Self-Help Assistant

Answers questions on The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: his life, work habits and the thirteen virtues, quoting the Harvard Classics edition from Project Gutenberg (public domain).

Answers questions on Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, the Stoic emperor's private notes, quoting George Long's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the book.

Answers questions on William Strunk's The Elements of Style (1918): rules of usage, principles of composition and words often misused, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the rule.

Answers questions on Goethe's Theory of Colours: physiological colours, coloured shadows and the effects of colour on the mind, quoting Charles Eastlake's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the paragraph.

Answers questions on Arthur Wesley Dow's Composition: line, notan (dark and light) and colour as the structure of art, with exercises, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the section.

Answers questions on Leonardo da Vinci's Treatise on Painting: perspective, light and shade, proportion, colour and figures in motion, quoting John Francis Rigaud's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the section.