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37 Lawfulness Internalized, Legislation Minimized
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38 Wisdom in the City
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39 Courage in the City
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40 Temperance in the City
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41 Justice in the City
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42 Parts of the Soul -- Appetitive and Rational
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43 The Spirited Part of the Soul
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44 The Virtues of the Soul
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45 Injustice is Sick
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Book V
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46 A Desire to Listen
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47 The Natures of Men and Women
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48 Good Breeding
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49 Families and the Saying of “Mine” and “Not Mine”
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50 The Waging of War
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51 Philosophers and Knowledge of the Forms
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Book VI
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52 The Virtues of the Philosopher
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53 Philosophical Perspective and the Fear of Death
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54 The Uselessness of Philosophers
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55 Gifted Students and the Sophists
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56 Putting Knowledge of the Forms to Use
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57 The Form of the Good
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Junior extension: words and numbers
15 selected units on vocabulary, word formation, arithmetic and percentages. Intended for confident English readers with teacher or dictionary support. These selections do not reclassify the full books as junior textbooks.
Explore this collectionQuestions in philosophy
Explore arguments, knowledge, ethics, mind, religion and aesthetics through six introductory philosophy books. Start with a topic that interests you; listening is available only where the chapter shows a listening option.
Explore this collectionMathematics and computing
A route from arithmetic and everyday mathematics to functions, statistics, algorithms and open source collaboration. Check each book's prerequisites; the algorithms text assumes programming experience.
Explore this collectionFive ways in
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Thoughtful reading paths, open books, and ideas you can explore for yourself.
01 / A place to begin
A new way into mathematics.
Start where you are. Follow a question. Find the book that makes the next idea click.
02 / Think in code
Small steps. Powerful ideas.
A first program, a clever search, a useful question about data. Make the invisible steps visible.
03 / The examined idea
Stay with a good question.
What counts as knowledge? What makes an argument hold? Open a book that leaves room to think.
04 / The small reading escape
A little time. A whole world.
A poem, a fable, a story with a turn you did not see coming. Read something complete.
05 / Read together tonight
One story. A shared moment.
Find a small adventure, follow the pictures, and leave a little room for conversation.