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Sustainable Energy — without the hot air
David MacKay · their korrents · 27 korrents · 16 chapters · 3 Nov 2008
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GOAT: Who is the Greatest Economist of all Time and Why Does it Matter?
Tyler Cowen · their korrents · 25 korrents · 7 chapters · 1 Oct 2023
interest rateseconomistsgovernmentdemographicsrobotics
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The Network State
Balaji Srinivasan · their korrents · 25 korrents · 12 chapters · 12 Jul 2026
2 people recommend it, on rcmnd ↗
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Bloomsbury, 2014 edition; tr. Myra Bergman Ramos)
Paulo Freire · their korrents · 23 korrents · c. 1968
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The Road to Serfdom (Routledge, 2001 edition)
Friedrich Hayek · their korrents · 23 korrents · c. 1944
1 person recommends it, on rcmnd ↗
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Fiscal Policy under Low Interest Rates
Olivier Blanchard · their korrents · 22 korrents · 1 Jun 2022
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Man's Search for Meaning (Beacon Press, 2006 edition; Part One tr. Ilse Lasch)
Viktor Frankl · their korrents · 21 korrents · c. 1946–1992
1 person recommends it, on rcmnd ↗
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The Fire Next Time (Vintage International, 2013 edition)
James Baldwin · their korrents · 21 korrents · c. 1962–1963
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The Wretched of the Earth (Grove Press, 2004 edition; tr. Richard Philcox)
Frantz Fanon · their korrents · 21 korrents · c. 1961
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Capitalism and Freedom (University of Chicago Press, 2002 edition)
Milton Friedman · their korrents · 20 korrents · c. 1962–1982
agencyhumilityeconomistsgovernmentfiscal policypoliticscapitalismlibertarianismideas vs executionbehavioural science
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Civilization and Its Discontents (tr. Joan Riviere, 1930)
Sigmund Freud · their korrents · 20 korrents · c. 1930
1 person recommends it, on rcmnd ↗
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Silent Spring (Houghton Mifflin, 2002 edition)
Rachel Carson · their korrents · 20 korrents · c. 1962
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The Conquest of Happiness (1930)
Bertrand Russell · their korrents · 20 korrents · c. 1930
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The Myth of Sisyphus (Penguin, 2013 edition; tr. Justin O'Brien)
Albert Camus · their korrents · 19 korrents · c. 1942–1955
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (tr. C. K. Ogden, 1922)
Ludwig Wittgenstein · their korrents · 19 korrents · c. 1921
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Mere Christianity (HarperCollins, 2012 edition, in The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics)
C. S. Lewis · their korrents · 18 korrents · c. 1941–1952
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Conjectures and Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (Routledge Classics, 2002 edition)
Karl Popper · their korrents · 17 korrents · c. 1963–1968
happiness
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Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902)
Peter Kropotkin · their korrents · 17 korrents · c. 1890–1902
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The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)
William James · their korrents · 17 korrents · c. 1902
1 person recommends it, on rcmnd ↗
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Why We Can't Wait (Penguin Modern Classics, 2018 edition)
Martin Luther King Jr. · their korrents · 17 korrents · c. 1963–1964
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Don't Make Me Think, Revisited (New Riders, 2014, third edition)
Steve Krug · their korrents · 15 korrents · c. 2000–2014
5 people recommend it, on rcmnd ↗
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The Design of Everyday Things (Basic Books, 2013, revised and expanded edition)
Don Norman · their korrents · 15 korrents · c. 1988–2013
8 people recommend it, on rcmnd ↗
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The Timeless Way of Building (Oxford University Press, 1979)
Christopher Alexander · their korrents · 14 korrents · c. 1979
2 people recommend it, on rcmnd ↗
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Meditations (tr. George Long, 1862)
Marcus Aurelius · their korrents · 13 korrents · c. 171–175 CE
3 people recommend it, on rcmnd ↗
agencyhappinessCBTideas vs execution
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Tao Teh King, traditionally ascribed to Laozi (tr. James Legge, 1891)
Laozi · their korrents · 12 korrents · c. 450–250 BCE
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The Analects, as recorded by his disciples (tr. James Legge, 1861)
Confucius · their korrents · 12 korrents · c. 551–479 BCE
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Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Penguin Classics, 2006 edition)
Hannah Arendt · their korrents · 11 korrents · c. 1963–1964
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Encheiridion of Epictetus, as recorded by Arrian (tr. George Long, 1877)
Epictetus · their korrents · 10 korrents · c. 89–135 CE
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Indian Home Rule (Hind Swaraj) (tr. M. K. Gandhi, 1910; 5th ed. 1922)
Mahatma Gandhi · their korrents · 10 korrents · 22 Nov 1909
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction (Oxford University Press, 1977; with 5 co-authors)
Christopher Alexander · their korrents · 9 korrents · c. 1977
2 people recommend it, on rcmnd ↗
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The Dhammapada, as preserved in the Pali canon (tr. F. Max Müller, 1881)
Gautama Buddha · their korrents · 9 korrents · c. 500–401 BCE
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Twilight of the Idols (tr. Anthony M. Ludovici, 1911)
Friedrich Nietzsche · their korrents · 9 korrents · 3 Sept 1888
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A Decisive Discourse on the Delineation of the Relation between Religion and Philosophy (tr. Mohammad Jamil-ur-Rehman, 1921)
Ibn Rushd (Averroes) · their korrents · 8 korrents · c. 1126–1195
humilityreligionhealth and fitnessinnovation
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A Yankee in Canada, with Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers
Henry David Thoreau · their korrents · 8 korrents · 4 Jul 1854
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Apology, Plato's account of his defence (tr. Benjamin Jowett, 1871)
Socrates · their korrents · 8 korrents · c. 399 BCE
optimismhumilityhappinessgovernmentpoliticsreligion
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Confessions (tr. E. B. Pusey, 1838)
Augustine of Hippo · their korrents · 8 korrents · c. 396–400 CE
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Essays (tr. Charles Cotton, ed. W. C. Hazlitt, 1877)
Michel de Montaigne · their korrents · 8 korrents · c. 1571–1592
curiosityagencyhappinesssimplicitybehavioural science
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Ethics (tr. R. H. M. Elwes, 1883)
Baruch Spinoza · their korrents · 8 korrents · c. 1661–1675
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Leviathan (1651)
Thomas Hobbes · their korrents · 8 korrents · c. 1651
governmentEuropewarreligionmotivation
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Masnavi, Book I (tr. and abridged by E. H. Whinfield)
Rumi · their korrents · 8 korrents · c. 1258–1273
humilitypatiencereligion
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Miscellanies: Nature, Addresses, and Lectures (Phillips, Sampson, 1856)
Ralph Waldo Emerson · their korrents · 8 korrents · 31 Aug 1837
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My Bondage and My Freedom (1855)
Frederick Douglass · their korrents · 8 korrents · 5 Jul 1852
Americasimplicityreligion
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Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not (1859; Appleton edition)
Florence Nightingale · their korrents · 8 korrents · c. 1859–1860
agencyhealth and fitness
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On the Origin of Species (first edition, 1859)
Charles Darwin · their korrents · 8 korrents · 1 Oct 1859
evolutionary biology
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Opticks (fourth edition, 1730)
Isaac Newton · their korrents · 8 korrents · c. 1704–1718
mathematics
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The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625 edition)
Francis Bacon · their korrents · 8 korrents · c. 1597–1625
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (1789)
Olaudah Equiano · their korrents · 8 korrents · 24 Mar 1789
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The Sayings of Mencius, as compiled by his disciples (tr. James Legge, in Chinese Literature, 1900)
Mencius · their korrents · 8 korrents · c. 400–301 BCE
agencygovernment
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The Social Contract (tr. G. D. H. Cole, 1913)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau · their korrents · 8 korrents · c. 1762
government
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Tirukkural (tr. G. U. Pope, 1886)
Thiruvalluvar · their korrents · 8 korrents · c. 450–500 CE
curiosityempathyfriendshipsimplicityreligioneducation
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A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, Parts I and II (1694, 1697; 1697 printing)
Mary Astell · their korrents · 7 korrents · c. 1694–1697
agencyeducation
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748; 1777 edition, ed. L. A. Selby-Bigge)
David Hume · their korrents · 7 korrents · c. 1748
1 person recommends it, on rcmnd ↗
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith · their korrents · 7 korrents · 9 Mar 1776
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Bushido, the Soul of Japan (tenth revised edition, 1905)
Nitobe Inazō · their korrents · 7 korrents · 22 May 1905
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De Officiis (tr. Walter Miller, 1913)
Cicero · their korrents · 7 korrents · c. 45–44 BCE
governmentideas vs execution
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Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897 (1898)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton · their korrents · 7 korrents · c. 1898
empathyreligionfamilyinnovation
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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (tr. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, 1873)
Immanuel Kant · their korrents · 7 korrents · c. 1785
happiness
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Glimpses of Bengal: letters 1885 to 1895 (tr. Surendranath Tagore, 1921)
Rabindranath Tagore · their korrents · 7 korrents · 16 Jun 1892
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Letters on England (1733 English edition, ed. Henry Morley, 1894)
Voltaire · their korrents · 7 korrents · c. 1733
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Philosophy and the Social Problem (1917)
Will Durant · their korrents · 7 korrents · c. 1917
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Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 (ed. Merwin Roe, 1907)
Abraham Lincoln · their korrents · 7 korrents · 27 Feb 1860
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The Art of War, traditionally attributed to Sun Tzu (tr. Lionel Giles, 1910)
Sun Tzu · their korrents · 7 korrents · c. 500–430 BCE
1 person recommends it, on rcmnd ↗
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The Book of Tea (1906)
Okakura Kakuzō · their korrents · 7 korrents · c. 1906
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The Confessions of Al Ghazzali (Deliverance from Error) (tr. Claud Field, 1909)
Al-Ghazali · their korrents · 7 korrents · c. 1106–1111
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The Guide for the Perplexed (tr. M. Friedländer, 2nd ed. 1904)
Moses Maimonides · their korrents · 7 korrents · c. 1190
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The International Development of China (1922)
Sun Yat-sen · their korrents · 7 korrents · 25 Apr 1921
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The Philippines a Century Hence (tr. Charles Derbyshire, ed. Austin Craig, 1912)
José Rizal · their korrents · 7 korrents · 15 Dec 1889
governmentcensorship
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The Souls of Black Folk (1903)
W. E. B. Du Bois · their korrents · 7 korrents · 1 Feb 1903
Americaeducationconsciousness
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Up from Slavery (1901)
Booker T. Washington · their korrents · 7 korrents · 18 Sept 1895
agencypatiencecapitalism
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Woman in the Nineteenth Century (1845; 1855 edition)
Margaret Fuller · their korrents · 7 korrents · 15 Nov 1844
agencyfriendshipfamily
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Against War (Dulce bellum inexpertis; Tudor translation of 1533-4, ed. J. W. Mackail, 1907)
Desiderius Erasmus · their korrents · 6 korrents · c. 1513–1515
friendshipwarreligion
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690)
John Locke · their korrents · 6 korrents · 24 May 1689
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Common Sense (new edition, 1776)
Thomas Paine · their korrents · 6 korrents · 14 Feb 1776
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Discourse on the Method (tr. John Veitch, 1850)
René Descartes · their korrents · 6 korrents · 8 Jun 1637
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How to Observe Morals and Manners (1838)
Harriet Martineau · their korrents · 6 korrents · c. 1838
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Letter to Menoeceus and Principal Doctrines, in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Book X (tr. Robert Drew Hicks, 1925)
Epicurus · their korrents · 6 korrents · c. 341–270 BCE
happinesssimplicity
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The Prince (tr. W. K. Marriott, 1908)
Niccolò Machiavelli · their korrents · 6 korrents · c. 1513–1514
1 person recommends it, on rcmnd ↗
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The Provincial Letters (tr. Thomas M'Crie, 1856)
Blaise Pascal · their korrents · 6 korrents · 18 Aug 1656
governmentwritingreligion
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Walden (1854)
Henry David Thoreau · their korrents · 6 korrents · c. 1854
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A Vindication of the Rights of Men (2nd ed., 1790)
Mary Wollstonecraft · their korrents · 5 korrents · 18 Dec 1790
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Chuang Tzŭ: Mystic, Moralist, and Social Reformer (tr. Herbert A. Giles, 1889)
Zhuangzi · their korrents · 5 korrents · c. 350–301 BCE
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The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Book III (tr. Andrew Motte, 1729; 1846 edition)
Isaac Newton · their korrents · 5 korrents · c. 1713–1726
simplicity
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The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Book III (tr. Andrew Motte, 1729; 1846 edition)
Isaac Newton · their korrents · 4 korrents · c. 1713–1726
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The Problems of Philosophy
Bertrand Russell · their korrents · 4 korrents · c. 1912
curiosityhumility
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The Wisdom of Life (Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer, tr. T. Bailey Saunders)
Arthur Schopenhauer · their korrents · 4 korrents · c. 1851
happinessbehavioural science
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Utilitarianism (1861; 7th edition, 1879)
John Stuart Mill · their korrents · 4 korrents · c. 1861
happiness
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Counsels and Maxims (Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer, tr. T. Bailey Saunders)
Arthur Schopenhauer · their korrents · 3 korrents · c. 1851
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Nicomachean Ethics, Book Ten (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925)
Aristotle · their korrents · 3 korrents · c. 367–322 BCE
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Autobiography (1873)
John Stuart Mill · their korrents · 2 korrents · c. 1873
happiness
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Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 2 (tr. Richard M. Gummere, 1917)
Seneca · their korrents · 2 korrents · c. 62–65 CE
friendshiphappiness
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Nicomachean Ethics, Book Three (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925)
Aristotle · their korrents · 2 korrents · c. 367–322 BCE
agency
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Nicomachean Ethics, Book Two (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925)
Aristotle · their korrents · 2 korrents · c. 367–322 BCE
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Proposed Roads to Freedom
Bertrand Russell · their korrents · 2 korrents · c. 1918
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The American Crisis, No. I (1776)
Thomas Paine · their korrents · 2 korrents · 23 Dec 1776
governmentAmerica
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The Elements of Style (1918)
William Strunk Jr. · their korrents · 2 korrents · c. 1918–1920
1 person recommends it, on rcmnd ↗
simplicitywriting
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What I Believe
Bertrand Russell · their korrents · 2 korrents · c. 1925
happiness
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Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 1 (tr. Richard M. Gummere, 1917)
Seneca · their korrents · 1 korrent · c. 62–65 CE
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Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 13 (tr. Richard M. Gummere, 1917)
Seneca · their korrents · 1 korrent · c. 62–65 CE
courage
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Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 16 (tr. Richard M. Gummere, 1917)
Seneca · their korrents · 1 korrent · c. 62–65 CE
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Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 28 (tr. Richard M. Gummere, 1917)
Seneca · their korrents · 1 korrent · c. 62–65 CE
happiness
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Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 47 (tr. Richard M. Gummere, 1917)
Seneca · their korrents · 1 korrent · c. 62–65 CE
empathy
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Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 7 (tr. Richard M. Gummere, 1917)
Seneca · their korrents · 1 korrent · c. 62–65 CE
friendship
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Nicomachean Ethics, Book Nine (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925)
Aristotle · their korrents · 1 korrent · c. 367–322 BCE
friendship
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Nicomachean Ethics, Book One (tr. W. D. Ross, 1925)
Aristotle · their korrents · 1 korrent · c. 367–322 BCE
happiness
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Studies in Pessimism (Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer, tr. T. Bailey Saunders)
Arthur Schopenhauer · their korrents · 1 korrent · c. 1851
optimism