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For not observing the state of another man's soul, scarce was ever any man known to be unhappy.
Modern
Few people have ever been unhappy because they didn't judge someone else's character.
From Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

Stoicism
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
The Enchiridion
Epictetus
The Enchiridion
Epictetus
Dialogues and Letters
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Dialogues and Letters
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca's Morals
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca's Morals
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
Epictetus
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus
Epictetus
The Teaching of Epictetus
Epictetus
The Teaching of Epictetus
Epictetus

The art of living
Essays: First Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays: First Series
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius
The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius
The Essays
Francis Bacon
The Essays
Francis Bacon
Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau
Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau
On Friendship and On Old Age
Marcus Tullius Cicero
On Friendship and On Old Age
Marcus Tullius Cicero
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Balthasar Gracian
The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Balthasar Gracian
The Conquest of Happiness
Bertrand Russell
The Conquest of Happiness
Bertrand Russell
The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran
The Way to Wealth
Benjamin Franklin
The Way to Wealth
Benjamin Franklin

Ancient Greece and Rome
Apology
Plato
Apology
Plato
Ethics
Aristotle
Ethics
Aristotle
Crito
Plato
Crito
Plato
Meno
Plato
Meno
Plato
Phaedo
Plato
Phaedo
Plato
Poetics
Aristotle
Poetics
Aristotle
Symposium
Plato
Symposium
Plato
Gorgias
Plato
Gorgias
Plato
Laches
Plato
Laches
Plato
Phaedrus
Plato
Phaedrus
Plato
Protagoras
Plato
Protagoras
Plato
Categories
Aristotle
Categories
Aristotle

Eastern philosophy
Bhagavad Gita
Vyasa
Bhagavad Gita
Vyasa
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu
The Analects of Confucius
Confucius
The Analects of Confucius
Confucius
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
The Art of War
Sun Tzu
The Dhammapada
The Buddha
The Dhammapada
The Buddha
The Upanishads
Vedic Rishis
The Upanishads
Vedic Rishis
Chuang Tzu
Zhuangzi
Chuang Tzu
Zhuangzi
The Doctrine of the Mean
Zisi
The Doctrine of the Mean
Zisi
The Great Learning
Zengzi
The Great Learning
Zengzi
The Works of Mencius
Mencius
The Works of Mencius
Mencius
The Kaushitaki Upanishad
Vedic Rishis
The Kaushitaki Upanishad
Vedic Rishis
Vedic Hymns
Vedic Rishis
Vedic Hymns
Vedic Rishis

Faith and doubt
The Confessions of Saint Augustine
Augustine of Hippo
The Confessions of Saint Augustine
Augustine of Hippo
The City of God
Augustine of Hippo
The City of God
Augustine of Hippo
The Genealogy of Morals
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Genealogy of Morals
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Varieties of Religious Experience
William James
The Varieties of Religious Experience
William James
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Friedrich Nietzsche
Concerning Christian Liberty
Martin Luther
Concerning Christian Liberty
Martin Luther
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
David Hume
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
David Hume
Euthyphro
Plato
Euthyphro
Plato
In Praise of Folly
Desiderius Erasmus
In Praise of Folly
Desiderius Erasmus
Pascal's Pensées
Blaise Pascal
Pascal's Pensées
Blaise Pascal
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
Émile Durkheim
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life
Émile Durkheim
The Future of an Illusion
Sigmund Freud
The Future of an Illusion
Sigmund Freud

Politics and power
The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince
Niccolò Machiavelli
The Republic
Plato
The Republic
Plato
A Modest Proposal
Jonathan Swift
A Modest Proposal
Jonathan Swift
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft
Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
On Liberty
John Stuart Mill
On Liberty
John Stuart Mill
Politics
Aristotle
Politics
Aristotle
Second Treatise of Government
John Locke
Second Treatise of Government
John Locke

The Enlightenment
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke
Discourse on the Method
René Descartes
Discourse on the Method
René Descartes
Ethics
Benedict de Spinoza
Ethics
Benedict de Spinoza
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Immanuel Kant
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Immanuel Kant
Meditations on First Philosophy
René Descartes
Meditations on First Philosophy
René Descartes
The Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Letters on England
Voltaire
Letters on England
Voltaire
Perpetual Peace
Immanuel Kant
Perpetual Peace
Immanuel Kant
The Sidereal Messenger
Galileo Galilei
The Sidereal Messenger
Galileo Galilei
Theologico-Political Treatise
Benedict de Spinoza
Theologico-Political Treatise
Benedict de Spinoza
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
George Berkeley
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
George Berkeley

Modern thought
Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche
Beyond Good and Evil
Friedrich Nietzsche
Civilization and Its Discontents
Sigmund Freud
Civilization and Its Discontents
Sigmund Freud
Utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill
Utilitarianism
John Stuart Mill
Aspects of the Novel
E. M. Forster
Aspects of the Novel
E. M. Forster
Coming of Age in Samoa
Margaret Mead
Coming of Age in Samoa
Margaret Mead
Pragmatism
William James
Pragmatism
William James
Propaganda
Edward L. Bernays
Propaganda
Edward L. Bernays
The Public and Its Problems
John Dewey
The Public and Its Problems
John Dewey

Memoirs and biographies
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano
The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Mohandas K. Gandhi
The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda
Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda
De Profundis
Oscar Wilde
De Profundis
Oscar Wilde
Ecce Homo
Friedrich Nietzsche
Ecce Homo
Friedrich Nietzsche
Germania and Agricola
Cornelius Tacitus
Germania and Agricola
Cornelius Tacitus
How It Feels to Be Colored Me
Zora Neale Hurston
How It Feels to Be Colored Me
Zora Neale Hurston
Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
Life on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
Memorabilia
Xenophon
Memorabilia
Xenophon
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
Mary White Rowlandson
Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson
Mary White Rowlandson

Novels and stories
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
Moby Dick
Herman Melville
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
Bartleby, the Scrivener
Herman Melville
Bartleby, the Scrivener
Herman Melville
Candide
Voltaire
Candide
Voltaire
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Notes from Underground
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Notes from Underground
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
Utopia
Thomas More
Utopia
Thomas More

Gothic and uncanny
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole
The Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James

Epics and legends
The Odyssey
Homer
The Odyssey
Homer
Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen
Andersen's Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen
Beowulf
Anonymous
Beowulf
Anonymous