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94 Books foundExploring the FEQQE Public Domain Literature Library
The FEQQE Public Domain Literature Library offers a growing collection of 94 public-domain works, primarily in philosophy and related fields. Each title has been selected for its historical and intellectual significance, with a focus on providing readers with reliable texts and contextual editorial notes.
Browsing the Catalogue
Readers can browse the collection through four curated categories: Ethics and Art, Design & Visual Culture: Texts & Context. Each category groups works that share thematic or disciplinary affinities, though the boundaries are not rigid. Additionally, the full list of titles is accessible from the ebooks page, where one can scroll through all available works.
Book Record Information
Every book record includes the title, author(s), translator(s) where applicable, digital source (Project Gutenberg), keywords, a target-reader designation, and a catalogue note that provides context about the work's content and significance. The catalogue notes are prepared as supplementary catalogue material and are intended to help readers understand what each text offers.
Source Attribution
All texts in the FEQQE library are sourced from Project Gutenberg, a digital library of public-domain works. The editions used are clearly attributed in each record, including translator names and publication details. Readers can verify the source and edition information directly from the book pages.
Categories as Navigation Aids
The four categories serve as entry points rather than definitive classifications. Ethics includes works on ethics, metaphysics, and the history of philosophy, from Spinoza to Schopenhauer. Art, Design & Visual Culture: Texts & Context contains works on logic, reasoning, and argumentation—a grouping that reflects the structural and methodological concerns shared by these texts. Readers should explore both categories to discover related works.
Three Practical Reading Paths
Path 1: Foundations of Western Ethics — Begin with Aristotle's influence via Spinoza's Ethics (id 221), then Kant's Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals (id 223), and conclude with Mill via Grote's review (id 231). This path traces the development of moral philosophy from rationalist to deontological to utilitarian frameworks.
Path 2: Stoicism and Self-Governance — Start with A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus (id 227), move to Marcus Aurelius's Meditations (id 288), and then to Plutarch's Morals (id 241) for a broader view of ancient ethical practice.
Path 3: Logic and Critical Thinking — For readers interested in the structure of argument, explore Lewis Carroll's Symbolic Logic (id 247), Schopenhauer's The Art of Controversy (id 228), and Atkinson's The Art of Logical Thinking (id 270). These works complement each other by addressing formal logic, rhetorical fallacies, and inductive reasoning.
Bibliographic dates and catalogue measurements
The catalogue distinguishes the Project Gutenberg digital release from a work’s original or first publication. Project Gutenberg is identified as the digital source for the edition available here; its release year is therefore shown as Gutenberg Release Year, not as the work’s original publication year.
When an explicit first-publication or issue date can be supported directly by the title or issue information, it may be shown separately as First Publication Year. When that date cannot be confirmed, the catalogue displays Not confirmed rather than guessing a year.
Where the source text can be measured reliably, the catalogue may provide word count and estimated reading time. These measurements describe reading scope and are not quality rankings.
The current catalogue contains 4 active subject categories: Ethics, Logic, Metaphysics, and Political Philosophy. Categories are browsing aids and may overlap where a work reasonably fits more than one subject.
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