"The Gambler" from Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Russian novelist and writer of fiction (1821-1881).

"The Philosophy and Psychology of Pietro Pomponazzi" from Andrew Halliday Douglas. Scottish divine and philosopher (1864-1902).

"Leviathan" from Thomas Hobbes. English philosopher, whose famous 1651 book Leviathan set the agenda for nearly all subsequent Western political philosophy (1588-1679).