Part II: ON THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE MIND By Spinoza Translated by R. H. M. Elwes PREFACE I now pass on to explaining the results, which must necessarily follow from the essence of God, or of ...

Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata Benedict de Spinoza Translated by R. H. M. Elwes PART I: CONCERNING GOD. DEFINITIONS By that which is 'self-caused' I mean that of which the essence involve...

PART III: ON THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE EMOTIONS Translated from the Latin by R. H. M. Elwes Most writers on the emotions and on human conduct seem to be treating rather of matters outside nature ...

by Oscar Wilde THE RISE OF HISTORICAL CRITICISM CHAPTER I HISTORICAL criticism nowhere occurs as an isolated fact in the civilisation or literature of any people. It is part of that complex working to...

ELECBOOK CLASSICS Emma Jane Austen ELECBOOK CLASSICS ebc0016. Jane Austen: Emma This file is free for individual use only. It must not be altered or resold. Organisations wishing to use it ...

HONORE DE BALZAC Translated By Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To Martinez de la Rosa. EL VERDUGO The clock of the little town of Menda had just struck midnight. At that moment a young French...

by Thomas Carlyle The Icelanders, in their long winter, had a great habit of writing; and were, and still are, excellent in penmanship, says Dahlmann. It is to this fact, that any little history there...

by William Bray These extracts are printed for the gratification of Mr. Bray's descendants; who will see in them a remarkable instance of a life of sociability and amusement, combined with great and s...

by HONORE DE BALZAC Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley DEDICATION To Maria. May your name, that of one whose portrait is the noblest ornament of this work, lie on its opening pages like a bra...

by a Platonic Imitator Translated by Benjamin Jowett INTRODUCTION. Much cannot be said in praise of the style or conception of the Eryxias. It is frequently obscure; like the exercise of a student, ...