Discourse on the Method Assistant

Answers questions on John Stuart Mill's On Liberty: the harm principle, freedom of thought and the limits of authority, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Lucretius's On the Nature of Things: atoms and void, the soul, why not to fear death and the origins of the world, quoting William Ellery Leonard's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the book.

Answers questions on Machiavelli's The Prince, on gaining and keeping power, quoting W. K. Marriott's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

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 Seneca's Minor Dialogues: anger, the shortness of life, tranquillity of mind, the happy life and clemency, quoting Aubrey Stewart's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the dialogue.

Answers questions on Camille Flammarion's Astronomy for Amateurs: the sky, the Moon, the Sun, the planets, comets and the stars, quoting Frances A. Welby's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Plato's Symposium: the speeches on love by Phaedrus, Aristophanes, Agathon and Socrates, Diotima and Alcibiades, quoting Benjamin Jowett's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the speech.

Answers questions on Aristotle's Politics: the household and the city, citizenship, constitutions, revolutions and the best state, quoting William Ellis's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the book.