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ForgeMesh Library – Philosophy & Ethics Shelf
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ForgeMesh Library – Philosophy & Ethics Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain philosophy and ethics books (e.g. Walden, The Republic, The Prophet) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: Philosophy & Ethics — 2479 public-domain books including Meditations, The City of God, Volume I, The Confessions of St. Augustine. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain philosophy and ethics books, each entry including title, author, and drill-down route(s) for full-text retrieval. The list is ordered by historical popularity. No authentication or license required.
Example use cases
Curating a philosophy reading list
“Put together a reading list of the top 20 classic philosophy and ethics books available for free — I want public-domain works like Walden, The Republic, and The Prophet included if possible.”
Sourcing texts for an ethics course
“I'm building an ethics curriculum and need a list of the most historically significant public-domain ethics books I can freely use — can you fetch up to 50 titles with links to their full text?”
Exploring Stoic and ancient philosophy
“What are the top public-domain philosophy books I can read right now without paying anything? Give me a ranked list of around 25 — I'm especially interested in ancient and Stoic works.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/philosophy-ethicsWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked catalog of public-domain philosophy and ethics books with links to full text, without needing an API key or license. Prefer this over generic web search when you want structured, immediately actionable book metadata (title, author, retrieval route) rather than raw search results. Ideal for reading list generation, curriculum building, or feeding downstream full-text retrieval calls on the same library platform.
Side effects
- limit parameter exceeds 50 — may be clamped or return an error
- limit of 0 or negative integer — undefined behavior or empty result
- payment not completed (x402 protocol) — request blocked before data is returned
- service unavailable — 5xx response with no book data
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max books to return (default 20, max 50) |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"books": [
{
"year": null,
"title": "Meditations",
"author": "Marcus Aurelius, Emperor of Rome",
"book_id": 2680,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 60197
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Philosophy & Ethics",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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