Here we present free books about classic philosophy in the Public Domain.
Vedanta Philosophy by Swami Abhedananda is based on three lectures on spiritual unfoldment delivered under the auspices of the Vedanta Society in New York 1900-1901. From the book: “Our minds … Read more and download PDF
The Secrets of the Self also known as Asrár-i Khudí is a Sufi-poem published in Lahore in 1915. The author, Muhammad Iqbal, was an Indian Moslem. He had the rare opportunity to … Read more and download PDF
The Decameron or Ten Days’ Entertainment of Boccaccio – also sometimes subtitled Prince Gehaut and often named I’Umana Commedia is a collection of short stories by Giovanni Boccaccio. The stories … Read more and download PDF
Leviathan is the masterwork on political philosophy by Thomas Hobbes a 17th-century British philosopher. He argues that war is the natural state of humankind and that only a strong state … Read more and download PDF
The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard Keynes is here presented as the third in our mini-series of major economic-philosophical works, the two others being Adam … Read more and download PDF
The Hadith is the second most important Islamic book after the Quran. The book is often referred to as “The backbone of Islamic culture” because of its immense influence on … Read more and download PDF
The Sufism of the Rubaiyat or The Secret of the Great Paradox by Norton F. W. Hazeldine, second edition 1906. The Persian word Rubaiyat means “reading between the lines”, or … Read more and download PDF
A collection of books and writings by Soren Kierkegaard. Soren Kierkegaard was the first existentialist philosopher, sharp and clear, ironic and down to earth at the same time. His writings … Read more and download PDF
Capital – A Critique of Political Economy, also knows as ‘Das Kapital’ – the original German title, by Karl Marx, is probably the most well-known philosophical treatise on politics and … Read more and download PDF