Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / The Mind and the Brain / Braille

The Mind and the Brain ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

321,398 braille cells · 340 embossed pages at 40×25 · 751 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠅⠝⠪⠝⠀⠞⠕⠀⠥⠀⠔⠀⠯⠀⠃⠽⠀⠎⠢⠎⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠆⠀⠯⠀⠠⠊⠀⠓⠀⠞⠁⠅⠢⠀
⠘⠥⠀⠍⠽⠎⠑⠇⠋⠂⠀⠾⠳⠞⠀⠁⠙⠧⠁⠝⠉⠬⠀⠁⠝⠽⠀⠅⠔⠙⠀⠷⠀⠚⠥⠌⠊⠋⠽⠬
⠀⠗⠑⠁⠎⠕⠝⠂⠀⠞⠕⠀⠉⠁⠇⠇⠀⠞⠀⠱⠊⠡⠀⠊⠎⠀⠅⠝⠪⠝⠀⠞⠕⠀⠥⠂⠀⠃⠽⠀
⠹⠊⠎⠀⠍⠑⠹⠕⠙⠂⠀⠃⠽⠀⠮⠀⠐⠝⠀⠷⠀⠍⠁⠞⠞⠻⠂⠀⠹⠥⠎⠀⠇⠕⠎⠬⠀
⠎⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠷⠀⠮⠀⠋⠁⠉⠞⠀⠞⠀⠍⠁⠞⠞⠻⠀⠕⠝⠇⠽⠀⠑⠭⠊⠌⠎⠀⠃⠽⠀
⠉⠕⠝⠞⠗⠁⠤⠙⠊⠌⠔⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠯⠀⠕⠏⠏⠕⠎⠊⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠞⠕⠀⠍⠔⠙⠂⠀⠯⠀
⠞⠀⠊⠋⠀⠍⠔⠙⠀⠙⠊⠙⠀⠝⠀⠑⠭⠊⠌⠂⠀⠝⠑⠊⠮⠗⠀⠺⠳⠇⠙⠀⠍⠁⠞⠞⠻⠲⠀
⠠⠊⠀⠓⠀⠹⠥⠎⠀⠁⠏⠏⠑⠜⠫⠀⠞⠕⠀⠏⠗⠑⠚⠥⠙⠛⠑⠀⠮⠀⠐⠟⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠀
⠗⠑⠎⠕⠇⠧⠫⠲⠀⠀⠠⠮⠀⠱⠕⠇⠑⠀⠷⠀⠹⠊⠎⠀⠞⠻⠍⠔⠕⠇⠕⠛⠽⠀⠍⠥⠌⠀⠝⠪
⠀⠃⠑⠀⠉⠕⠝⠎⠊⠙⠻⠫⠀⠵⠀⠓⠁⠧⠬⠀⠎⠊⠍⠏⠇⠽⠀⠁⠀⠉⠕⠝⠧⠢⠞⠊⠕⠝⠁⠇
⠀⠧⠁⠇⠥⠑⠂⠀⠯⠀⠍⠥⠌⠀⠃⠑⠀⠎⠑⠞⠀⠁⠎⠊⠙⠑⠀⠿⠀⠮⠀⠏⠗⠑⠎⠢⠞⠲⠀
⠠⠘⠮⠀⠁⠗⠑⠀⠮⠀⠏⠗⠑⠉⠊⠎⠑⠀⠞⠻⠍⠎⠀⠔⠀⠱⠊⠡⠀⠹⠊⠎⠀⠐⠟⠀
⠏⠗⠑⠎⠢⠞⠎⠀⠊⠞⠎⠑⠇⠋⠀⠞⠕⠀⠍⠽⠀⠍⠔⠙⠲⠀⠠⠁⠀⠐⠏⠀⠷⠀⠮⠀
⠅⠝⠪⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠉⠕⠝⠎⠊⠌⠎⠀⠔⠀⠎⠢⠎⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠲⠀⠠⠺⠑⠀⠍⠥⠌⠂⠀
⠮⠗⠑⠿⠑⠂⠀⠾⠳⠞⠀⠞⠗⠳⠃⠇⠬⠀⠞⠕⠀⠌⠽⠇⠑⠀⠹⠊⠎⠀⠁⠛⠛⠗⠑⠛⠁⠞⠑⠀
⠷⠀⠎⠢⠎⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠍⠁⠞⠞⠻⠀⠗⠀⠹⠁⠝⠀⠍⠔⠙⠂⠀⠍⠁⠅⠑⠀⠁⠝⠀
⠁⠝⠁⠇⠽⠎⠊⠎⠀⠷⠀⠮⠀⠏⠓⠢⠕⠍⠢⠁⠀⠅⠝⠪⠝⠀⠃⠽⠀⠮⠀⠐⠝⠀⠷⠀⠍⠔⠙⠂
⠀⠯⠀⠎⠑⠑⠀⠱⠑⠮⠗⠀⠮⠽⠀⠙⠊⠋⠋⠻⠀⠋⠀⠮⠀⠏⠗⠑⠉⠫⠬⠀⠕⠝⠑⠎⠲⠀
⠠⠇⠑⠞⠀⠥⠂⠀⠮⠗⠑⠿⠑⠂⠀⠍⠁⠅⠑⠀⠁⠝⠀⠊⠝⠧⠢⠞⠕⠗⠽⠀⠷⠀⠍⠔⠙⠲⠀
⠠⠃⠽⠀⠮⠀⠏⠗⠕⠉⠑⠎⠎⠀⠷⠀⠑⠝⠥⠍⠻⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠂⠀⠺⠑⠀⠋⠔⠙⠀⠟⠥⠕⠞⠫
⠀⠵⠀⠏⠎⠽⠡⠕⠇⠕⠛⠊⠉⠁⠇⠀⠏⠓⠢⠕⠍⠢⠁⠂⠀⠮⠀⠎⠢⠎⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠂⠀⠮⠀
⠏⠻⠉⠑⠏⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠂⠀⠮⠀⠊⠙⠑⠁⠎⠂⠀⠮⠀⠗⠑⠉⠕⠇⠇⠑⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠂⠀⠮⠀
⠗⠑⠁⠎⠕⠝⠬⠎⠂⠀⠮⠀⠑⠍⠕⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠂⠀⠮⠀⠙⠑⠎⠊⠗⠑⠎⠂⠀⠮⠀
⠊⠍⠁⠛⠔⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠂⠀⠯⠀⠮⠀⠁⠉⠞⠎⠀⠷⠀⠁⠞⠞⠢⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠯⠀⠷⠀⠺⠲⠀
⠠⠘⠮⠀⠁⠏⠏⠑⠜⠀⠞⠕⠀⠃⠑⠂⠀⠁⠞⠀⠮⠀⠋⠊⠗⠌⠀⠛⠇⠁⠝⠉⠑⠂⠀⠮⠀

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.