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Giordano Bruno

Pater, Walter, 1839-1894

Explore Giordano Bruno through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Essays”. Begin with a...

EssaysBruno, Giordano, 1548-1600
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God, the Invisible King

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946

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God (Christianity)
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Goethe's literary essays

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832; Haldane, R. B. Haldane (Richard Burdon Haldane), Viscount, 1856-1928 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939 [Editor]

Explore Goethe's literary essays through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Literature -...

Literature -- History and criticismArt
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Goethe's Theory of Colours

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832; Eastlake, Charles Lock, Sir, 1793-1865 [Translator]

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Color
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Hopes and Fears for Art

Morris, William, 1834-1896

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ArtArts and crafts movement
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How We Think

Dewey, John, 1859-1952

Explore How We Think through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Educational psychology”....

Educational psychologyThought and thinking
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Hume's Political Discourses

Hume, David, 1711-1776; Robertson, William Bell [Editor]

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Political scienceEconomics
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I and My Chimney

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891

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Family life -- Fiction
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Ion

Plato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]

Explore Ion through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin with...

Classical literatureHomer. IliadPoetics -- History -- To 1500
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