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pre-1800 1800s 1900s

Plato The Allegory of the Cave, from Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) 1902 James Allen (1864 - 1912)
The Republic. Plato was one of the On Self-Reliance (1841), his essay Thought - As a Man Thinketh
early roots of the New Thought "Experience," Emerson sets down (1959), The Path to Prosperity,
Movement. Read this work online: the basis of the new age Mastery of Destiny, The Way
click here Aristotle philosophy that we see what we Peace, and Entering the Kingd
Positive Thinking Timeline think we see, not what is real for women: As a Woman Thin
Virgil by Dorothy J. Hulst, James Al
This is a chronological list of authors who write about the 1824 Emma Curtis Hopkins, High
concept that thoughts create reality. There are literally Epictetus Mysticism 19th Century new 1904 Annie Rix Militz (d. 1924)
thousands of books and teachers of this science. Carl Jung thought movement. Home of Truth - Primary lesso
called it alchemy, others called it secret, or ancient wisdom; Lao Tsu Christian living and healing (1
some say it is religion, while others call it psychology. The 1860 Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) Self All things are possible to them
authors are listed by the date of their first (or best known) Sophocles Help: with illustrations of character, believe. Thou shalt decree (19
book. Many are linked to their web site or to Amazon.com. conduct, and perseverance The renewal of the body (1913
Kahlil Gibran Prosperity through the knowle
People ask me what my favorite positive thinking books are, 1887 Julius A. Dresser - Mental and power of mind (1916); The
like, what books do I live by? I'll tell you up front so you Marcus Aurelius Science - The true history of mental protecting presence (1917); Th
don't have to guess from this list of thousands of books! science: a lecture (1887) to heal as taught by Jesus Chr
First, I love Ernest Holmes (all his books) and Maxwell Miguel Cervantes (1547-1616) (1918); The wonderful wishers
Maltz, author of Psycho-cybernetics. Ernest Holmes said 1891 Orison Swett Marden wishing well (19??); Concentra
thoughts are things, and they are. Maltz said that you can Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1850-1924) - founded Success (1918); Generation and regene
let go of your mistakes and focus your subconscious mind (1613-1680) Magazine in 1891. Other books: (1922); Immortality in the flesh
on positive thoughts, feelings, and goals. Pushing to the Front, Vol. I, Vol. II (1927); Impersonal healing (19
John Milton (1608-1674) (1894) Learn more about Marden None of these things move me
One of my favorite contemporary authors is James Redfield. and his publication, Success
His stories are in the tradition of Og Mandino (1923-1996), Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) magazine Follett, Mary Parker (1868-1933
who published The Greatest Salesman in the World in 1968. speaker of the House of
Redfield's Celestine Prophecy series has a good message Nicholas de Chamford (1741-1794) 1892 Annie Wood Besant representatives (introduction b
for the world. Life is about love. Learn to live a good life, (1847-1933) - Theosophical Society Albert Bushnell Hart, PH. D.) (
fight corruption, and help the world get through the Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772) - Blasphemy (1882); Annie Besant; The new state, group organiza
paradigm shift. books available through: an autobiography (1893); The birth the solution of popular govern
http://www.swedenborg.com - and evolution of the soul (1895); (1918) Creative experience (192
There are many more great authors - this page represents http://www.swedenborg.net - The ancient wisdom an outline of Freedom & co-ordination: lect
my research during the years I was writing my positive http://www.swedenborg.org theosophical teachings(1897); business organization (collect
thinking book. Click here for an essay on the history of Ancient ideals in modern life (1901); published 1987) Dynamic
positive thinking. J.C.F. von Schiller (1759 - 1759) Thought Power: Its Control and administration (the collected p
Culture (1908); Australian lectures of Mary Parker Follett (1973) M
The timeline is arranged by decade, so scroll to the right or William Ellery Channing (1780-1842) (1908); The basis of the Parker Follett - prophet of
click one of the links here to see more of the timeline. Theosophical Society (1910); The management : a celebration of
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) brotherhood of religions (1913); writings from the 1920s (edited
pre-1800 The basis of morality (1915); Birth Pauline Graham ; preface by
Jean Jacques Rousseau of new India (1917); Brahmavidya Rosabeth Moss Kanter ;
1800s (divine wisdom) (1923); Beauties of introduction by Peter F. Druck
1900s Napoleon Bonaparte Islam (1932); Annie Besant, builder (1995) FollettFoundation.org
of new India (1942)
1910s Saint Augustine 1906 Horatio Willis Dresser - N
1920s 1898 Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) - Thought - Health and the inne
1930s William Shakespeare Church of Christian Science - an analytical and historical stu
Christian science versus pantheism, spiritual healing theories, with
1940s Benjamin Franklin - Autobiography and other messages to the Mother account of the life and teachin
1950s church (1898); Christian healing P. P. Quimby (1906); The Quim
1960s Thomas Jefferson [and other writings] (1908); Essays manuscripts (1921)
and Bible lessons (1959)
1970s Martha Washington 1907 Frank Channing Haddock
1980s 1899 William James - Harvard Power of Will: A Practical
professor, psychologist, Companion Book for the Unfo
1990s philosopher - The Varieties of of the Powers of Mind
2000s Religious Experience (1902), in his
classic 1902 book, he calls New
Thought a "Religion of Healthy
click here to see the timeline of positive thinking Mindedness." Read it online: click
here essay: The Gospel of
Relaxation (1899)
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1800s Phineas Parkhurst Quimby
The timeline continues to evolve as there are many more (1802-1866) - New Thought -
authors who have not been added to the timeline yet. I Immanuel (1960); The healing
estimate that there are more than 300 authors represented wisdom of Dr. P.P. Quimby, edited

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complete writings (1988)
If you want to look them up, use the Amazon window or
Melvyl (click here for Melvyl), University of California
library system. Click here to access Melvyl.
Other Positive Thinkers from the
1800s:
George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans)
Books
(1819-1880).
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) - known as
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one of America's greatest psychics
Swami Vivekananda (1863 - 1902) -
Vedanta Society
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Mark Twain (Samuel Clements)
(1835-1910)
Paramahansa Yogananda
(1893-1952) Self-Realization
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Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870)
Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
Andre Godin (1817 - 1888)
Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875)
Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)
Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910)
Samuel Ullman (??)
Anatole France (1844-1924)
Alice Meynell (1847-1922)
Francis Marion Crawford (1854 -
1909)
Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
William Lyon Phelps (1865-1943)
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 - 1959)
Benjamin N. Cardozo (1870-1938)
Anton Chekhov (1872 - 1937)
Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle)
(1873-1954)
W. Somerset Maugham (1874 -
1965)
Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982)
Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973)
Madam Blavatsky (1831 - 1891) and
Col. Henry S. Olcott, founders,
Theosophical Society
Alice A. Bailey (1880-1949),
Theosphical Society, coined the
phrase "New Age" to describe the
New Thought Movement - Books:
The Consciousness of the Atom
(1922); The Soul and its Mechanism
(1930); From Intellect to Intuition
(1932); From Bethlehem to Calvary
(1937); The Unfinished
Autobiography (1951) Abraham
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Orison Swett Marden, founder,
Success Magazine (1891)

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