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One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind ...
Regarded as the founder of Neo-Platonism, Plotinus (AD 204-70) was the last great philosopher of antiquity, producing 0works that proved in many ways a precursor ...
Since its first publication in 1762, Of the Social Contract has shaped political thinking. Viewed by some as a revolutionary statement of democratic freedoms and ...
A selection of Cicero's philosophical writings on 'the good life', in a lively new translation by Thomas Habinek
In the first century BC, Marcus ...
Plato's riveting account of the trial and death of Socrates, in a new translation by Christopher Rowe
'Consider just this, and give your minds ...
Timaeus and Critias has a central place in Western thought and is best known to many for the story of Atlantis
Timaeus and Critias is ...
A prodigiously brilliant thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age, the political and social radical John Stuart Mill was the most influential English-speaking ...
A revised edition of a classic translation, with completely new editorial material
Taking the form of a dialogue between Socrates, Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, GORGIAS ...
Aristotle's probing look at the fundamental questions of philosophy
The Metaphysics presents Aristotle's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we ...
A selection of dialogues and letters of one of the most eloquent - and influential - masters of Latin prose.
A major writer and a leading figure ...
Spinoza's greatest philosophical work.
Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive philosophical system that ...
A passionately argued work on the philosophy of aesthetics
No philosopher has held a higher opinion of art than Hegel, yet nor was any so ...
Nietzsche's final testament of his beliefs
In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to compose his ...
Aristotle's influential treatise on the way to win arguments
With the emergence of democracy in the city-state of Athens in the years around 460 ...
Alan Ryan's anthology provides the perfect introduction to an enormously significant philosophical movement, aiming for "the greatest happiness for the greatest number"
One of ...
