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Philosophy & Ethics — page 14
636 public-domain philosophy & ethics books, summarised. Page 14 of 14.
The Worth of the Soul: No. 179
Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
The soul is an immortal treasure of infinite value, yet men often squander it on the fleeting pleasures of the world. Eternal consequences wait for those who ignore the gravity of their spiritual condition.
Christianity in relation to Freethought, Scepticism, and Faith: Three discourses by the Bishop of Peterborough with special replies by Mr. C. Bradlaugh
Charles Bradlaugh
HOOK This collection captures a rare, head-on collision between a high-ranking cleric and a famous secularist, debating the very nature of belief and human freedom in 19th-century England.
Quartz from the Uplands
Lewis McKenzie Turner
Rejecting the exhausted traditions of the past, this work issues a visceral call to arms for poets to document the raw, industrial, and often brutal realities of the early twentieth-century American experience.
The Atonement and the Modern Mind
James Denney
A defense of the necessity of the Christian doctrine of atonement, this work bridges the gap between traditional theological conviction and the skeptical, scientifically-minded individual of the early twentieth century.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs: The Challoner Revision
Unknown
Wisdom is presented here not as an abstract philosophy, but as a practical, life-sustaining discipline for navigating the complexities of human conduct. These collected sayings serve as a timeless moral compass, grounding the pursuit of virtue in the realities of daily living.
The Growth of Thought as Affecting the Progress of Society
William Withington
The progress of civilization depends upon the elevation of human motives, moving from the crude impulses of self-interest toward a higher, unified understanding of our shared existence.
Darwinism. The Noachian Flood: A lecture delivered before the Torquay Natural History Society, Jan. 31st, 1870
Thomas Roscoe Rede Stebbing
When ancient texts describe a world drowned by water, we mistake poetic idiom for precise science, binding our understanding of antiquity to impossible physical extremes.
Consolation in Life and Death, Derived from the Life of Christ: Being the substance of a sermon on the death of Mrs. Turner, preached at the Surrey Tabernacle, on Sunday evening, the 15th of August, 1824
J. (John) Church
Death is not a final defeat for the faithful, but a gentle passage guided by an unchanging divine companion through the shadows of mortal suffering.
Five Pebbles from the Brook
George Bethune English
Written from a tent in Egypt while preparing to join a perilous foreign expedition, a sharp theological reply challenges the traditional foundations of Christian faith by returning strictly to the Hebrew scriptures.
The Doubts of Infidels
William Nicholson
A biting work of Enlightenment-era dissent, these pages wield the tools of irony to expose perceived contradictions and moral failings within the canon of the Bible.
The Limits of Atheism
George Jacob Holyoake
A spirited defense of the intellectual and moral validity of non-belief, this work argues that the label of "Atheist" is often a political weapon used to disenfranchise honest, law-abiding citizens.
God : Outlines of the new theology, based on facts, science, nature, reason, intuition, revelation and common sense
T. D. (Thomas Day) Curtis
HOOK This work presents a radical, verse-driven theology where human beings are divine embryos, evolving through endless sexual union toward a future of infinite, progressive godhood.