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PHILOSOPHY & SCIENCE
Microsoft Reader makes it easier for you to read these thought-provoking works. Download the FREE dictionary, and you can look up words in these eBooks as you read.
Candide or Optimism Candide or Optimism
by Voltaire

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Voltaire's amusing tale of one man's examination of the world is really a scathing critique of the philosophical optimism that his character Candide believes in. Traveling around the world, Candide discovers that his world is really not "the best of all possible worlds."
Critique of Pure Reason Critique of Pure Reason
by Immanuel Kant

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Critique of Pure Reason is considered Kant's most important philosophical work. It attempts to explain what we actually know and how we know it.
Leviathan Leviathan
by Thomas Hobbes

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Leviathan is Hobbes's great contribution to political theory and philosophical inquiry. Philosophically, he believes that human beings are only concerned with their own well-being and enter into political systems only to avoid our their own destruction.
Discourse on Metaphysics with Correspondence with Arnauld and Monadology Discourse on Metaphysics with Correspondence with Arnauld and Monadology
by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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Discourse on Metaphysics presents a general overview of Leibniz's metaphysical theories. Included are his views on motion and resistance, the conception of physical substance, and the divine.
Discourse on Method Discourse on Method
by René Descartes

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Descartes's formulation in Discourse on Method, "I think, therefore I am," still echoes in the halls of philosophy and plays a part in contemporary culture. He wrote this work in 1637 as an assertion of the use of scientific, empirical methods in all areas of research.
On the Nature of Things On the Nature of Things
by Lucretius

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On the Nature of Things is the major philosophical work of Roman poet Titus Lucretius Carus. His belief was that natural laws, rather than gods, controlled people's lives -- and his theories are beautifully and poetically described.
The Origin of Species The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin

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Wondering how books have evolved into eBooks? Darwin's revolutionary theory of evolution may not cover this particular topic, but you'll get the idea!
The Religio Medici & Other Writings The Religio Medici and Other Writings
by Sir Thomas Browne

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Sir Thomas Browne wrote in the 1600s from the unique perspective of a physician and philosopher. The Religio Medici is the most famous of his writings.
The Moral Discourses The Moral Discourses
by Elizabeth Carter

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This is Elizabeth Carter's translation of the work of the great Stoic philosopher, Epicurus. It also includes extensive notes and information on the moral ideologies of Stoicism.
 
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