Boston Cooking-School 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 the Dhammapada, the Buddhist verses on the mind, anger, craving and the path, quoting F. Max Müller's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on the Bhagavad Gita: Arjuna's dilemma, duty, action without attachment and devotion, quoting Sir Edwin Arnold's verse translation (The Song Celestial) from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Francis Bacon's Essays: short counsels on studies, truth, friendship, ambition, revenge and other topics, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the essay.

Answers questions on William James's Pragmatism: the pragmatic method, the pragmatic theory of truth and the squirrel dispute, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the lecture.