Works

#1381

Lectures on Genesis (Late)

Martin Luther · 1535-45

Biblical commentary / Lectures · Lutheran / Reformation

Luther's 1535-45 late-life lectures on Genesis

30% lutheranism 15% evangelical-protestantism 15% hermeneutics 10% reformed-calvinist-theology 5% kantian-transcendental-idealism 10% virtue-ethics 5% historicism 10% christianity +5

#1382

Elements of Law, Natural and Politic (Early)

Thomas Hobbes · 1640

Political-philosophical treatise · Early-modern philosophy / Social contract theory

Hobbes's 1640 first political-philosophical treatise

25% liberalism 15% classical-liberalism 15% materialism 15% political-realism 10% rationalism 10% naturalism 6% mechanism 6% social-contract +5

#1383

De Corpore (Late)

Thomas Hobbes · 1655

Philosophical-scientific treatise · Early-modern philosophy / Materialism

Hobbes's 1655 De Corpore on bodies, geometry, physics

30% materialism 15% naturalism 15% rationalism 10% analytic-metaphysics 10% logicism 6% mechanism 6% social-contract +4

#1384

De Homine (Late)

Thomas Hobbes · 1658

Philosophical-anthropological treatise · Early-modern philosophy / Materialism

Hobbes's 1658 De Homine on human nature

25% materialism 20% philosophy-of-mind 15% naturalism 10% analytic-metaphysics 15% philosophy-of-language 6% mechanism 6% social-contract +4

#1385

Behemoth (Late)

Thomas Hobbes · c. 1668; 1681 (posthumous)

Historical-political dialogue · Early-modern philosophy / Political history

Hobbes's history of the English Civil War

25% political-realism 20% historicism 10% liberalism 15% critical-theory 10% materialism 5% classical-liberalism 6% mechanism 6% social-contract +5

#1386

The Hidden God (De Deo Abscondito) (Mid)

Nicholas of Cusa (Nicolaus Cusanus) · c. 1444

Theological dialogue · Late-medieval mysticism / Cusan philosophy

Cusa's c.1444 short dialogue on the hidden God

25% mysticism 15% neo-platonism 10% scholasticism 10% catholic-thomistic 10% perennial-philosophy 8% christian-mysticism +3

#1387

On the Beryl (De Beryllo) (Mature)

Nicholas of Cusa (Nicolaus Cusanus) · 1458

Philosophical-mystical treatise · Late-medieval mysticism / Cusan philosophy

Cusa's 1458 treatise — the beryl as image of intellectual sight

25% mysticism 20% neo-platonism 10% scholasticism 10% catholic-thomistic 10% aestheticism 8% christian-mysticism +3

#1388

On the Not-Other (De Non Aliud) (Late)

Nicholas of Cusa (Nicolaus Cusanus) · 1462

Philosophical-mystical treatise · Late-medieval mysticism / Cusan philosophy

Cusa's 1462 treatise — the Not-Other as the proper name of God

25% mysticism 15% neo-platonism 10% spinozist-pantheism 10% catholic-thomistic 5% philosophy-of-language 8% christian-mysticism +3

#1389

De Apice Theoriae (Late)

Nicholas of Cusa (Nicolaus Cusanus) · 1464

Philosophical-mystical treatise · Late-medieval mysticism / Cusan philosophy

Cusa's 1464 final work — the summit of theory

25% mysticism 15% neo-platonism 10% process-philosophy 10% catholic-thomistic 10% analytic-metaphysics 8% christian-mysticism +3

#1390

The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (Early)

Stephen Hawking · 1973

Technical monograph in mathematical physics · General relativity / Mathematical cosmology

Hawking and Ellis 1973 — foundational technical work on general-relativistic cosmology

25% quantum-realism 15% logicism 15% naturalism 10% realism 15% eternalism 10% analytic-metaphysics 6% effective-altruism +4

#1391

The Universe in a Nutshell (Mid)

Stephen Hawking · 2001

Popular science · Scientific naturalism / Popular physics

Hawking's 2001 popular-physics sequel to Brief History of Time

25% naturalism 20% quantum-realism 10% realism 10% eternalism 10% analytic-metaphysics 15% aestheticism 10% cosmopolitanism 6% effective-altruism +5

#1392

The Grand Design (Late)

Stephen Hawking · 2010

Popular science · Scientific naturalism / Popular physics

Hawking and Mlodinow 2010 — controversial M-theory cosmology

25% naturalism 20% critical-theory 15% humanism 15% quantum-realism 10% analytic-metaphysics 10% realism 6% effective-altruism +4

#1393

Brief Answers to the Big Questions (Late)

Stephen Hawking · 2018 (posthumous)

Popular essays · Scientific naturalism / Popular physics

Hawking's 2018 posthumous final essays

25% naturalism 15% humanism 10% critical-theory 15% transhumanism-posthumanism 10% consequentialism 15% cosmopolitanism 6% effective-altruism +4

#1394

Isis Unveiled (Early)

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky · 1877

Theosophical philosophical-religious treatise · Theosophy / Esotericism

Blavatsky's 1877 first major Theosophical work

30% perennial-philosophy 10% mysticism 10% kantian-transcendental-idealism 5% advaita-vedanta 8% theosophy 6% esotericism +3

#1395

The Secret Doctrine (Mature)

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky · 1888

Theosophical magnum opus · Theosophy / Esotericism

Blavatsky's 1888 mature Theosophical magnum opus

30% perennial-philosophy 10% mysticism 10% advaita-vedanta 5% buddhism 8% theosophy 6% esotericism +3

#1396

The Key to Theosophy (Late)

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky · 1889

Popular introduction to Theosophy · Theosophy / Esotericism

Blavatsky's 1889 popular introduction to Theosophy

30% perennial-philosophy 10% mysticism 10% virtue-ethics 5% advaita-vedanta 8% theosophy 6% esotericism +3

#1397

The Voice of the Silence (Late)

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky · 1889

Devotional-mystical work · Theosophy / Esotericism

Blavatsky's 1889 devotional work on the spiritual path

25% perennial-philosophy 25% mysticism 15% buddhism 5% advaita-vedanta 10% aestheticism 8% theosophy 6% esotericism +4

#1398

Call to Arms (Nahan) (Mid)

Lu Xun · 1923

Short-story collection · Modern Chinese literature / May Fourth Movement

Lu Xun's 1923 first major short-story collection

20% modernism 20% critical-theory 15% realism 10% humanism 5% dialectical-materialism 15% kantian-transcendental-idealism 10% aestheticism +4

#1399

Wandering (Panghuang) (Mid)

Lu Xun · 1926

Short-story collection · Modern Chinese literature

Lu Xun's 1926 second short-story collection

25% modernism 20% critical-theory 15% realism 15% pessimism 10% kantian-transcendental-idealism 10% existentialism 5% aestheticism +4

#1400

Wild Grass (Yecao) (Mid)

Lu Xun · 1924-26 prose-poems; 1927 collection

Prose-poetry collection · Modern Chinese literature

Lu Xun's 1927 prose-poetry collection

30% modernism 20% aestheticism 15% critical-theory 10% pessimism 10% existentialism +2

#1401

Old Tales Retold (Gushi Xinbian) (Late)

Lu Xun · 1922-35; 1935 collection

Satirical short-story collection · Modern Chinese literature

Lu Xun's 1935 satirical retellings of classical Chinese stories

20% modernism 20% critical-theory 25% realism 10% dialectical-materialism 10% kantian-transcendental-idealism 10% aestheticism 5% historicism +4

#1402

Yuishinshō Mon'i (Mature)

Shinran · 1255

Buddhist commentary · Pure Land Buddhism / Jōdo Shinshū

Shinran's 1255 commentary on Seikaku's Yuishinshō

30% pure-land-buddhism 15% buddhism 10% mysticism 10% virtue-ethics 10% hermeneutics +2

#1403

Kōsō Wasan (Mature)

Shinran · c. 1255

Buddhist devotional hymns · Pure Land Buddhism / Jōdo Shinshū

Shinran's c.1255 hymns to the Pure-Land patriarchs

30% pure-land-buddhism 15% mysticism 10% buddhism 10% aestheticism 10% historicism +2

#1404

Shōzōmatsu Wasan (Late)

Shinran · c. 1257

Buddhist devotional hymns · Pure Land Buddhism / Jōdo Shinshū

Shinran's c.1257 hymns on the Three Ages of Dharma

30% pure-land-buddhism 20% christianity 10% mysticism 10% historicism 5% aestheticism +2

#1405

Mattōshō (Late)

Shinran · c. 1257-62 letters; later compilation

Letters collection · Pure Land Buddhism / Jōdo Shinshū

Shinran's late letters compiled by disciples

25% pure-land-buddhism 15% virtue-ethics 15% christianity 10% mysticism +1

#1406

Standard Sermons (Mid-to-late)

John Wesley · 1746-1760 (first edition 1746)

Doctrinal sermons · Methodism / Wesleyan theology

Wesley's 44 doctrinal sermons defining Methodist theology

30% evangelical-protestantism 15% pietism 10% virtue-ethics 10% christianity 8% methodism 6% arminianism +3

#1407

Notes Upon the New Testament (Mid)

John Wesley · 1755

Biblical commentary · Methodism / Wesleyan theology

Wesley's 1755 Methodist NT commentary — companion to Standard Sermons

30% evangelical-protestantism 10% pietism 15% christianity 8% methodism 6% arminianism +2

#1408

A Compendium of Natural Philosophy (Late)

John Wesley · 1763 (expanded 1770, 1777)

Natural philosophy compendium · Natural theology / Methodism

Wesley's 1763 natural-theology survey of creation

25% natural-theology 20% evangelical-protestantism 20% naturalism 15% deism 10% materialism 8% methodism 6% arminianism +4

#1409

The Arminian Magazine (Late)

John Wesley · 1778-1791 (Wesley's editorship; continues as Methodist Magazine)

Periodical / monthly magazine · Methodism / Arminian theology

Wesley's founding monthly Methodist periodical from 1778

30% evangelical-protestantism 10% christianity 10% historicism 8% methodism 6% arminianism +2

#1410

Spirit in the World (Early)

Karl Rahner · 1939 (Geist in Welt)

Theological-philosophical dissertation · Transcendental Thomism / Catholic theology

Rahner's 1939 transcendental-Thomist epistemological dissertation

30% catholic-thomistic 15% phenomenology 10% empiricism 10% analytic-metaphysics 8% transcendental-thomism +2

#1411

Hearer of the Word (Early)

Karl Rahner · 1941 (lectures 1937)

Philosophy-of-religion lectures · Transcendental Thomism / Catholic theology

Rahner's 1941 philosophy-of-religion lectures on hearing the Word

30% catholic-thomistic 25% philosophy-of-religion 20% christianity 5% phenomenology 8% transcendental-thomism +2

#1412

Theological Investigations (Mid-to-late)

Karl Rahner · 1954-1984 (23 volumes, Schriften zur Theologie)

Theological essays — collected · Transcendental Thomism / Catholic theology

Rahner's 23-volume collected theological essays (1954-1984)

25% catholic-thomistic 10% christianity 8% transcendental-thomism

#1413

On the Theology of Death (Mid)

Karl Rahner · 1958

Theological essay · Transcendental Thomism / Catholic theology

Rahner's 1958 theological essay on death as final-personal act

25% catholic-thomistic 25% christianity 10% phenomenology 10% existentialism 8% transcendental-thomism +2

#1414

Deep Is the Hunger (Mid)

Howard Thurman · 1951

Devotional meditations · African-American mysticism / Christian devotion

Thurman's 1951 collection of devotional meditations

25% mysticism 15% christianity 15% virtue-ethics 10% liberation-theology 8% christian-mysticism +2

#1415

Meditations of the Heart (Mid)

Howard Thurman · 1953

Devotional meditations · African-American mysticism / Christian devotion

Thurman's 1953 spiritual meditations — most-beloved devotional collection

25% mysticism 20% christianity 10% virtue-ethics 8% christian-mysticism +1

#1416

The Search for Common Ground (Late)

Howard Thurman · 1971

Religio-philosophical essay · African-American mysticism / philosophy of community

Thurman's 1971 inquiry into ground of human community

20% mysticism 25% communitarianism 15% perennial-philosophy 15% virtue-ethics 8% christian-mysticism +2

#1417

With Head and Heart (Late)

Howard Thurman · 1979

Autobiography · African-American mysticism / spiritual autobiography

Thurman's 1979 autobiography

25% mysticism 25% christianity 15% liberalism 10% historicism 8% christian-mysticism +2

#1418

Crying in the Wilderness (Mid)

Desmond Tutu · 1982

Sermons and speeches · African-Christian liberation theology / Anglican prophetic theology

Tutu's 1982 anti-apartheid sermons and speeches

25% liberation-theology 30% postcolonial-theory 15% christianity 5% pacifism +1

#1419

Hope and Suffering (Mid)

Desmond Tutu · 1983

Sermons and speeches · African-Christian liberation theology / Anglican prophetic theology

Tutu's 1983 anti-apartheid sermons and speeches

25% liberation-theology 30% postcolonial-theory 15% christianity

#1420

The Rainbow People of God (Late)

Desmond Tutu · 1994

Sermons and speeches · African-Christian liberation theology / Anglican prophetic theology

Tutu's 1994 post-apartheid sermons and speeches

20% postcolonial-theory 25% liberation-theology 15% christianity

#1421

God Is Not a Christian (Late)

Desmond Tutu · 2011

Sermons and speeches · African-Christian / Anglican ecumenical-interfaith theology

Tutu's 2011 ecumenical-interfaith sermons

25% christianity 20% perennial-philosophy 15% liberation-theology

#1422

The Search After Truth (Early-to-mid)

Nicolas Malebranche · 1674-75 (expanded through 1712)

Philosophical treatise · Cartesian-Augustinian rationalism / occasionalism

Malebranche's 1674-75 Cartesian-Augustinian magnum opus

30% occasionalism 20% rationalism 20% catholic-thomistic 10% empiricism 5% philosophy-of-mind 8% cartesianism +3

#1423

Treatise on Nature and Grace (Mid)

Nicolas Malebranche · 1680

Theological-philosophical treatise · Cartesian-Augustinian / theodicy

Malebranche's 1680 general-will theodicy treatise

25% occasionalism 30% christianity 15% catholic-thomistic 10% rationalism 10% philosophy-of-religion 8% cartesianism +3

#1424

Dialogues on Metaphysics and on Religion (Mid-to-late)

Nicolas Malebranche · 1688

Philosophical dialogues · Cartesian-Augustinian rationalism / occasionalism

Malebranche's 1688 mature philosophical-theological dialogues

25% occasionalism 20% rationalism 15% catholic-thomistic 15% christianity 15% philosophy-of-religion 8% cartesianism +3

#1425

Treatise on Morality (Mid)

Nicolas Malebranche · 1684

Ethical treatise · Cartesian-Augustinian / rationalist ethics

Malebranche's 1684 rationalist-Augustinian ethical treatise

25% rationalism 15% occasionalism 20% catholic-thomistic 15% natural-law 8% cartesianism +2

#1426

Vigrahavyāvartanī (Early)

Nāgārjuna · c. 150-250 AD

Philosophical verse with auto-commentary · Madhyamaka Buddhism

Nāgārjuna's "Dispeller of Disputes" — defence of emptiness against logician critics

30% buddhism 5% dialectical-materialism 5% philosophy-of-language 8% mahayana-buddhism 8% madhyamaka +2

#1427

Śūnyatāsaptati (Mid)

Nāgārjuna · c. 150-250 AD

Philosophical verse · Madhyamaka Buddhism

Nāgārjuna's "Seventy Verses on Emptiness" — concise emptiness exposition

30% buddhism 5% dialectical-materialism 8% mahayana-buddhism 8% madhyamaka +1

#1428

Yuktiṣaṣṭikā (Mid)

Nāgārjuna · c. 150-250 AD

Philosophical verse · Madhyamaka Buddhism

Nāgārjuna's "Sixty Verses on Reasoning" — emptiness via dependent-origination

30% buddhism 5% dialectical-materialism 8% mahayana-buddhism 8% madhyamaka +1

#1429

Ratnāvalī (Mid-to-late)

Nāgārjuna · c. 150-250 AD

Didactic verse epistle · Madhyamaka Buddhism

Nāgārjuna's "Precious Garland" — Madhyamaka teaching to a Sātavāhana king

25% buddhism 10% virtue-ethics 8% mahayana-buddhism 8% madhyamaka +1

#1430

On the Problem of Empathy (Early)

Edith Stein (St. Teresia Benedicta of the Cross) · 1917

Phenomenological dissertation · Husserlian phenomenology / philosophical anthropology

Stein's 1917 phenomenological dissertation on empathy under Husserl

30% phenomenology 20% humanism 15% philosophy-of-mind 5% feminism 6% catholicism 8% christian-mysticism +3

#1431

Philosophy of Psychology and the Humanities (Early)

Edith Stein (St. Teresia Benedicta of the Cross) · 1922

Phenomenological investigations · Husserlian phenomenology / philosophical anthropology

Stein's 1922 phenomenological investigations on psyche and community

25% phenomenology 20% humanism 15% philosophy-of-mind 6% catholicism 8% christian-mysticism +2

#1432

The Science of the Cross (Late)

Edith Stein (St. Teresia Benedicta of the Cross) · 1942 (incomplete at her arrest and martyrdom)

Mystical-philosophical study · Carmelite mysticism / Catholic phenomenology

Stein's 1942 incomplete Carmelite study of John of the Cross

25% mysticism 20% phenomenology 15% catholic-thomistic 15% christianity 6% catholicism 8% christian-mysticism +3

#1433

Essays on Woman (Mid)

Edith Stein (St. Teresia Benedicta of the Cross) · 1928-1932 (lectures and essays)

Lectures and essays · Catholic phenomenology / philosophy of woman

Stein's 1928-1932 phenomenological-Catholic essays on women

25% feminism 20% humanism 15% phenomenology 15% catholic-thomistic 10% virtue-ethics 6% catholicism 8% christian-mysticism +4

#1435

Parimala (Mid)

Raghavendra Swami · c. 1620-1671

Philosophical commentary · Dvaita Vedānta / Mādhva school

Raghavendra's gloss on Jayatīrtha's Nyāyasudhā — major Dvaita commentary

30% dvaita-vedanta 15% advaita-vedanta 10% deism 10% hinduism 10% realism 6% vedanta +3

#1436

Tatparya Chandrika (Mid)

Raghavendra Swami · c. 1620-1671

Philosophical commentary · Dvaita Vedānta / Mādhva school

Raghavendra's gloss on Vyāsatīrtha's Tātparya-chandrikā

30% dvaita-vedanta 15% advaita-vedanta 10% deism 10% hinduism 10% realism 6% vedanta +3

#1437

Nyaya Mukura (Mid)

Raghavendra Swami · c. 1620-1671

Logico-epistemological treatise · Dvaita Vedānta / Mādhva school

Raghavendra's Nyāya-Mukura — Dvaita logical-epistemological treatise

25% dvaita-vedanta 20% hinduism 15% empiricism 6% vedanta +1

#1438

Bhagavata Tatparya commentary (Mid)

Raghavendra Swami · c. 1620-1671

Philosophical commentary · Dvaita Vedānta / Mādhva school

Raghavendra's commentary on Madhva's Bhāgavata-Tātparya

25% dvaita-vedanta 20% hinduism 6% vedanta

#1439

The Sign of Jonas (Mid)

Thomas Merton · 1953 (journal 1946-1952)

Monastic journal · Catholic monasticism / Trappist contemplation

Merton's 1953 Trappist monastic journal 1946-1952

25% catholic-thomistic 25% mysticism 20% christianity 6% catholicism 8% christian-mysticism +2

#1440

Zen and the Birds of Appetite (Late)

Thomas Merton · 1968

Interreligious essays · Catholic monasticism / interreligious dialogue / Zen-Christian

Merton's 1968 Catholic-Zen interreligious essays

25% perennial-philosophy 15% catholic-thomistic 20% buddhism 15% mysticism 6% catholicism 8% christian-mysticism +3

#1441

The Asian Journal (Late (final))

Thomas Merton · 1968 journal; published 1973 posthumously

Monastic-pilgrimage journal · Catholic monasticism / interreligious dialogue / Buddhist-Christian

Merton's 1968 final Asian-pilgrimage journal — posthumous

25% perennial-philosophy 15% catholic-thomistic 15% tibetan-vajrayana-buddhism 15% mysticism 6% catholicism 8% christian-mysticism +3