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A Stoic work addressing thought, desire, action, character, adversity, and judgment.
Attention · Desire · Action · Character · Equanimity
George Long translation
Project Gutenberg eBook #2680
Public domain in the United States
A philosophical investigation of happiness, virtue, habit, practical wisdom, friendship, and human flourishing.
Flourishing · Virtue · Habit · Practical Wisdom · Friendship
D. P. Chase translation
Project Gutenberg eBook #8438
Public domain in the United States
A work on action, attachment, duty, discipline, equanimity, and devotion.
Action · Attachment · Duty · Equanimity · Practice
Kashinath Trimbak Telang translation
Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 8, 1882
Translation public domain in the United States; rights may differ by jurisdiction
A collection of verses addressing thought, conduct, attention, anger, desire, and happiness.
Thoughts · Attention · Conduct · Anger · Desire · Relationships
F. Max Müller translation
Sacred Books of the East, Vol. X, 1881
Historical translation public domain in the United States; later editions may differ
A work on yoga, attention, practice, self-regulation, meditation, and consciousness, presented through an interpretive English rendering.
Yoga · Attention · Practice · Self-Regulation · Meditation · Consciousness
Charles Johnston rendering — identified in the source metadata as interpretation
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man, 1912
Public domain in the United States; check local law elsewhere