In 1935 he formed Jam'iyyat al-Misri li al-Misri (The Society of the Egyptian for the Egyptian) to introduce Ghandi's idea of national self-sufficiency into Egypt. Salama Moussa wanted Egypt to embrace European thought and to abandon religious traditions and customs. Salama Moussa advocated secularism and scientific thought. He wrote or translated 45 published books. His writings are still influential in Egypt and are frequently cited. Salama Moussa became seriously ill and died on 4 August 1958, a few months after turning 71. Publications Divine Thoughts and Their Origin (1912) Treatise about Socialism (1913) The Most Well-known Love Affairs in History (1925, revised and renamed Love in History around 1949) Reading Matters on Elections (1926) Dreams of a Philosopher (1926) Freedom of Thought and Its Representatives (1927) Secrets of the Inner Life (1927, revised in 1948) History of Art and the Most Well-known Pieces of Work (1927) Today and Tomorrow (1928) Descent and Development of Mankind (1928, revised in 19523) Stories (1939) About Life and Culture (1930, revised and renamed in 1956: Culture and Life) Our Duties and the Tasks of Foreign Countries (1931) Gandhi and the Indian Revolution (1934) Renaissance in Europe (1935, in 1962 posthumously revised and renamed What Is Renaissance) Egypt, a Place Where Civilization Began (1935, expanded edition in 1948) The World in 30 Years (1936) Modern English Culture (1936, expanded ed. in 1956) Our Life as from 50 (1944, expanded ed. in 1956) Freedom of Thought in Egypt (1945, this piece of work clearly shows, how much Salama Moussa was influenced by the European culture, in particular by Voltaire.) Eloquence and the Arabic Language (1945, expanded ed. in 1953 as well as posthumously in 1964) My and Your Intellect (1947, expanded ed. 1953) The Years of Salama Moussa's Apprenticeship (1947, posthumously expanded 3ed. in 19589 This piece of work is of the first renowned autobiographies of the Arabic Language Area) The True Path of the Young People (1949) Psychological Attempts (1953, changed to Attempts in 1963) These are My Mentors (1953, among them a very obstinate discussion on Goethe's works, posthumously expanded ed. in 1965) The Book of Revolutions (1955) Psychological Studies (1956) The Woman Is not the Plaything of the Man (1956, a very early dispute about the liberation (emancipation) of the woman at that time, especially in the orient) George Bernhard Shaw (1957, who he has met and got to know in England, posthumously