First published in 1917, Theophrastus and the Greek Physiological Psychology Before Aristotle is on the history of ancient Greek physiological psychology. It includes the author’s essays on Theophrastus and his writings on sense perception; the original Greek text and his own translation of On the Senses, which had not previously been translated in full into English. This book will be of interest to students of medicine, psychology and philosophy.

First published in 1923, Anger presents some considerations of anger where it comes close to conduct and religion. It is hoped that the explanation of conscience, and of the origins of religion, and particularly of monotheism has been carried a firm step farther than hitherto, and that interest will be found in the novel grouping of the great faiths with respect to wrath. The spirit of the great religions is drawn from their sacred writings. This book will be of interest to students of phi...

First published in 1952, Man, Creator or Destroyer makes clear that mankind is preeminent both as a creator and as a destroyer. And we are doomed unless creative man can master destructive man. But how gain this mystery? How strengthen the one and weaken the other? This and other vital questions are answered clearly for the general reader interested in creative work, from art and science to crime-prevention and international statecraft. The first part is concerned with man’s creative power...

First published in 2002. This is Volume VI of seven in the Library of Philosophy series on the Philosophy of Religion. Written in 1911, the present study an attempt is made to describe some of the more significant features of religion, and to discover the causes that give them their peculiar character.

“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”- Aristotle.Just as the Stoics were named for the stoa or porch in Athens where they congregated, the Peripatetic school - known in its day simply as the Peripatos - took its moniker from the peripatoi or covered walkways of the Lyceum where its members met. (A similar Greek word peripatetikos refers to the act of walking, and after Aristotle's death, a legend arose that he was a ‘peripatetic’ l...

In "Theophrastus and the Greek Physiological Psychology before Aristotle '— On Sense Perception," Theophrastus embarks on a meticulous exploration of sensory experience, grounding his inquiries in the burgeoning field of physiological psychology. The book delves into the mechanisms of perception, examining how sense data is processed within the human mind, and illuminates the philosophical underpinnings of sensory experience during the pre-Aristotelian period. Theophrastus employs an analy...