doctrine of the Mean, attributed to Zisi, the grandson of Confucius, is one of the core texts of Confucian philosophy. It explores the path to moral development, societal harmony, and spiritual balance by embracing moderation, reflection, and alignme...

A visionary island. A perfect society. A question that echoes through time. Utopia by Sir Thomas More is one of the most important works of political philosophy and imaginative fiction ever written. First published in 1516, this dialogue presents the ideals of a fictional societyーone built on equality, reason, and ...

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How can religion help to understand and contend with the challenges of climate change? Understanding Climate Change through Religious Lifeworld, edited by David Haberman, presents a unique collection of essays that detail how the effects of human-related climate change are actively reshaping religious ideas and prac...

You may not control eventsーbut you can always control how you respond. The Enchiridion ("Handbook") by Epictetus is a concise, accessible distillation of Stoic philosophyーoffering timeless advice on discipline, detachment, virtue, and personal strength. Compiled by his student Arrian, this guidebook to life shows ...

What is justice? What is the best way to live? Can an ideal society exist? In The Republic, the philosopher Plato presents a powerful conversation between Socrates and his disciples as they explore the meaning of justice, the role of education, the nature of reality, and the qualities of an ideal ruler. Written arou...

Bold, brilliant, and boundary-breakingーthis is literature like you've never read it before. Ulysses by James Joyce is more than a novelーit's a literary odyssey. Set over the course of a single day, June 16th, 1904, it follows Leopold Bloom through the streets of Dublin in a sweeping narrative that mirrors the stru...

How Christianity Grew from a Dozen Disciples to a Worldwide Movement At the beginning of the first century, a teacher named Jesus of Nazareth shook Roman-occupied Israel with his preaching and teaching. When, several years later, the Romans crucified Jesus and sealed him in a tomb, his disciples were crushed and con...

"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality." In Moral Letters to Lucilius, the Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca writes with profound clarity on how to live wisely, ethically, and peacefully in a chaotic world. These 124 letters, addressed to his friend Lucilius, are more than ancient correspondence...

In simplicity lies truth. In stillness, strength. Tao Te Ching, written by the Chinese sage Laozi (Lao Tzu) over 2,500 years ago, is a profound and poetic work that explores the Tao ("The Way")ーa path of balance, humility, and natural harmony. Composed of 81 brief verses, it offers guidance not through rules, but t...

You have power over your mindーnot outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, one of the last great emperors of Rome, is a profound collection of personal writings filled with stoic philosophy, practical ethics, and enduring insight. Originally written as private notes ...

The eBook series Learning about mathematics aims to create for the readers a unificatory image of the complex nature of mathematics, as well as a conceptual perspective ultimately necessary to the holistic understanding of school mathematics. Mathematician and philosopher of science Catalin Barboianu talks about mat...

The Roots of Normativity concerns one of the most basic philosophical questions: how to explain normativity in its many guises. Over many decades, Joseph Raz has sought to develop an answer to this question, according to which understanding normativity is understanding the roles and structures of normative reasons w...