Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Initiation into Philosophy / Braille

Initiation into Philosophy ⠃⠗⠋ 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

199,353 braille cells · 211 embossed pages at 40×25 · 342 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.