The Doctrine of the Mean 中庸
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The Doctrine of the Mean (Chinese: 中庸, Pinyin: Zhōngyōng, Korean: 중용, Japanese: 中庸, Vietnamese: Trung Dung) is one of the Four Books (四書) of Confucianism. It consists of 33 chapters attributed to Zisi (子思), the only grandson of Confucius, with interspersed notes by Zhu Xi. Zhu Xi's master, Cheng Yi, says, "Being without inclination to either side is called Zhong; admitting of no change is called Yong. By Zhong is denoted the correct course to be pursued by all under heaven; by Yong is denoted the fixed principle regulating all under heaven. This work contains the law of...
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The Great Learning 大学
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The Great Learning (Traditional Chinese: 大學, Simplified: 大学, Pinyin: Dàxué, Korean: 대학, Japanese: 大学, Vietnamese: Đại Học) is one of the Four Books (Great Learning, Doctrine of the Mean, Analects, Mencius) of Confucianism. The text consists of a short main text attributed to Confucius (孔子) and ten commentary chapters attributed to Zengzi (曾子) the disciple of Confucius. The translation also includes interspersed notes by the 12th-century philosopher Zhu Xi (朱熹). Zhu Xi's master Cheng Yi (程颐) says, "The Great Learning is a Book transmitted by the Confucian...
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Heart Sutra (Buddhist)
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The Heart Sutra (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापारमिताहृदय Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya ('The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom') or Chinese: 心經 Xīnjīng or Tibetan: བཅོམ་ལྡན་འདས་མ་ཤེས་རབ་ཀྱི་ཕ་རོལ་ཏུ་ཕྱིན་པའི་སྙིང་པོ). In the sutra, Avalokiteśvara addresses Śariputra, explaining the fundamental emptiness (śūnyatā) of all phenomena, known through and as the five aggregates of human existence (skandhas): form (rūpa), feeling (vedanā), volitions (saṅkhāra),...
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Diamond Sutra (Buddhist)
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The Diamond Sutra is a Mahāyāna (Buddhist) sutra from the genre of Prajñāpāramitā ('perfection of wisdom') sutras. The Diamond Sūtra is one of the most influential Mahayana sutras in East Asia, and it is particularly prominent within the Chan (or Zen) tradition, along with the Heart Sutra. Sanskrit: वज्रच्छेदिकाप्रज्ञापारमितासूत्र, Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra (translated roughly as 'The Perfection of Wisdom Text that Cuts Like a Thunderbolt') Chinese: 金剛般若波羅蜜多經 Jīngāng...
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Meteorology Book 1 by Aristotle
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Meteorology Book 1 by Aristotle Translated by Erwin Wentworth Webster
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Generation of Animals - Book 2 - Aristotle
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Generation of Animals - Book 2 - Aristotle
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Generation of Animals - Book 1 - Aristotle
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Generation of Animals - Book 1 - Aristotle
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History of Animals Book 10 by Aristotle
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History of Animals Book 10 by Aristotle & Translated by Richard Cresswell
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History of Animals Book 5 by Aristotle
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History of Animals Book 5 by Aristotle
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History of Animals Book 4 by Aristotle
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History of Animals Book 4 by Aristotle
info_outlineThis fifth of the six Enneads (ΕΝΝΕΑΔΕΣ) written by Plotinus (ΠΛΩΤΙΝΟΣ); arranged by Porphyry (ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΟΣ) and translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie contains the following nine books:
1. The Three Principal Hypostases, or Forms of Existence (0:00:00)
2. Of Generation, and of the Order of things that Rank Next After the First (0:51:53)
3. The Self-Consciousnesses, and What is Above Them (1:00:08)
4. How What is After the First Proceeds Therefrom; of the One (2:22:52)
5. That Intelligible Entities Are Not External to the Intelligence of the Good (2:34:54)
6. The Superessential Principle Does Not Think (3:34:46)
7. Do Ideas of Individuals Exist (3:54:35)
8. Concerning Intelligible Beauty (4:05:30)
9. Of Intelligence, Ideas and Essence (5:08:23)
Painting: The Angel of Death by Émile Jean-Horace Vernet.
Recording and cover design by Geoffrey Edwards are in the public domain.