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The Constitution of England

von Jean Louis De Lolme

The Constitution of England is one of the most distinguished eighteenth-century treatises on English political liberty. In the vein of Charles Louis Montesquieu’s Spirit of the Laws (1748) and William Blackstone’s...

A Sneetch Is a Sneetch and Other Philosophical Discoveries: Finding Wisdom in Children's Literature

von Thomas E. Wartenberg

Taking Picture Books Seriously: What can we learn about philosophy through children's books?

This warm and charming volume casts a spell on adult readers as it unveils the surprisingly profound philosophical...

Philosophiae Moralis Institutio Compendiaria

von Francis Hutcheson

This Liberty Fund publication of Philosophiae Moralis Institutio Compendiaria is a parallel edition of the English and Latin versions of a book designed by Hutcheson for use in the classroom. General Editor...

The Essential Crazy Wisdom

von Wes Nisker

Take a wild and rickety ride through the philosophies of the East and West to discover the madmen, dreamers, and unconventional wisdom seekers in the abridged, better-than-ever version of our best-selling cult...

Logic, Metaphysics, and the Natural Sociability of Mankind

von Francis Hutcheson

Until the publication of this Liberty Fund edition, all but one of the works contained in Logic, Metaphysics, and the Natural Sociability ofMankind were available only in Latin. This milestone English translation...

Derrida in 90 Minutes: Philosophers in 90 Minutes

von Paul Strathern

In Derrida in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Derrida's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes...

Militant Modernism

von Owen Hatherley

Militant Modernism is a defence against Modernism's many detractors. It looks at design, film and architecture - especially architecture - and pursues the notion of an evolved modernism that simply refuses to...

The Republic and Other Works

von Plato & Benjamin Jowett

A compilation of the essential works of Plato in  one paperback volume: The Republic, The  Symposium, Parmenides, Euthyphro, Apology,  Crito, and Phaedo.

Vindiciae Gallicae and Other Writings on the French Revolution

von James Mackintosh

Vindiciae Gallicae was James Mackintosh’s first major publication, a contribution to the debate begun by Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France (published by Liberty Fund in 1999). The success...

The Principles of Natural and Politic Law

von Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui

The year 1694 saw the death of Samuel Pufendorf, who, with Hugo Grotius, was the foremost representative of the modern tradition of natural law theory, and the birth of Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, who helped transform...

The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge

von Valentin Y. Mudimbe

A study of an African system of philosophy and knowledge, as oriented within and without European systems of thought. This digital edition was derived from ACLS Humanities E-Book's (http://www.humanitiesebook.org)...

Philosophy in the Tragic Age of the Greeks

von Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche & Marianne Cowan

For Nietzsche the Age of Greek Tragedy was indeed a tragic age. He saw in it the rise and climax of values so dear to him that their subsequent drop into catastrophe (in the persons of Socrates—Plato) was as...

Plato's Political Philosophy

von Evangelia Sembou

The aim of the book is to introduce the reader to Plato's political philosophy. The book is directed towards an audience that approaches Plato for the first time. In Plato politics cannot be dissociated from...

Greek Philosophy - Simple Guides

von Sophia Macdonald

THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU

• to appreciate the revolution in thinking brought about by the Ancient Greek philosophers, who sought to make sense of the world through analysis, reasoning and argument

• to recognize...

The Government of Self and Others

von Michel Foucault, Graham Burchell & Arnold I. I. Davidson

This lecture, given by Michel Foucault at the Collège de France, launches an inquiry into the notion of parresia and continues his rereading of ancient philosophy. Through the study of this notion of truth-telling,...

Public Enemies: Dueling Writers Take On Each Other and the World

von Bernard-Henri Levy & Michel Houellebecq

The international publishing sensation is now available in the United States—two brilliant, controversial authors confront each other and their enemies in an unforgettable exchange of letters.

In one corner,...

For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today

von Jedediah Purdy

Jedediah Purdy calls For Common Things his "letter of love for the world's possibilities." Indeed, these pages--which have already garnered a flurry of attention among readers and in the media--constitute a...

Selected Dialogues of Plato: The Benjamin Jowett Translation

von Plato & Hayden Pelliccia

Benjamin Jowett's translations of Plato have long been classics in their own right. In this volume, Professor Hayden Pelliccia has revised Jowett's renderings of five key

dialogues, giving us a modern Plato...

Plato's Republic: A Biography

von Simon Blackburn

Plato is perhaps the most significant philosopher who ever lived and The Republic, composed in Athens in about 375 BC, is widely regarded as his most famous dialogue. Its discussion of the perfect city--and...

Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It

von Geoff Dyer

This isn’t a self-help book; it’s a book about how Geoff Dyer could do with a little help. In mordantly funny and thought-provoking prose, the author of Out of Sheer Rage describes a life most of us would...