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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorPurity of Heart Is To Will One Thing: Spiritual Preparation for the Office of Confession
Soren Kierkegaard · 220 pages
Although this little book (it can be called an occasional address, yet without having the occasion which produces the speaker and gives him authority, or the occasion which produces the reader and makes him eager to learn) is like a fantasy, like a dream by day as it confronts the relationships of actuality: yet it is not without assurance and not without hope of accomplishing its object. It is in
The Creed of a Priest of Savoy
Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 84 pages
The Future of an Illusion
Sigmund Freud · 95 pages
In what is considered one of his greatest contributions to psychology, Austrian psychiatrist, Sigmund Freud describes his perspectives on the development and origins of religion - religion as an illusion, wishes that are the "fulfillments of the oldest, strongest, and most urgent wishes of mankind." He goes on to explain and illustrate, "what is characteristic of illusions is that they are derived
The Major Works
Anselm of Canterbury · 513 pages
Although utterly convinced of the truth of Christianity, Anselm of Canterbury struggled to make sense of his religion. He considered the doctrines of faith an invitation to question, to think, and to learn; and he devoted his life to confronting and understanding the most elusive aspects of Christianity. His writings on matters such as free will, the nature of truth, and the existence of God make
The Kingdom of God Is Within You
Leo Tolstoy · 352 pages
The I Ching or Book of Changes
Anonymous · 740 pages
A translation of the early document of Chinese philosophy with explanatory notes.
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
David Hume · 129 pages
The Abolition of Man & The Great Divorce
C.S. Lewis
Freedom of the Will (Great Awakening Writings: 1725-1760)
Jonathan Edwards · 348 pages
The Way of Chuang Tzu
Thomas Merton, Zhuangzi · 159 pages
Philosophical Fragments
Soren Kierkegaard, Edna Hatlestad Hong, Howard Vincent Hong · 400 pages
Theological-Political Treatise
Baruch Spinoza · 267 pages
Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone
Immanuel Kant · 352 pages
Selected Writings
Thomas Aquinas, Ralph McInerny · 250 pages
The Essence of Christianity
Ludwig Feuerbach · 363 pages
The Elementary Forms of Religious Life
Emile Durkheim · 416 pages
The Anti-Christ
Friedrich Nietzsche · 87 pages
"Here is Friedrich Nietzsche's great masterpiece The Anti-Christ, wherein Nietzsche attacks Christianity as a blight on humanity. This classic is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand Nietzsche and his place within the history of philosophy ..."--Description
The Everlasting Man
G.K. Chesterton · 268 pages
The Everlasting Man is inspired by H. G. Wells’ The Outline of History, which explains the history of mankind and religion as solely a product of natural selection and other material causes. In contrast, G. K. Chesterton presents the case for Christianity throughout history, by illustrating firstly, the uniqueness of man amongst the animals, and secondly, the uniqueness of Christ and the Church am
The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man
Abraham Joshua Heschel · 126 pages
The Analects
Confucius · 252 pages
"Formulated in the ruins of a society that had been founded on untenable spiritualistic concepts of governance, Confucius' philosophy postulated a humanistic social order that has survived as China's social ideal ever since." "Confucius' teachings are very literary in nature. The Analects is made up of dialogues, stories, and anecdotes, always aphoristic and full of poetic turns of thought."--BOOK