About 43 minutes
What is truth? — Edition Insights
Political Philosophy
9,734 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
View Gutenberg source #76483
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The Ethics of Coöperation — A Reader’s Guide
Ethics
11,650 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
View Gutenberg source #29508About 55 minutes
Lesser Hippias — Reading Companion
Metaphysics
12,488 recorded words. Selected by the catalog's stored reading-time estimate.
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Produced by an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer. Benedict de Spinoza, THE ETHICS (Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata) Translated from the Latin by R. H. M. Elwes PART III: ON THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE EMOTIONS Most writers on the emotions and on human conduct seem to be treating rather of matters outside nature than of natural phenomena following nature's general laws. They appear to conceive man to be situated in nature as a kingdom within a kingdom: for they believe that he distur…
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| Book | Recorded words | Estimated minutes | Source |
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| What is truth? — Edition Insights | 9,734 | 43 | Gutenberg #76483 |
| The Ethics of Coöperation — A Reader’s Guide | 11,650 | 51 | Gutenberg #29508 |
| Lesser Hippias — Reading Companion | 12,488 | 55 | Gutenberg #1673 |
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Catalog snapshot checked: 2026-09-25. Coverage: 94 public books, 94 available source excerpts.
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The FEQQE Philosophy & Ethics Library offers a curated collection of 94 public-domain works across four categories: Ethics, Logic, Metaphysics, and Political Philosophy. Whether you are new to philosophy or revisiting classic texts, these pages help you find, compare, and plan your reading.
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