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Frankenstein / Decay and Rationality

Author: Mary Shelley (Gutenberg)  | Themes: mortality, decay, rationality, education, fearlessness  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-03-10

In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. I do not ever remember to ...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Perception and Deduction

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle (Gutenberg)  | Themes: observation, domestic conflict, rationality, morality, victorian society  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-02-23

Jane, she is incorrigible, and my wife has given her notice, but there, again, I fail to see how you work it out.” He chuckled to himself and rubbed h...
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Gulliver's Travels / Horses and Humanity

Author: Jonathan Swift (Gutenberg)  | Themes: rationality, governance, moral critique, nature of power, enlightenment  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-22

When I asserted that the _Yahoos_ were the only governing animals in my country, which my master said was altogether past his conception, he desired t...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Conflict of Knowledge

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: scientific rationality, internal struggle, exploration, fear of the unknown  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-03

My uncle had completely defeated me with his scientific arguments. Nevertheless, I had still one hope, and that was, when once we were at the bottom o...