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 Jane Austen's Persuasion: Anne Elliot, Captain Wentworth, Lyme, Bath and second chances, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Homer's Iliad: the wrath of Achilles, Hector and Troy, the gods and the funeral games, quoting Samuel Butler's translation from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the book.

Answers questions on L. H. Bailey's Manual of Gardening: soil, planting, the vegetable garden, fruit trees, pruning and ornamental planting, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.

Answers questions on Hoyle's Games Modernized: the rules of whist, poker, cribbage, piquet, chess and other card and table games, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the game.