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William James · English
William James reflects on scientists, education, human energy and peace in essays combining personal recollection with psychological inquiry.
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William James · English
William James reflects on scientists, education, human energy and peace in essays combining personal recollection with psychological inquiry.

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Immanuel Kant · German
Kant untersucht Geisterberichte und metaphysische Spekulationen und fragt, wo begründete Erkenntnis endet und bloße Vorstellung beginnt.

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Han Fei · English
Essays on law, power, statecraft, political authority, and the incentives that govern rulers and officials.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling · German
Schelling’s attempt to connect nature, consciousness, freedom, and art within one philosophical system.

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Benito Jerónimo Feijoo · Spanish
Un clásico de Benito Jerónimo Feijoo sobre memoria, poder, sociedad y destino.

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Wang Guowei · English
An English rendering of Wang Guowei’s poetics of artistic experience.

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Dante Alighieri · Italian
Dante’s unfinished Italian prose and verse work on knowledge, ethics, love, nobility, and the life of the mind.

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Wang Yangming · English
Wang Yangming’s conversations and letters on conscience, knowledge, action, self-cultivation, and moral practice.

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Zhuangzi · French
Le livre de Zhuangzi explore liberté intérieure, rêve, transformation, langage, nature et sagesse taoïste.

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Adolph Freiherr Knigge · German
Über den Umgang mit Menschen behandelt Takt, Urteilskraft, Selbstbeherrschung, Vertrauen und gute Beziehungen.

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Traditioneller Text · German
Eine neue deutsche Ausgabe des Yijing über Wandel, Entscheidung, Ordnung, Gegensätze und die Beziehung zwischen Mensch und Welt.

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Laozi · Italian
Una nuova versione italiana del classico taoista su Dao, virtù, non-agire, natura e arte del governare.

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Mencius · Portuguese
Um clássico confucionista sobre bondade humana, governo justo, educação e responsabilidade moral.

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Tradición confuciana · Portuguese
Dois clássicos confucianos sobre autocultivo, ordem social, equilíbrio moral e formação do governante.

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Anonymous, Confucian tradition · Chinese
通过言行、礼仪与家国关系,呈现孔子思想的日常面貌。

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Zhu Xi; Lü Zuqian · English
A Neo-Confucian anthology on self-cultivation, learning, moral discipline, and the ordering of everyday conduct.

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Laozi · German
Compact reflections on the Dao, non-action, humility, power, nature, and the art of governing.

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Torquato Accetto · Italian
Torquato Accetto distingue la prudente dissimulazione dalla menzogna e indaga come proteggere la verità in una società dominata dal potere.

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Zhu Xi; Lü Zuqian · French
Cette anthologie néoconfucéenne de Zhu Xi et Lü Zuqian organise des passages sur la cultivation morale, l’étude et l’ordre du monde.

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Han Fei · Spanish
El pensamiento de Han Feizi convierte la ley, la autoridad y los incentivos en instrumentos para gobernar un Estado donde la confianza personal no basta.

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Mencius · English
Public-domain classic by Mencius: Mencius, a Chinese philosophy first published in -300.