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Principles of Philosophy
Descartes's attempt at a complete system, written in short numbered articles so that it could serve as a university textbook in place of the Aristotelian ones. It was…
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Teaching, Practice, Faith and Realisation (Kyōgyōshinshō)
Shinran's main doctrinal work and the founding text of the Jōdo Shinshū (True Pure Land) school, begun around 1224 and revised over many years. Its full title means…
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The Passions of the Soul
Descartes's last published work, a treatise in short numbered articles that grew out of his letters with Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, who had pressed him on how mind…
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Teachings on Style and the Flower (Fūshikaden)
The first and best-known treatise by Zeami, the actor and playwright who, with his father Kan'ami, turned sarugaku into the Nō theatre. Written between about 1400 and 1418…
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The Correspondence between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and René Descartes
An exchange of letters between Descartes and Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, a learned exile living in The Hague, lasting from 1643 until shortly before his death. Elisabeth's first…
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The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment (Lamrim Chenmo)
The major work of Tsongkhapa, founder of the Geluk school of Tibetan Buddhism, completed in 1402 at Reting monastery. It is a systematic guide to the whole Buddhist…
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Pensées
The notes and fragments Pascal left at his death in 1662 for a planned defence of the Christian religion, published by his friends at Port-Royal in 1670. Because…
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Indian Philosophy: A Counter Perspective
A collection of essays in which Daya Krishna sets out to dismantle the accepted picture of classical Indian philosophy. That picture, he argues, was built by Western Indologists…
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An Exposition of Benevolence (Renxue)
A philosophical treatise by the reformer Tan Sitong, written around 1896–97 and published after his execution in 1898 for his part in the Hundred Days' Reform. It tries…
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The Meaning of Terms in the Analects and Mencius (Gomō jigi)
A philosophical lexicon by the Kyoto Confucian teacher Itō Jinsai, drafted around 1683 and published after his death in 1705. It defines the key terms of the Analects…
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