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Book of Life

Book of Life

by Upton Sinclair

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Provider: Librivox
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English
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Philosophy / General
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Faith and reason, love and virtue, morality and mortality! In these two short volumes the famous novelist, essayist, and playwright, Upton Sinclair, confided his most prized worldly wisdom for generations to come. His kind and witty personal advice both provokes and enlightens page by page. (Summary by Rom Maczka)

Chapters

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00 - Introductory

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01 - Nature of Life & Nature of Faith

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02 - Use of Reason & Origin of Morality

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03 - Nature and Man & Man the Rebel

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04 - Making Our Morals & Virtues of Moderation

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05 - The Choosing of Life & Myself and My Neighbor

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06 - The Mind and the Body & The Mind of the Body

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07 - Exploring the Subconscious & The Problem of Immortality

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08 - The Evidence for Survival

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09 - The Powers of the Mind & The Conduct of the Mind

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10 - The Unity of the Body

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11 - Experiments in Diet

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12 - Errors in Diet

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13 - Diet Standards

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14 - Foods and Poisons

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15 - More About Health & Work and Play

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16 - The Fasting Cure & Breaking the Fast

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17 - Diseases and Cures

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18 - The Reality of Marriage & The Development of Marriage

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19 - Sex and Young America & Sex and the Smart Set

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20 - Sex & the Poor, Sex & Nature, and Love & Economics

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21 - Marriage & Money, Love Versus Lust, Celibacy Versus Chastity

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22 - The Defense of Love, Birth Control

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23 - Early Marriage, The Marriage Club, Education for Marriage

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24 - The Money Side of Marriage, The Defense of Monogamy, The Problem of Jealousy

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25 - The Problem of Divorce, The Restriction of Divorce

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26 - The Ego and the World, Competition and Co-operation

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27 - Aristocracy & Democracy, Ruling Classes, The Process of Social Evolution

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28 - Industrial Evolution, The Class Struggle, The Capitalist System

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29 - The Capitalist Process, Hard Times, The Iron Ring

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30 - Foreign Markets, Capitalist War, The Possibilities of Production

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31 - The Cost of Competition, Socialism and Syndicalism, Communism and Anarchism

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32 - Social Revolution, Confiscation or Compensation, Expropriating the Expropriators

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33 - The Problem of the Land, The Control of Credit

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34 - The Control of Industry, The New World, Agricultural Production

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35 - Intellectual Production, Mankind Remade

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