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Lecture II. On Chaucer and Spenser.
Having, in the former Lecture, given some account of the nature of poetry in general, I shall pro...
Lecture I.—Introductory on Poetry in General
The best general notion which I can give of poetry is, that it is the natural impression of any o...
Bartleby, the Scrivener
I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me i...
Book I
Introduction—Mohammed, founder of Islamism—Exhibition of its doctrines and of its different sects...
Notes
Note A. After giving a view of the dogmas of the Ismailites, Rousseau adds:—299 “Such were, sub...
Book IV
Reign of Hassan II., Son of Mohammed, the Son of Busurgomid, known by the name of Ala-sikrihi-es-...
Authorities
Khitati-missr-lil Macrisi (Arabic). The Topography of Egypt, in 2 vols. folio, in the Imp. Libra...
Book VII
Conquest of Bagdad—Fall of the Assassins—Remnant of them. In the fall of Alamut, the centre of t...
Book VI
Reign of Rokneddin Kharshah, the last Grand-master of the Assassins. The crimes of the society o...
Book II
Establishment of the Order of the Assassins, and Reign of the first Grand Master, Hassan Sabah. ...
On Some Hegelisms
Reprinted from Mind, April, 1882. We are just now witnessing a singular phenomenon in British an...
The Importance of Individuals
The previous Essay, on Great Men, etc., called forth two replies,—one by Mr. Grant Allen, entitle...
Great Men and Their Environment
A lecture before the Harvard Natural History Society; published in the Atlantic Monthly, October,...
The Moral Philosopher and the Moral Life
An Address to the Yale Philosophical Club, published in the International Journal of Ethics, Apri...
The Dilemma of Determinism
An Address to the Harvard Divinity Students, published in the Unitarian Review for September, 188...
Reflex Action and Theism
Address delivered to the Unitarian Ministers' Institute at Princeton, Mass., 1881, and printed in...
The Sentiment of Rationality
This essay as far as page 75 consists of extracts from an article printed in Mind for July, 1879....
Is Life Worth Living
An Address to the Harvard Young Men’s Christian Association. Published in the International Journ...
The Will to Believe
An Address to the Philosophical Clubs of Yale and Brown Universities. Published in the New World,...
Lectures VI And VII. The Sick Soul.
At our last meeting, we considered the healthy-minded temperament, the temperament which has a co...