# Axial Commons
> A free library of 392 public-domain works of world wisdom (596,245 total passages: 489,983 in English and 106,262 in the original languages), with original languages and citations. Plain-English lines are labeled paraphrases.

## Key pages
- [Library](https://axialcommons.org/library/): every work, by tradition, era and theme
- [About & sources](https://axialcommons.org/about/): licensing and labels

## Works
- [Instruction of Ptahhotep](https://axialcommons.org/works/ptahhotep/): Ptahhotep, c. 2400 BCE (Middle Kingdom MS)
- [Code of Hammurabi](https://axialcommons.org/works/hammurabi/): anonymous, c. 1754 BCE
- [Epic of Gilgamesh](https://axialcommons.org/works/gilgamesh/): Sin-leqi-unninni (traditional compiler), c. 2100-1200 BCE
- [The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians (anthology)](https://axialcommons.org/works/egyptian-literature/): anonymous, Bronze Age
- [Enuma Elish](https://axialcommons.org/works/enuma-elish/): anonymous, c. 1800-1100 BCE
- [Rig Veda](https://axialcommons.org/works/rig-veda/): anonymous, c. 1500-1000 BCE
- [Gathas (Avesta)](https://axialcommons.org/works/gathas/): Zarathustra, c. 1500-1000 BCE (disputed)
- [Instruction of Amenemope (with other Egyptian wisdom texts)](https://axialcommons.org/works/amenemope/): Amenemope, Bronze Age
- [The Descent of Ishtar to the Nether World](https://axialcommons.org/works/descent-of-ishtar/): anonymous, Bronze Age
- [Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani)](https://axialcommons.org/works/book-of-the-dead/): anonymous, c. 1550-50 BCE
- [Iliad](https://axialcommons.org/works/iliad/): Homer, Axial Age
- [Odyssey](https://axialcommons.org/works/odyssey/): Homer, Axial Age
- [Hesiod (Works and Days, Theogony) and the Homeric Hymns](https://axialcommons.org/works/hesiod-homeric-hymns/): Hesiod, Axial Age
- [The First Philosophers of Greece (fragments and testimonia)](https://axialcommons.org/works/first-philosophers-greece/): Thales of Miletus, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Axial Age
- [The Bible (Old and New Testaments)](https://axialcommons.org/works/bible/): anonymous, c. 1000 BCE - 100 CE
- [Upanishads (Isa, Katha, Kena)](https://axialcommons.org/works/upanishads/): anonymous, c. 800-300 BCE
- [Upanishads (12 principal, Sacred Books of the East)](https://axialcommons.org/works/upanishads-sbe/): anonymous, c. 800-300 BCE
- [Fragments of Heraclitus](https://axialcommons.org/works/heraclitus-fragments/): Heraclitus, c. 500 BCE
- [Dialogues of the Buddha (Digha Nikaya)](https://axialcommons.org/works/dialogues-buddha/): anonymous, Axial Age
- [Therīgāthā (Psalms of the Sisters)](https://axialcommons.org/works/therigatha/): anonymous, Axial Age
- [Theragāthā (Psalms of the Brethren)](https://axialcommons.org/works/theragatha/): anonymous, Axial Age
- [Majjhima Nikāya I (Further Dialogues of the Buddha, vol. I: suttas 1-76)](https://axialcommons.org/works/majjhima-1/): anonymous, Axial Age
- [Majjhima Nikāya II (Further Dialogues of the Buddha, vol. II: suttas 77-152)](https://axialcommons.org/works/majjhima-2/): anonymous, Axial Age
- [Majjhima Nikāya (Middle-Length Discourses)](https://axialcommons.org/works/majjhima-nikaya/): anonymous, Axial Age
- [Saṃyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)](https://axialcommons.org/works/samyutta-nikaya/): anonymous, Axial Age
- [Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)](https://axialcommons.org/works/anguttara-nikaya/): anonymous, Axial Age
- [Udāna (Heartfelt Sayings)](https://axialcommons.org/works/udana/): anonymous, Axial Age
- [Itivuttaka (So It Was Said)](https://axialcommons.org/works/itivuttaka/): anonymous, Axial Age
- [Mandukya Upanishad](https://axialcommons.org/works/mandukya-upanishad/): anonymous, Axial Age
- [I Ching (Yi King, Book of Changes)](https://axialcommons.org/works/i-ching/): Confucius, Axial Age
- [Aeschylus: Tragedies (Oresteia, Prometheus Bound, etc.)](https://axialcommons.org/works/aeschylus-plays/): Aeschylus, Axial Age
- [Odes of Pindar (Olympian, Pythian, Nemean, Isthmian)](https://axialcommons.org/works/pindar-odes/): Pindar, Axial Age
- [Sophocles: Theban Plays (Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone)](https://axialcommons.org/works/sophocles-plays/): Sophocles, Axial Age
- [Apology of Socrates](https://axialcommons.org/works/apology/): Plato, c. 399-390 BCE
- [Crito](https://axialcommons.org/works/crito/): Plato, c. 399-390 BCE
- [Symposium](https://axialcommons.org/works/symposium/): Plato, c. 385 BCE
- [Meno](https://axialcommons.org/works/meno/): Plato, c. 385 BCE
- [Republic](https://axialcommons.org/works/republic/): Plato, c. 375 BCE
- [Phaedrus](https://axialcommons.org/works/phaedrus/): Plato, c. 370 BCE
- [Theaetetus](https://axialcommons.org/works/theaetetus/): Plato, c. 369 BCE
- [Laws](https://axialcommons.org/works/laws/): Plato, Axial Age
- [Phaedo](https://axialcommons.org/works/phaedo/): Plato, c. 360 BCE
- [Timaeus](https://axialcommons.org/works/timaeus/): Plato, c. 360 BCE
- [Tao Te Ching](https://axialcommons.org/works/tao-te-ching/): Laozi, c. 4th c. BCE
- [Analects](https://axialcommons.org/works/analects/): Confucius, c. 475-221 BCE
- [Nicomachean Ethics](https://axialcommons.org/works/nicomachean-ethics/): Aristotle, c. 340 BCE
- [Bhagavad Gita](https://axialcommons.org/works/bhagavad-gita/): anonymous, c. 400-200 BCE
- [Mencius](https://axialcommons.org/works/mencius-book/): Mencius, c. 300 BCE
- [Septuagint (Greek Old Testament)](https://axialcommons.org/works/septuagint/): anonymous, 3rd-1st c. BCE
- [1 Enoch](https://axialcommons.org/works/enoch/): anonymous, 3rd-1st c. BCE
- [Dhammapada](https://axialcommons.org/works/dhammapada/): anonymous, c. 3rd c. BCE
- [Sutta Nipata](https://axialcommons.org/works/sutta-nipata/): anonymous, c. 3rd c. BCE
- [Zhuangzi](https://axialcommons.org/works/zhuangzi/): Zhuangzi, c. 3rd c. BCE
- [Hymn to Zeus](https://axialcommons.org/works/cleanthes-hymn/): Cleanthes, Hellenistic
- [Book of Jubilees](https://axialcommons.org/works/jubilees/): Book of Jubilees (anonymous, 2nd c. BCE), Hellenistic
- [Tusculan Disputations](https://axialcommons.org/works/cicero-tusculans/): Marcus Tullius Cicero, Hellenistic
- [On the Nature of the Gods](https://axialcommons.org/works/cicero-nature-gods/): Marcus Tullius Cicero, Hellenistic
- [On the Commonwealth (De Re Publica), with the Dream of Scipio](https://axialcommons.org/works/cicero-republic/): Marcus Tullius Cicero, Hellenistic
- [On Duties (De Officiis)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cicero-de-officiis/): Marcus Tullius Cicero, Hellenistic
- [On the Nature of Things](https://axialcommons.org/works/lucretius-drn/): Lucretius, c. 55 BCE
- [Apocrypha (Deuterocanonical books: Esdras, Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, Baruch, Maccabees, ...)](https://axialcommons.org/works/apocrypha/): Old Testament Apocrypha (various), Hellenistic
- [Georgics](https://axialcommons.org/works/virgil-georgics/): Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), Axial Age
- [The Aeneid](https://axialcommons.org/works/aeneid/): Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro), Hellenistic
- [Metamorphoses](https://axialcommons.org/works/ovid-metamorphoses/): Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso), Axial Age
- [Pirke Avot (Sayings of the Fathers)](https://axialcommons.org/works/pirke-avot/): Tannaim (sages of the Mishnah), Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Works of Philo (complete)](https://axialcommons.org/works/philo-works/): Philo of Alexandria, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Providence (De Providentia)](https://axialcommons.org/works/seneca-de-providentia/): Seneca the Younger, Hellenistic
- [On Firmness (De Constantia Sapientis)](https://axialcommons.org/works/seneca-de-constantia/): Seneca the Younger, Hellenistic
- [On Anger (De Ira)](https://axialcommons.org/works/seneca-de-ira/): Seneca the Younger, Hellenistic
- [On Mercy (De Clementia)](https://axialcommons.org/works/seneca-de-clementia/): Seneca the Younger, Hellenistic
- [Jataka Tales (Stories of the Buddha's Former Births)](https://axialcommons.org/works/jataka/): Jataka (Pali canon, Khuddaka Nikaya; commentary trad. ascribed to Buddhaghosa), Axial Age
- [The Jātaka, vol. I (Ekanipāta)](https://axialcommons.org/works/jataka-1/): Jataka (Pali canon, Khuddaka Nikaya; commentary trad. ascribed to Buddhaghosa), Axial Age
- [The Jātaka, vol. II (nos. 151-300)](https://axialcommons.org/works/jataka-2/): Jataka (Pali canon, Khuddaka Nikaya; commentary trad. ascribed to Buddhaghosa), Axial Age
- [The Jātaka, vol. III (nos. 301-438)](https://axialcommons.org/works/jataka-3/): Jataka (Pali canon, Khuddaka Nikaya; commentary trad. ascribed to Buddhaghosa), Axial Age
- [The Jātaka, vol. IV (nos. 439-510)](https://axialcommons.org/works/jataka-4/): Jataka (Pali canon, Khuddaka Nikaya; commentary trad. ascribed to Buddhaghosa), Axial Age
- [The Jātaka, vol. V (nos. 511-537)](https://axialcommons.org/works/jataka-5/): Jataka (Pali canon, Khuddaka Nikaya; commentary trad. ascribed to Buddhaghosa), Axial Age
- [The Jātaka, vol. VI (nos. 538-547)](https://axialcommons.org/works/jataka-6/): Jataka (Pali canon, Khuddaka Nikaya; commentary trad. ascribed to Buddhaghosa), Axial Age
- [The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles (Didache)](https://axialcommons.org/works/didache/): Anonymous (the Didache / Apostolic Constitutions compilers), Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Constitutions of the Holy Apostles, with the Ecclesiastical Canons](https://axialcommons.org/works/apostolic-constitutions/): Anonymous (the Didache / Apostolic Constitutions compilers), Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Yoga Sutras of Patanjali](https://axialcommons.org/works/yoga-sutras/): Patanjali, Hellenistic
- [Parallel Lives](https://axialcommons.org/works/plutarch-lives/): Plutarch, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Moralia: Ethical Essays](https://axialcommons.org/works/plutarch-morals/): Plutarch, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Discourses and Enchiridion](https://axialcommons.org/works/epictetus-discourses/): Epictetus, Arrian, c. 108 CE
- [Ante-Nicene Fathers vol. 1: Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus (incl. Against Heresies)](https://axialcommons.org/works/ante-nicene-fathers-1/): Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Oxyrhynchus Sayings of Jesus (Greek Gospel of Thomas fragments)](https://axialcommons.org/works/oxyrhynchus-sayings/): anonymous, c. 2nd c. CE (3rd c. papyri)
- [Questions of King Milinda (Milindapañha)](https://axialcommons.org/works/milinda/): Milindapañha (Nagasena dialogue), Hellenistic
- [The Golden Ass (Metamorphoses)](https://axialcommons.org/works/golden-ass/): Apuleius, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Meditations](https://axialcommons.org/works/meditations/): Marcus Aurelius, c. 170-180 CE
- [Corpus Hermeticum](https://axialcommons.org/works/corpus-hermeticum/): anonymous, c. 100-300 CE
- [Writings of Clement of Alexandria (Exhortation, Instructor, Stromata)](https://axialcommons.org/works/clement-writings/): Clement of Alexandria, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Apology (Apologeticus)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-apology/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Idolatry (De idololatria)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-idolatry/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Shows (De spectaculis)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-shows/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Chaplet (De corona)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-chaplet/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [To Scapula (Ad Scapulam)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-to-scapula/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [To the Nations (Ad nationes)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-ad-nationes/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [An Answer to the Jews (Adversus Judaeos)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-against-jews/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Soul's Testimony (De testimonio animae)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-souls-testimony/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [A Treatise on the Soul (De anima)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-on-soul/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Prescription Against Heretics (De praescriptione haereticorum)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-prescription/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Against Marcion (Adversus Marcionem), in five books](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-against-marcion/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Against Hermogenes (Adversus Hermogenem)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-against-hermogenes/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Against the Valentinians (Adversus Valentinianos)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-against-valentinians/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Flesh of Christ (De carne Christi)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-flesh-christ/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Resurrection of the Flesh (De resurrectione carnis)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-resurrection-flesh/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Against Praxeas (Adversus Praxean)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-against-praxeas/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Scorpiace (Antidote for the Scorpion's Sting)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-scorpiace/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Against All Heresies (Adversus omnes haereses, spurious appendix)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-against-heresies-app/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Repentance (De paenitentia)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-repentance/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Prayer (De oratione)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-prayer/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [To the Martyrs (Ad martyras)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-to-martyrs/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Passion of the Holy Martyrs Perpetua and Felicitas (appendix)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-perpetua/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Of Patience (De patientia)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-patience/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Apparel of Women (De cultu feminarum)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tertullian-apparel-women/): Tertullian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Refutation of All Heresies (Philosophumena)](https://axialcommons.org/works/hippolytus-refutation/): Hippolytus of Rome, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Exegetical Fragments (Genesis to Luke; doubtful Pentateuch and Psalms fragments)](https://axialcommons.org/works/hippolytus-exegetical/): Hippolytus of Rome, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Treatise on Christ and Antichrist](https://axialcommons.org/works/hippolytus-antichrist/): Hippolytus of Rome, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Expository Treatise Against the Jews](https://axialcommons.org/works/hippolytus-against-jews/): Hippolytus of Rome, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Against Plato, on the Cause of the Universe](https://axialcommons.org/works/hippolytus-against-plato/): Hippolytus of Rome, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Against the Heresy of One Noetus](https://axialcommons.org/works/hippolytus-against-noetus/): Hippolytus of Rome, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Against Beron and Helix (fragments)](https://axialcommons.org/works/hippolytus-against-beron/): Hippolytus of Rome, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Discourse on the Holy Theophany](https://axialcommons.org/works/hippolytus-theophany/): Hippolytus of Rome, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Fragments of Discourses and Other Writings](https://axialcommons.org/works/hippolytus-fragments-misc/): Hippolytus of Rome, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Appendix: Dubious and Spurious Pieces (On the End of the World, the Apostles, the Canons)](https://axialcommons.org/works/hippolytus-spurious/): Hippolytus of Rome, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Lives of Eminent Philosophers (incl. Epicurus' letters, Book X)](https://axialcommons.org/works/lives-philosophers/): Diogenes Laertius, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Writings of Origen (De Principiis, Against Celsus)](https://axialcommons.org/works/origen-writings/): Origen, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Epistles](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyprian-epistles/): Cyprian of Carthage, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Unity of the Church (Treatise I)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyprian-unity/): Cyprian of Carthage, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Dress of Virgins (Treatise II)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyprian-dress-virgins/): Cyprian of Carthage, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Lapsed (Treatise III)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyprian-lapsed/): Cyprian of Carthage, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Lord's Prayer (Treatise IV)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyprian-lords-prayer/): Cyprian of Carthage, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [An Address to Demetrianus (Treatise V)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyprian-demetrianus/): Cyprian of Carthage, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Vanity of Idols (Treatise VI)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyprian-vanity-idols/): Cyprian of Carthage, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Mortality (Treatise VII)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyprian-mortality/): Cyprian of Carthage, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Works and Alms (Treatise VIII)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyprian-works-alms/): Cyprian of Carthage, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Advantage of Patience (Treatise IX)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyprian-patience/): Cyprian of Carthage, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Jealousy and Envy (Treatise X)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyprian-jealousy-envy/): Cyprian of Carthage, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Exhortation to Martyrdom, to Fortunatus (Treatise XI)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyprian-exhortation-martyrdom/): Cyprian of Carthage, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews (Treatise XII)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyprian-testimonies/): Cyprian of Carthage, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Pistis Sophia](https://axialcommons.org/works/pistis-sophia/): anonymous, c. 3rd-4th c. CE
- [Hymn of the Pearl (Acts of Thomas)](https://axialcommons.org/works/hymn-of-the-pearl/): anonymous, c. 3rd c. CE
- [The Apocryphal New Testament (Hone 1820: Protevangelion, Infancy Gospels, Nicodemus, Paul & Thecla, Apostolic Fathers incl. Hermas)](https://axialcommons.org/works/apocryphal-new-testament/): anonymous, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Codex Brucianus (Two Books of Jeu; Untitled Text)](https://axialcommons.org/works/bruce-codex/): anonymous, c. 3rd c. CE (5th-6th c. manuscript)
- [Enneads](https://axialcommons.org/works/enneads/): Plotinus, c. 270 CE
- [Diamond Sutra (Vajracchedika Prajnaparamita)](https://axialcommons.org/works/diamond-sutra/): anonymous, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Chaldean Oracles](https://axialcommons.org/works/chaldean-oracles/): anonymous, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians](https://axialcommons.org/works/iamblichus-mysteries/): Iamblichus, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Life of Pythagoras (Pythagoric Life)](https://axialcommons.org/works/iamblichus-pythagoras/): Iamblichus, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Divine Institutes (Divinae institutiones), in seven books](https://axialcommons.org/works/lactantius-divine-institutes/): Lactantius, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Epitome of the Divine Institutes](https://axialcommons.org/works/lactantius-epitome/): Lactantius, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [A Treatise on the Anger of God (De ira Dei)](https://axialcommons.org/works/lactantius-anger-of-god/): Lactantius, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Workmanship of God, or the Formation of Man (De opificio Dei)](https://axialcommons.org/works/lactantius-workmanship-god/): Lactantius, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died (De mortibus persecutorum)](https://axialcommons.org/works/lactantius-persecutors/): Lactantius, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Fragments of Lactantius](https://axialcommons.org/works/lactantius-fragments/): Lactantius, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Phoenix (De ave phoenice; uncertain author, attributed to Lactantius)](https://axialcommons.org/works/lactantius-phoenix/): Lactantius, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [A Poem on the Passion of the Lord (formerly ascribed to Lactantius)](https://axialcommons.org/works/lactantius-passion-poem/): Lactantius, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Oration to the Assembly of the Saints](https://axialcommons.org/works/constantine-oration-saints/): Constantine the Great, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Church History (Historia Ecclesiastica)](https://axialcommons.org/works/eusebius-church-history/): Eusebius of Caesarea, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Life of Constantine (Vita Constantini)](https://axialcommons.org/works/eusebius-vita-constantini/): Eusebius of Caesarea, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Oration in Praise of Constantine (Tricennial Oration)](https://axialcommons.org/works/eusebius-oration-tricennial/): Eusebius of Caesarea, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Incarnation of the Word (De Incarnatione)](https://axialcommons.org/works/athanasius-incarnation/): Athanasius of Alexandria, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Hymns and Homilies](https://axialcommons.org/works/ephrem-hymns/): Ephrem the Syrian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Life of Antony (Vita Antonii)](https://axialcommons.org/works/athanasius-life-antony/): Athanasius of Alexandria, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Holy Spirit, Hexaemeron, and Letters](https://axialcommons.org/works/basil-works/): Basil of Caesarea (Basil the Great), Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Catechetical Lectures (with the Mystagogical Catecheses)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cyril-catechetical/): Cyril of Jerusalem, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Select Orations and Letters](https://axialcommons.org/works/gregory-nazianzen-orations/): Gregory of Nazianzus, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Dogmatic Treatises](https://axialcommons.org/works/gregory-nyssa-works/): Gregory of Nyssa, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Duties of the Clergy (De officiis ministrorum)](https://axialcommons.org/works/ambrose-duties-clergy/): Ambrose of Milan, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Holy Spirit (De Spiritu Sancto)](https://axialcommons.org/works/ambrose-holy-spirit/): Ambrose of Milan, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus (De excessu fratris; incl. On Belief in the Resurrection)](https://axialcommons.org/works/ambrose-decease-satyrus/): Ambrose of Milan, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Exposition of the Christian Faith (De fide, to Gratian)](https://axialcommons.org/works/ambrose-de-fide/): Ambrose of Milan, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Mysteries (De mysteriis)](https://axialcommons.org/works/ambrose-mysteries/): Ambrose of Milan, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Concerning Repentance (De paenitentia)](https://axialcommons.org/works/ambrose-repentance/): Ambrose of Milan, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Concerning Virgins (De virginibus)](https://axialcommons.org/works/ambrose-virgins/): Ambrose of Milan, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Concerning Widows (De viduis)](https://axialcommons.org/works/ambrose-widows/): Ambrose of Milan, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Letters (selected), with the Memorial of Symmachus](https://axialcommons.org/works/ambrose-letters/): Ambrose of Milan, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Paradise of the Holy Fathers (Palladius' Lausiac History, Apophthegmata Patrum)](https://axialcommons.org/works/desert-fathers/): Desert Fathers (Palladius, Apophthegmata), Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew](https://axialcommons.org/works/chrysostom-matthew/): John Chrysostom, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Priesthood](https://axialcommons.org/works/chrysostom-priesthood/): John Chrysostom, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Homilies on the Gospel of John](https://axialcommons.org/works/chrysostom-john/): John Chrysostom, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Homilies on the Epistle to the Hebrews](https://axialcommons.org/works/chrysostom-hebrews/): John Chrysostom, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Confessions](https://axialcommons.org/works/confessions/): Augustine of Hippo, c. 397-400 CE
- [Sefer Yetzirah (Book of Formation)](https://axialcommons.org/works/sefer-yetzirah/): Sefer Yetzirah (attributed to Abraham), Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Yoma (Day of Atonement)](https://axialcommons.org/works/talmud-yoma/): anonymous, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Fifty Spiritual Homilies](https://axialcommons.org/works/macarius-homilies/): Pseudo-Macarius (Macarius the Egyptian), Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Letters and Select Works](https://axialcommons.org/works/jerome-letters-works/): Jerome, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Holy Trinity (De Trinitate)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-trinity/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Tractates on the Gospel of John](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-tractates-john/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Christian Doctrine (De Doctrina Christiana)](https://axialcommons.org/works/christian-doctrine/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Expositions on the Book of Psalms (Enarrationes in Psalmos)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-psalms/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Enchiridion (on Faith, Hope and Love)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-enchiridion/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Catechising of the Uninstructed (De catechizandis rudibus)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-catechising/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Faith and the Creed (De fide et symbolo)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-faith-creed/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Concerning Faith of Things Not Seen (De fide rerum quae non videntur)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-faith-unseen/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Profit of Believing (De utilitate credendi)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-profit-believing/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Creed: a Sermon to the Catechumens (De symbolo ad catechumenos)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-creed-catechumens/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Continence (De continentia)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-continence/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Good of Marriage (De bono coniugali)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-good-marriage/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Of Holy Virginity (De sancta virginitate)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-holy-virginity/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Good of Widowhood (De bono viduitatis)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-good-widowhood/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Lying (De mendacio)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-on-lying/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Against Lying, to Consentius (Contra mendacium)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-against-lying/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Of the Work of Monks (De opere monachorum)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-work-monks/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Patience (De patientia)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-patience/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Care to Be Had for the Dead (De cura pro mortuis gerenda)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-care-dead/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants (De peccatorum meritis et remissione)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-merits-forgiveness/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Spirit and the Letter (De spiritu et littera)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-spirit-letter/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Nature and Grace (De natura et gratia)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-nature-grace/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Man's Perfection in Righteousness (De perfectione iustitiae hominis)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-perfection-righteousness/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Proceedings of Pelagius (De gestis Pelagii)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-proceedings-pelagius/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin (De gratia Christi et de peccato originali)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-grace-original-sin/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Marriage and Concupiscence (De nuptiis et concupiscentia)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-marriage-concupiscence/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Soul and Its Origin (De anima et eius origine)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-soul-origin/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Against Two Letters of the Pelagians (Contra duas epistolas Pelagianorum)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-against-two-letters/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Grace and Free Will (De gratia et libero arbitrio), with Letters 214-215 to Valentinus](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-grace-free-will/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On Rebuke and Grace (De correptione et gratia)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-rebuke-grace/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Predestination of the Saints (De praedestinatione sanctorum)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-predestination-saints/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [On the Gift of Perseverance (De dono perseverantiae)](https://axialcommons.org/works/augustine-gift-perseverance/): Augustine of Hippo, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Conferences (Collationes)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cassian-conferences/): John Cassian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Institutes (De Institutis Coenobiorum)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cassian-institutes/): John Cassian, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [City of God](https://axialcommons.org/works/city-of-god/): Augustine of Hippo, 426 CE
- [The Commonitory](https://axialcommons.org/works/vincent-commonitory/): Vincent of Lérins, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Letters and Sermons (incl. the Tome, Letter XXVIII)](https://axialcommons.org/works/leo-great-letters-sermons/): Leo the Great, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Theology of Plato (with the Elements of Theology)](https://axialcommons.org/works/proclus-theology/): Proclus, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Commentary on the Timaeus of Plato](https://axialcommons.org/works/proclus-timaeus/): Proclus, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Divine Names and Mystical Theology](https://axialcommons.org/works/mystical-theology/): Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, c. 500 CE
- [On the Divine Names, with the Mystic Theology, Letters and Liturgy](https://axialcommons.org/works/dionysius-divine-names/): Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Consolation of Philosophy](https://axialcommons.org/works/consolation/): Boethius, 524 CE
- [The Book of Pastoral Rule (Regula Pastoralis)](https://axialcommons.org/works/gregory-pastoral-rule/): Gregory the Great, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Morals on the Book of Job (Moralia in Iob)](https://axialcommons.org/works/gregory-morals-job/): Gregory the Great, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Register of the Epistles (Books I-VIII)](https://axialcommons.org/works/gregory-great-register/): Gregory the Great, Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [The Qur'an](https://axialcommons.org/works/quran/): The Qur'an (revealed to Muhammad, per Islamic tradition), Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Mystic Treatises (Ascetical Homilies)](https://axialcommons.org/works/isaac-nineveh-treatises/): Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac the Syrian), Late Antique (incl. Roman Imperial)
- [Ecclesiastical History of the English People](https://axialcommons.org/works/bede-hist/): Bede (the Venerable), Medieval
- [An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith](https://axialcommons.org/works/john-damascus-orthodox-faith/): John of Damascus, Medieval
- [Odes of Solomon](https://axialcommons.org/works/odes-of-solomon/): anonymous, c. 100-150 CE (Syriac manuscripts 10th-15th c.)
- [The Little Flowers of St. Francis (Fioretti), with the Considerations on the Stigmata](https://axialcommons.org/works/little-flowers/): Ugolino Brunforte (attrib.), Actus / Fioretti compiler, Medieval
- [The Book of the Craft of Dying (Ars moriendi) and other early English tracts](https://axialcommons.org/works/craft-dying/): anonymous, Medieval
- [Hatha Yoga Pradipika](https://axialcommons.org/works/hatha-yoga-pradipika/): Svatmarama, Medieval
- [Mahanirvana Tantra (Tantra of the Great Liberation)](https://axialcommons.org/works/mahanirvana-tantra/): Anonymous (Tantric scripture), Medieval
- [Hymns to the Goddess](https://axialcommons.org/works/hymns-to-goddess/): Anonymous (Tantric scripture), Medieval
- [Yoga Vasistha (Yoga-Vasishtha Maharamayana)](https://axialcommons.org/works/yoga-vasistha/): Valmiki (attributed), Medieval
- [Proslogium, Monologium, Gaunilo's Reply, Cur Deus Homo](https://axialcommons.org/works/anselm-works/): Anselm of Canterbury, Medieval
- [The Alchemy of Happiness (Kimiya-yi Sa'adat)](https://axialcommons.org/works/alchemy-of-happiness/): Al-Ghazali, Medieval
- [Deliverance from Error](https://axialcommons.org/works/ghazali-deliverance/): Al-Ghazali, c. 1100
- [Historia Calamitatum (The Story of My Misfortunes)](https://axialcommons.org/works/historia-calamitatum/): Peter Abelard, Medieval
- [On Loving God (De diligendo Deo)](https://axialcommons.org/works/on-loving-god/): Bernard of Clairvaux, Medieval
- [Sermons on the Song of Songs](https://axialcommons.org/works/bernard-song-of-songs/): Bernard of Clairvaux, Medieval
- [The Cell of Self-Knowledge (Pepwell 1521)](https://axialcommons.org/works/cell-self-knowledge/): Richard of St Victor, Catherine of Siena, Margery Kempe, Walter Hilton, Medieval
- [The Guide for the Perplexed](https://axialcommons.org/works/guide-perplexed/): Moses Maimonides, Medieval
- [The Conference of the Birds (Mantiq al-Tayr)](https://axialcommons.org/works/conference-of-birds/): Farid ud-Din Attar, Medieval
- [Fusus al-Hikam (Bezels of Wisdom)](https://axialcommons.org/works/fusus-al-hikam/): Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi, Medieval
- [Rumi: selections from the Masnavi and Divan-i Shams (The Persian Mystics)](https://axialcommons.org/works/rumi-selections/): Jalal al-Din Rumi, Medieval
- [Summa Theologica (Prima Pars; Prima Secundae)](https://axialcommons.org/works/summa-theologica/): Thomas Aquinas, Medieval
- [Masnavi](https://axialcommons.org/works/masnavi/): Jalal al-Din Rumi, c. 1258-1273
- [Zohar: Siphra Dtzenioutha, Idra Rabba, Idra Zuta (The Kabbalah Unveiled)](https://axialcommons.org/works/zohar/): Zohar (attributed to Simeon bar Yochai; Moses de León), Medieval
- [The Book of Divine Consolation](https://axialcommons.org/works/book-divine-consolation/): Angela of Foligno, Medieval
- [The Mirror of Simple Souls](https://axialcommons.org/works/mirror-simple-souls/): Marguerite Porete, Medieval
- [Sermons and Treatises of Meister Eckhart](https://axialcommons.org/works/eckhart-sermons/): Meister Eckhart, c. 1300
- [The Book of the Lover and the Beloved](https://axialcommons.org/works/lull-lover-beloved/): Ramon Llull, Medieval
- [Divine Comedy](https://axialcommons.org/works/divine-comedy/): Dante Alighieri, 1308-1321
- [The Fire of Love (Incendium Amoris)](https://axialcommons.org/works/rolle-fire-of-love/): Richard Rolle, Medieval
- [The Inner Way (Sermons of John Tauler)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tauler-sermons/): Johannes Tauler, Medieval
- [A Little Book of Eternal Wisdom](https://axialcommons.org/works/little-book-eternal-wisdom/): Henry Suso (Heinrich Seuse), Medieval
- [The Dialogue (of Divine Providence)](https://axialcommons.org/works/dialogue-divine-providence/): Catherine of Siena, Medieval
- [The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage](https://axialcommons.org/works/spiritual-marriage/): John of Ruysbroeck (Jan van Ruusbroec), Medieval
- [The Cloud of Unknowing](https://axialcommons.org/works/cloud-of-unknowing/): anonymous, c. 1375
- [Divan of Hafiz (selected odes)](https://axialcommons.org/works/hafiz-divan/): Hafiz, Medieval
- [Theologia Germanica](https://axialcommons.org/works/theologia-germanica/): The Frankfurter (anonymous author of the Theologia Germanica), Medieval
- [The Scale (Ladder) of Perfection](https://axialcommons.org/works/hilton-scale/): Walter Hilton, Medieval
- [Revelations of Divine Love](https://axialcommons.org/works/revelations-divine-love/): Julian of Norwich, c. 1395
- [Letters of John Hus (written during his exile and imprisonment)](https://axialcommons.org/works/hus-letters/): Jan Hus, Medieval
- [The Imitation of Christ](https://axialcommons.org/works/imitation-of-christ/): Thomas a Kempis, c. 1420
- [Songs of Kabir](https://axialcommons.org/works/songs-of-kabir/): Kabir, 15th c.
- [The Prince](https://axialcommons.org/works/the-prince/): Niccolò Machiavelli, Early Modern
- [Utopia](https://axialcommons.org/works/utopia/): Thomas More, Early Modern
- [Three Books of Occult Philosophy (De occulta philosophia)](https://axialcommons.org/works/occult-philosophy/): Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Early Modern
- [The Praise of Folly (Moriae Encomium)](https://axialcommons.org/works/praise-of-folly/): Desiderius Erasmus, Early Modern
- [Guru Granth selections: Life of Guru Nanak and the Japji (The Sikh Religion vol. I)](https://axialcommons.org/works/sikh-religion/): Guru Nanak, Early Modern
- [Hermetic and Alchemical Writings (Coelum Philosophorum, Aurora of the Philosophers, Concerning the Nature of Things, ...)](https://axialcommons.org/works/paracelsus-hermetic/): Paracelsus, Early Modern
- [Ninety-Five Theses (Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences)](https://axialcommons.org/works/ninety-five-theses/): Martin Luther, Early Modern
- [Concerning Christian Liberty (On the Freedom of a Christian)](https://axialcommons.org/works/christian-liberty/): Martin Luther, Early Modern
- [On the Bondage of the Will (De servo arbitrio)](https://axialcommons.org/works/bondage-will/): Martin Luther, Early Modern
- [The Spiritual Exercises](https://axialcommons.org/works/spiritual-exercises/): Ignatius of Loyola, Early Modern
- [Institutes of the Christian Religion](https://axialcommons.org/works/calvin-institutes/): John Calvin, Early Modern
- [The Interior Castle](https://axialcommons.org/works/interior-castle/): Teresa of Avila, Early Modern
- [The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, Written by Herself](https://axialcommons.org/works/teresa-life/): Teresa of Ávila, Early Modern
- [Dark Night of the Soul](https://axialcommons.org/works/dark-night/): John of the Cross, Early Modern
- [A Spiritual Canticle of the Soul and the Bridegroom Christ](https://axialcommons.org/works/spiritual-canticle/): John of the Cross, Early Modern
- [The Ascent of Mount Carmel](https://axialcommons.org/works/ascent-carmel/): John of the Cross, Early Modern
- [The Heroic Enthusiasts (Gli Eroici Furori)](https://axialcommons.org/works/heroic-enthusiasts/): Giordano Bruno, Early Modern
- [Essays](https://axialcommons.org/works/montaigne-essays/): Michel de Montaigne, 1580-1595
- [Introduction to the Devout Life](https://axialcommons.org/works/devout-life/): Francis de Sales, Early Modern
- [Dialogues on the Supersensual Life](https://axialcommons.org/works/supersensual-life/): Jacob Boehme, Early Modern
- [Concerning the Three Principles of the Divine Essence](https://axialcommons.org/works/three-principles/): Jacob Boehme, Early Modern
- [The Way to Christ](https://axialcommons.org/works/way-to-christ/): Jacob Boehme, Early Modern
- [Signatura Rerum (The Signature of All Things)](https://axialcommons.org/works/signatura-rerum/): Jacob Boehme, Early Modern
- [Mysterium Magnum (An Exposition of the First Book of Moses, called Genesis)](https://axialcommons.org/works/mysterium-magnum/): Jacob Boehme, Early Modern
- [Essays, or Counsels Civil and Moral](https://axialcommons.org/works/bacon-essays/): Francis Bacon, Early Modern
- [Devotions upon Emergent Occasions](https://axialcommons.org/works/donne-devotions/): John Donne, Early Modern
- [The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations](https://axialcommons.org/works/herbert-temple/): George Herbert, Early Modern
- [Discourse on the Method](https://axialcommons.org/works/discourse-method/): René Descartes, Early Modern
- [Meditations on First Philosophy](https://axialcommons.org/works/meditations-descartes/): René Descartes, Early Modern
- [The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz](https://axialcommons.org/works/chymical-wedding/): Johann Valentin Andreae, Early Modern
- [The Provincial Letters](https://axialcommons.org/works/provincial-letters/): Blaise Pascal, Early Modern
- [The Lesser Key of Solomon: Goetia](https://axialcommons.org/works/goetia/): anonymous, Early Modern
- [The Key of Solomon the King (Clavicula Salomonis)](https://axialcommons.org/works/key-of-solomon/): anonymous, Early Modern
- [The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage](https://axialcommons.org/works/abramelin/): Abraham of Worms (attributed), Early Modern
- [The Hermetic Museum, Restored and Enlarged](https://axialcommons.org/works/hermetic-museum/): anonymous, Early Modern
- [Paradise Lost](https://axialcommons.org/works/paradise-lost/): John Milton, Early Modern
- [Centuries of Meditations](https://axialcommons.org/works/traherne-centuries/): Thomas Traherne, Early Modern
- [Theologico-Political Treatise](https://axialcommons.org/works/theologico-political/): Baruch Spinoza, Early Modern
- [Leviathan](https://axialcommons.org/works/leviathan/): Thomas Hobbes, Early Modern
- [Pensees](https://axialcommons.org/works/pensees/): Blaise Pascal, 1670
- [The Pilgrim's Progress](https://axialcommons.org/works/pilgrims-progress/): John Bunyan, Early Modern
- [Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners](https://axialcommons.org/works/grace-abounding/): John Bunyan, Early Modern
- [The Practice of the Presence of God](https://axialcommons.org/works/practice-of-presence/): Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection (Nicolas Herman), Early Modern
- [Ethics](https://axialcommons.org/works/ethics-spinoza/): Baruch Spinoza, 1677
- [The Spiritual Guide](https://axialcommons.org/works/molinos-spiritual-guide/): Miguel de Molinos, Early Modern
- [Second Treatise of Government](https://axialcommons.org/works/locke-second-treatise/): John Locke, Early Modern
- [The Maxims of the Saints (Explication des maximes des saints)](https://axialcommons.org/works/fenelon-maxims/): François Fénelon, Early Modern
- [A Short and Easy Method of Prayer](https://axialcommons.org/works/guyon-short-method/): Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, Early Modern
- [A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections](https://axialcommons.org/works/religious-affections/): Jonathan Edwards, Early Modern
- [Freedom of the Will](https://axialcommons.org/works/freedom-of-will/): Jonathan Edwards, Early Modern
- [A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life](https://axialcommons.org/works/serious-call/): William Law, Early Modern
- [Heaven and Hell (De Caelo et Inferno)](https://axialcommons.org/works/heaven-and-hell/): Emanuel Swedenborg, Early Modern
- [Angelic Wisdom concerning the Divine Love and the Divine Wisdom](https://axialcommons.org/works/divine-love-wisdom/): Emanuel Swedenborg, Early Modern
- [Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion](https://axialcommons.org/works/dialogues-natural-religion/): David Hume, Early Modern
- [An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding](https://axialcommons.org/works/hume-enquiry/): David Hume, Early Modern
- [Candide](https://axialcommons.org/works/candide/): Voltaire, Early Modern
- [Philosophical Dictionary](https://axialcommons.org/works/philosophical-dictionary/): Voltaire, Early Modern
- [Emile, or On Education (incl. the Creed of a Savoyard Priest)](https://axialcommons.org/works/emile/): Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Early Modern
- [Sermons on Several Occasions](https://axialcommons.org/works/wesley-sermons/): John Wesley, Early Modern
- [Critique of Pure Reason](https://axialcommons.org/works/critique-pure-reason/): Immanuel Kant, 1781
- [Groundwork (Fundamental Principles) of the Metaphysic of Morals](https://axialcommons.org/works/groundwork/): Immanuel Kant, Modern
- [The Marriage of Heaven and Hell](https://axialcommons.org/works/marriage-heaven-hell/): William Blake, 1790
- [The Age of Reason](https://axialcommons.org/works/age-of-reason/): Thomas Paine, Early Modern
- [Songs of Innocence and of Experience](https://axialcommons.org/works/blake-songs/): William Blake, Modern
- [Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion](https://axialcommons.org/works/blake-jerusalem/): William Blake, Modern
- [Milton: a Poem in Two Books](https://axialcommons.org/works/blake-milton/): William Blake, Modern
- [Prophetic Books (Tiriel, Thel, Visions of the Daughters of Albion, America, Europe, Urizen, Song of Los, Ahania, Los, The Four Zoas selections)](https://axialcommons.org/works/blake-prophetic-books/): William Blake, Modern
- [Phenomenology of Spirit (Mind), vol. I incl. Preface](https://axialcommons.org/works/phenomenology/): G. W. F. Hegel, Modern
- [Maxims and Reflections](https://axialcommons.org/works/goethe-maxims/): Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Modern
- [Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels](https://axialcommons.org/works/wilhelm-meister/): Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Modern
- [The World as Will and Representation](https://axialcommons.org/works/world-as-will/): Arthur Schopenhauer, 1818
- [Faust](https://axialcommons.org/works/faust/): Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1808-1832
- [Essays: First Series (Self-Reliance, The Over-Soul)](https://axialcommons.org/works/emerson-essays/): Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1841
- [Essays (Parerga and Paralipomena, selections)](https://axialcommons.org/works/schopenhauer-essays/): Arthur Schopenhauer, Modern
- [Walden](https://axialcommons.org/works/walden/): Henry David Thoreau, 1854
- [On Liberty](https://axialcommons.org/works/mill-on-liberty/): John Stuart Mill, Modern
- [Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual (Dogme et rituel de la haute magie)](https://axialcommons.org/works/transcendental-magic/): Éliphas Lévi (Alphonse Louis Constant), Modern
- [Notes from Underground](https://axialcommons.org/works/notes-from-underground/): Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1864
- [Crime and Punishment](https://axialcommons.org/works/crime-and-punishment/): Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1866
- [Rab and His Friends](https://axialcommons.org/works/rab-and-his-friends/): John Brown (Scottish physician and essayist), Modern
- [The Idiot](https://axialcommons.org/works/the-idiot/): Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1869
- [Demons (The Possessed)](https://axialcommons.org/works/demons/): Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1872
- [The Birth of Tragedy](https://axialcommons.org/works/birth-of-tragedy/): Friedrich Nietzsche, 1872
- [The Real History of the Rosicrucians (with the Fama and Confessio Fraternitatis)](https://axialcommons.org/works/real-history-rosicrucians/): anonymous, Modern
- [Leaves of Grass](https://axialcommons.org/works/leaves-of-grass/): Walt Whitman, 1855-1892
- [Apologia Pro Vita Sua](https://axialcommons.org/works/newman-apologia/): John Henry Newman, Modern
- [The Secret Doctrine](https://axialcommons.org/works/secret-doctrine/): Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Modern
- [Isis Unveiled](https://axialcommons.org/works/isis-unveiled/): Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Modern
- [Human, All Too Human](https://axialcommons.org/works/human-all-too-human/): Friedrich Nietzsche, 1878
- [The Brothers Karamazov](https://axialcommons.org/works/brothers-karamazov/): Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1880
- [A Confession](https://axialcommons.org/works/tolstoy-confession/): Leo Tolstoy, 1882
- [The Gay Science](https://axialcommons.org/works/gay-science/): Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882/1887
- [Thus Spoke Zarathustra](https://axialcommons.org/works/zarathustra/): Friedrich Nietzsche, 1883-1885
- [Dawn (Daybreak): Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality](https://axialcommons.org/works/dawn/): Friedrich Nietzsche, Modern
- [Beyond Good and Evil](https://axialcommons.org/works/beyond-good-evil/): Friedrich Nietzsche, 1886
- [On the Genealogy of Morality](https://axialcommons.org/works/genealogy-morals/): Friedrich Nietzsche, 1887
- [Cosmic Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind](https://axialcommons.org/works/cosmic-consciousness/): Richard Maurice Bucke, Modern
- [Unspoken Sermons (Series I-III)](https://axialcommons.org/works/unspoken-sermons/): George MacDonald, Modern
- [Simon Magus: An Essay on the Founder of Simonianism](https://axialcommons.org/works/simon-magus-mead/): G. R. S. Mead, 1892
- [The Kingdom of God Is Within You](https://axialcommons.org/works/tolstoy-kingdom/): Leo Tolstoy, 1894
- [The Death of Ivan Ilyich](https://axialcommons.org/works/ivan-ilyich/): Leo Tolstoy, Modern
- [What I Believe (My Religion)](https://axialcommons.org/works/tolstoy-what-i-believe/): Leo Tolstoy, Modern
- [The Varieties of Religious Experience](https://axialcommons.org/works/varieties/): William James, 1902
- [Fragments of a Faith Forgotten](https://axialcommons.org/works/fragments-faith-forgotten/): G. R. S. Mead, 1900 (2nd ed. 1906)
- [Creative Evolution](https://axialcommons.org/works/creative-evolution/): Henri Bergson, 1907
- [Problems of Mysticism and its Symbolism (Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts)](https://axialcommons.org/works/hidden-symbolism-alchemy/): Herbert Silberer, Modern
- [Early Greek Philosophy (pre-Socratic fragments and testimony)](https://axialcommons.org/works/early-greek-philosophy/): John Burnet, Axial Age
- [The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy](https://axialcommons.org/works/kybalion/): Three Initiates (attributed to William Walker Atkinson), Modern
- [A Study of Dreams](https://axialcommons.org/works/study-of-dreams/): Frederik van Eeden, Modern
- [Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt](https://axialcommons.org/works/breasted-religion-egypt/): James Henry Breasted, Modern
- [Orthodoxy](https://axialcommons.org/works/orthodoxy/): G. K. Chesterton, Modern
- [The Serpent Power (Sat-Cakra-Nirupana and Paduka-Pancaka)](https://axialcommons.org/works/serpent-power/): John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon), Modern
- [The Gnostic John the Baptizer: Selections from the Mandaean John-Book](https://axialcommons.org/works/gnostic-john-baptizer/): G. R. S. Mead, 1924
- [The Interpretation of Dreams](https://axialcommons.org/works/interpretation-of-dreams/): Sigmund Freud, Modern
- [Dream Psychology: Psychoanalysis for Beginners (On Dreams)](https://axialcommons.org/works/dream-psychology/): Sigmund Freud, Modern
- [Our Friend the Dog](https://axialcommons.org/works/our-friend-the-dog/): Maurice Maeterlinck, Modern
- [The Legends of the Jews, vol. I (Creation to Jacob)](https://axialcommons.org/works/legends-jews-1/): Louis Ginzberg, Contemporary
- [The Legends of the Jews, vol. II (Joseph to Moses in Egypt)](https://axialcommons.org/works/legends-jews-2/): Louis Ginzberg, Contemporary