Philosophy & Ethics

Betrachtungen über die Grundlagen der Philosophie

René Descartes

Dieses Werk ist eine systematische Sammlung von sechs kurzen Abhandlungen, in denen René Descartes die…

The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women

John Knox

The work is a polemical tract by the Scottish reformer John Knox, written in the mid‑sixteenth century to…

Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3), Essay 2: Turgot

John Morley

The work is an essay by John Morley, the second in the “Critical Miscellanies” series, focusing on the French…

Principia Ethica

G. E. Moore

Principia Ethica is a work of philosophical analysis in which G. E.

The inequality of human races

Gobineau, Arthur, comte de

The work is a nineteenth‑century treatise on ethnology that argues, from a philosophical standpoint, that the…

Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History

Thomas Carlyle

Thomas Carlyle’s “Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero‑Worship, and the Heroic in History” is a singular work…

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, with the Hymn of Cleanthes

Epictetus

The work presents a collection of Epictetus’s sayings, framed as a series of discourses that blend devotional…

This Simian World

Clarence Day

This work is a satirical essay that riffs on the relationship between humanity and its animal ancestors,…

The Problem of China

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell’s The Problem of China is a nonfiction essay that treats the nation’s cultural, political…

The Everlasting Man

G. K. Chesterton

The Everlasting Man is a work of apologetic history in which G. K.

Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von

The work is a scholarly examination of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz’s philosophical project, focusing on his…

Sophist

Plato

Plato’s Sophist is a late‑period dialogue that forgoes the dramatic settings of his earlier works in favor of…

The Theory of Moral Sentiments Or, an Essay Towards an Analysis of the Principles by Which Men Naturally Judge Concerning the Conduct and Character, First of Their Neighbours, and Afterwards of Themselves. to Which Is Added, a Dissertation on the Origin of Languages.

Adam Smith

An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education: A Liberal Education for All

Charlotte M. Mason

Charlotte M. Mason’s An Essay Towards a Philosophy of Education is a sweeping treatise that argues for a…

The Initiates of the Flame

Manly P. Hall

The work is an occult treatise that frames human history as a series of cycles in which a spiritual fire,…

A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley’s A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays is a collection of philosophical and aesthetic…

Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant

Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke

This volume gathers the essays, speeches, and addresses of Edmund Burke, the eighteenth‑century statesman…

The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 3 of 4 The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy

H. P. Blavatsky

The Secret Doctrine, Volume 3 of 4 presents Helena Petrovna Blavatsky’s expansive attempt to fuse science,…

The Joyful Wisdom ("La Gaya Scienza") Complete Works, Volume Ten

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The Joyful Wisdom, the tenth volume of Nietzsche’s collected works, is a philosophical treatise written in…

The Republic

Plato

Plato’s Republic is a philosophical dialogue that treats politics, justice and education as a single,…

The public and its problems

John Dewey

The work is a scholarly treatise that grew out of a series of lectures given in January 1926 under the…

A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations

J. M. Wheeler

The work is a scholarly reference that assembles brief biographical sketches of individuals who have, in one…