The World's Greatest Books, Volume XIII

About this eBook

Editor

Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander), 1871-1949

Title

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy

Credits

Produced by John Hagerson, Kevin Handy and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

BL: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Religion: General, Miscellaneous and Atheism

Subject

Philosophy

Category

Text

eBook-No.

13620

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13620

Release Date

October 7, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS — JOINT EDITORS — ARTHUR MEE J.A. HAMMERTON
2. 2.VOL. XIII — RELIGION — PHILOSOPHY — Table of Contents — Religion
3. 3.THE APOCRYPHA — First Esdras — Second Esdras — Tobit — Judith — The Book of Esther — The Wisdom of Solomon — The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach; or Ecclesiasticus. — Baruch — Song of the Three Holy Children — The History of Susanna — The History of the Destruction of Bel and the Dragon — The Prayer of Manasses — The First Book of the Maccabees — The Second Book of the Maccabees — ST. AUGUSTINE
4. 4.The City of God — I.--The Origin of the Two Cities — II.--The Growth of the Cities — III.--The Destiny of the Just — RICHARD BAXTER
5. 5.The Saints' Everlasting Rest — I.--The Nature of Rest — II.--How the Saints will be Employed — III.--How the Eternal Rest is Reached — IV.--Excellences of the Eternal Rest
6. 6.BOOK OF THE DEAD — Introductory — I.--The Scribe Ani Pleads with Osiris through Thoth for Admission to the Underworld and for a Safe Evit (Resurrection) — II.--The Prayer of Ani the Scribe — III.--Nu Praises Ra (the Sun-God) for his Ability to go Down into the Grave and Return to Earth through the Magic Use of the Sacred Texts — IV.--The Spirit of the Scribe Mesemneter Prays that Some Offended God may be Conciliated — V.--Litany to Osiris — VI.--Hymn of Praise to the Setting Sun — VII.--About the Resurrection, or the Coming Backto Life (Day), of Departed Shades. — VIII.--A Litany Addressed to Thoth — IX.--A Magical Chapter
7. 7.BOOKS OF BRAHMANISM — Introductory — Mahabharata
8. 8.Outline of the Epic — The Bhagavad-Gita, or Holy Song of Brahmanism — Outline of the Bhagavad-Gita — Other Parts of the Mahabharata — SIR THOMAS BROWNE
9. 9.Religio Medici — I.--The Broad-Minded Christian — II.--The Divine Wisdom — III.--The Hope of Immortality — JOHN CALVIN
10. 10.Institution of the Christian Religion — I.--The Knowledge of God the Creator — II.--The Grace of Christ the Redeemer — III.--The Merit of Christ as Our Saviour — IV.--Of Repentance — V.--Of Justification by Faith — VI.--On the Doctrine of Election — SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE
11. 11.Aids to Reflection — I.--Introductory Aphorisms — II.--Reflections Respecting Morality — III.--Prudential Aphorisms — IV.--Aphorisms on Spiritual Religion — CONFUCIANISM
12. 12.The Lun Yu, or Sayings of Confucius — Introductory — General Maxims — On Poetry, History, and Propriety — Confucius at Home and at Court — On Learning and Virtue
13. 13.Ta-Hsio, or Teaching for Adults — Introductory — How the Empire is to be Improved
14. 14.Chung Yung, or Doctrine of the Mean — Introductory — The Good Man's Path
15. 15.The Works of Mencius — Introductory — Virtue, not Profit, to be the Chief Quest — A Prosperous Ruler the Friend and Father of his People — Mencius uses Stratagem to Bring Home to the Emperor His Guilt — It May be Right to Kill a Sovereign — The Gifts that May and Those that May Not be Accepted — Wrong Conduct Should be Ended at Once — The Inherent Goodness of Human Nature — People First, Kings Last — Every Man Should Accept His Lot — What the Good King Delights in Most — The Influence of Example — Counsellors Should Love Righteousness Rather Than Riches — FÉNELON
16. 16.The Existence of God — I.--The Hand that Makes Everything — II.--Earth, the Mother of All Living — III.--God in the Mind of Man — IV.--A Prayer to God — GALILEO
17. 17.The Authority of Scripture — I.--The Defenders of Fallacy — II.--Scriptural and Experimental Truth — III.--Fact and Faith — GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL
18. 18.The Philosophy of Religion — I. The Relation of Philosophy to Religion — II.--God the Universal — III.--God Exists for Thought — IV.--What is Evil? — V.--The Determination of Unity — THE BOOKS OF HINDUISM
19. 19.The Vedanta Sutras — Introductory — Book I.--Brahman, the Sum and Substance of Everything — Book II.--Objections to Vedantic Doctrines Stated and Refuted — Book III.--Of the Soul and its Summum Bonum — THOMAS À KEMPIS
20. 20.The Imitation of Christ — I.--Admonitions Useful to the Spiritual Life — II.--Admonitions Leading to Inward Life — III.--Of Inward Consolation — IV.--Devout Exhortation to Holy Communion
21. 21.THE KORAN — Introductory — MEKKAN SURAS — I.--FIRST PERIOD (A.D. 613-617) — Muhammad's First Call to Read the Koran — Denunciation of Abu Lahab [16] — Muhammad Commanded to Offer Sacrifices — Believers and Unbelievers — The Duty of Exercising Charity — Muhammad Commanded to Arise and Preach — The Koran Given to Muhammad — Muhammad not Mad nor an Impostor — God's Promise to Help Muhammad to Recite the Koran — The Koran Inspired — The Treatment of Women Believers — God's Unity [21] — Formulæ of Exorcism — The Heaven of the Muslims — II.--SECOND PERIOD (A.D. 617-619) — Winds and Demons Subject to Solomon — The Miraculous Birth of Jesus — The Virgin Mary — Devils Sent by God to Make Men Sin — Solomon's Army of Men, Birds, and Jinns (Demons) — The Queen of Sheba's Visit to Solomon — III.--THIRD PERIOD (A.D. 619-622) — Punishment for Violating the Sabbath — Mount Sinai Shaken Above the Israelites — MEDINAH SURAS — Salvation for Others than Muslims — Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes of Israel all Muslims — The Qiblah Changed from Jerusalem to Mekka — Against Jews and Christians, Who Capriciously Choose and Reject What Divine Revelations They Please — The Mekka Temple Founded by Abraham — Jesus Predicts the Coming of Muhammad — Muhammad the Last and Greatest of God's Messengers — The Koran Consistent Throughout — Muhammad Contradicts the Fact of the Crucifixion of Christ — Muhammad Admits the Fact of the Crucifixion of Christ — One God, Not Three Gods, According to the Scripture — Forbidden Food — Divination by Arrows Condemned — Denial of the Divinity of Christ and the Trinity — CARDINAL NEWMAN
22. 22.Apologia Pro Vitâ Sua — I.--History of My Religious Opinions to 1833 — II.--With the Tractarians — III.--A Theological Death-bed — IV.--The Faith of a Catholic — THOMAS PAINE
23. 23.The Age of Reason — I.--Revealed Religion — II.--Theology and Religion — III.--The Bible — IV.--Mystery, Miracle, and Prophecy — V.--Deism — BLAISE PASCAL
24. 24.Letters to a Provincial — I.--Lax Casuists — II.--The Doctrine of Intention — III.--The Charge of Raillery — IV.--The Sin of Simony — V.--Homicide — WILLIAM PENN
25. 25.Some Fruits of Solitude — To the Reader — Ignorance — Education — Frugality or Bounty — Industry — Knowledge — On the Government of Thoughts — Friendship — Of Charity — ERNEST RENAN
26. 26.Life of Jesus — The Hour and the Man — Youth and Education — Idyllic Surroundings — A Character to Love — A Stimulating Acquaintance — Early Successes — A Gospel for the Poor — The Priest in the Path — Time-worm Proofs — The New Kingdom of God — The Clash of Old and New — Approaching the Crisis — Victory Through Defeat — EMANUEL SWEDENBORG
27. 27.Heaven and Hell — I.--Of Heaven — II--Of the World of Spirits — III.--Of Hell — THE TALMUD — Division I.--Called Seeds — Division II--Feasts (Mongëd) — III.--Women (Nashim) — IV.--Concerning Penalties (Nezikin) — V.--Sacred Things, Sacrifices, Measurements of the Temple, etc. — VI.--Legal Purifications, Laws of Clean and Unclean, Etc. (Teharot) — ZOROASTRIANISM
28. 28.Zend Avesta — Introductory — I.--Yasnas, or Sacrificial Prayers and Songs — The Five Gathas — II.--Vispereds — III.--Vendidads (lit. "laws against demons") — Philosophy — ARISTOTLE
29. 29.The Ethics of Aristotle — I.--The End of Life and the Meaning of Virtue — II.--The Moral Virtues Examined — III.--Justice — IV.--Wisdom, Prudence and Continence — V.--Friendship — VI.--Conclusion — MARCUS AURELIUS
30. 30.His Discourses with Himself — Book I — Book II — Book III — Book IV — Book V — Book VI — Book VII — Book VIII — Book IX — Book X — Book XI — Book XII — FRANCIS BACON
31. 31.The Advancement of Learning — Second Book — GEORGE BERKELEY
32. 32.Principles of Human Knowledge — I.--The Analysis of Perception — II.--The Roots of Scepticism — III.--Our Knowledge of God — DESCARTES
33. 33.Discourse on Method — I.--The Aim of this Discourse — II.--The Intellectual Crisis — III.--A Rule of Life — IV.--"I Think, Therefore I Am" — V.--Why I Do Not Publish "The World" — RALPH WALDO EMERSON
34. 34.Nature — I.--To What End is Nature? — II.--Her Delight — III.--Her Loveliness — IV.--Her Gift of Language — V.--Her Moral Discipline — VI.--Is Nature Real? — VII.--The Spirit Behind Nature — EPICTETUS
35. 35.Discourses and Encheiridion — I.--Of the Will, and of God — II.--The Citizen of the World and his High Calling — III.--"His Will is My Will" — IV.--Of Tranquillity and the Means Thereto — Footnotes

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