Sources
Every passage in this library comes from one of the works below. Nothing is published until its rights are settled: a source whose status is unresolved fails the build rather than appearing here.
Confucian Analects
- Author.
- Kongzi (Confucius)
- Translator.
- James Legge
- Edition.
- The Chinese Classics, volume I, 1861
- Rights.
- Public domain — Public domain. The translation is from 1861 and its copyright has expired.
- Passages here.
- 3
Confucian Analects, translated by James Legge, The Chinese Classics, volume I. Public domain.
As a Man Thinketh
- Edition.
- James Allen, 1903
- Rights.
- Public domain — Public domain. First published in 1903; its copyright has expired.
- Passages here.
- 2
- Text obtained from.
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4507
James Allen, As a Man Thinketh, 1903. Public domain. Text from Project Gutenberg.
The Enchiridion
- Author.
- Epictetus, recorded by Arrian
- Translator.
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Edition.
- Project Gutenberg eBook 45109, 1865
- Rights.
- Public domain — Public domain in the United States
- Passages here.
- 8
Epictetus, The Enchiridion, translated by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Public domain.
The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text — A New Translation
- Author.
- Jewish Publication Society
- Edition.
- Philadelphia, 1917, 1917
- Rights.
- Public domain — Public domain. Published in 1917; the copyright has expired in the United States.
- Passages here.
- 1
- Text obtained from.
- https://storage.googleapis.com/sefaria-export/json/Tanakh/Writings/
The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation, Jewish Publication Society, 1917. Public domain. Digitised by the Open Siddur Project from images shared by JPS, and imported by Sefaria.
Meditations
- Edition.
- Translated by George Long, 1862
- Rights.
- Public domain — Public domain. The translation is from 1862 and its copyright has expired.
- Passages here.
- 2
- Text obtained from.
- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/marcus-aurelius/meditations/george-long
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, translated by George Long, 1862. Public domain. Text from the Standard Ebooks edition, whose editorial contributions are released under CC0.
Astrological readings written for this collection
- Edition.
- Peace Finder original text
- Rights.
- Original to this collection — Original text, written for this collection
- Passages here.
- 5
- Text obtained from.
- https://github.com/Jjzme2/peace-finder
Written for this collection in the idiom of a modern astrological column.
Fortunes and replies written for this collection
- Edition.
- Peace Finder original text
- Rights.
- Original to this collection — Original text, written for this collection
- Passages here.
- 0
- Text obtained from.
- https://github.com/Jjzme2/peace-finder
Written for this collection.
Reflections written for this collection
- Edition.
- Peace Finder original text
- Rights.
- Original to this collection — Original text, written for this collection
- Passages here.
- 7
- Text obtained from.
- https://github.com/Jjzme2/peace-finder
Written for this collection.
Research summaries written for this collection
- Edition.
- Peace Finder original text
- Rights.
- Original to this collection — Original text, written for this collection
- Passages here.
- 3
- Text obtained from.
- https://github.com/Jjzme2/peace-finder
Summarised for this collection. The findings belong to the researchers named on each entry; the wording is ours, and any error in it is ours too.
The Sayings of the Jewish Fathers (Pirke Abot)
- Translator.
- Joseph I. Gorfinkle
- Edition.
- Library of Jewish Classics III, second edition, 1913
- Rights.
- Public domain — Public domain. Published before 1929; the copyright has expired in the United States.
- Passages here.
- 4
Pirke Avot: The Sayings of the Jewish Fathers, translated by Joseph I. Gorfinkle, Library of Jewish Classics III. Public domain.
The Practice of the Presence of God, the Best Rule of a Holy Life
- Author.
- Nicholas Herman (Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection)
- Edition.
- Conversations and letters, translated from the French
- Rights.
- Public domain — Public domain. A nineteenth-century translation of a seventeenth-century text; the copyright has expired.
- Passages here.
- 1
Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, The Practice of the Presence of God, translated from the French. Public domain.
Dialogues
- Edition.
- Translated by Aubrey Stewart, 1900
- Rights.
- Public domain — Public domain. The translation is from 1900 and its copyright has expired.
- Passages here.
- 2
- Text obtained from.
- https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/seneca/dialogues/aubrey-stewart
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Dialogues, translated by Aubrey Stewart, 1900. Public domain. Text from the Standard Ebooks edition, whose editorial contributions are released under CC0.
Early Buddhist Discourses
- Translator.
- Bhikkhu Sujato
- Edition.
- SuttaCentral / bilara-data, published translations
- Rights.
- CC0 public domain dedication — CC0 1.0 Universal (public domain dedication)
- Passages here.
- 9
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato, published by SuttaCentral and dedicated to the public domain under CC0 1.0.
The Tao Teh King, or The Tao and its Characteristics
- Author.
- Laozi
- Translator.
- James Legge
- Edition.
- Sacred Books of the East, volume XXXIX, 1891
- Rights.
- Public domain — Public domain. The translation is from 1891 and its copyright has expired.
- Passages here.
- 5
Laozi, The Tao Teh King, translated by James Legge, 1891. Public domain.
The Upanishads
- Translator.
- Swami Paramananda
- Edition.
- Translated from the original Sanskrit, Vedanta Centre, Boston, 1919
- Rights.
- Public domain — Public domain. Published in 1919; the copyright has expired in the United States.
- Passages here.
- 4
- Text obtained from.
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GITenberg/The-Upanishads_3283/master/3283.txt
The Upanishads, translated by Swami Paramananda, 1919. Public domain. Only the translated verses are reproduced here; the translator's commentary is not.
The Holy Bible, World English Bible
- Translator.
- Michael Paul Johnson (editor), revising the American Standard Version
- Edition.
- World English Bible (WEB), 2000
- Rights.
- Public domain — Public domain
- Passages here.
- 9
- Text obtained from.
- https://registry.npmjs.org/world-english-bible/-/world-english-bible-1.0.1.tgz
The Holy Bible, World English Bible. Public domain. The WEB is a revision of the American Standard Version of 1901.