Philosophers

Review by Robert H. Young of Marcuse's "Eros and Civilization".

Quotes and notes.

An etext of the 1912 publication by More, which summarizes Nietzsche's thought at length.

Iain Morrison reviews this book by Gregory Moore. From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

Excerpt on conversation from this 1962 essay by Oakeshott.

Robert Metcalf reviews this book by Claudia Baracchi. from Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

Plain text, or as a zip file. Benjamin Jowett translation, at Project Gutenberg.

Translation by Benjamin Jowett of this work attributed to Plato. From Project Gutenberg.

Benjamin Jowett translation from Project Gutenberg. Includes introduction. In plain text or as a zip file.

Scanned image of a 1992 letter to Kelley L. Ross.

Brief literary essay by Santayana.

A brief discussion of the life and works of Jean-Paul Sartre, with links to additional information.

Excerpted from Lori Gruen and Peter Singer, 'Animal Liberation: A Graphic Guide' (London, 1987).

Excerpted from 'Ethics into Action: Henry Spira and the Animal Rights Movement' (Oxford, 1998)

Article from Ted Honderich (ed.), 'The Oxford Companion to Philosophy' (Oxford, 1995).

(with Karen Dawn) Article in 'Los Angeles Times' (December 1, 2003).

Article first published in 'Free Inquiry Magazine', XXII, 2 (2002).

Article in 'New Internationalist', No. 342 (Jan / Feb, 2002).

Downloadable e-text from Project Gutenberg.

Encyclopaedia, or Reasoned Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Trades, edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert, to which Voltaire contributed.

1811 edition. Contains Julian, and The Doctrine of Grace.

1811 edition. Controversial Tracts, and Correspondence.

1811 edition. Sermons and Discourses.

Marie McGinn reviews this collection of essays edited by Gordon Baker. From Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

Impressionistic commentary on Wittgenstein's life, accompanied by relevant quotations from the Tractatus

Translated by W. D. Ross, from the Internet Classics Archive. Text-only version available for download.

Full text of the work in plain text format at Eserver. Translation by S. H. Butcher.

The Condensed Edition of René Descartes's Discourse on Method

Also known as "The Death of Socrates." Benjamin Jowett translation. In plain text or as a zip file, at Project Gutenberg.

Dialogue on rhetoric translated with an introduction by Benjamin Jowett. Courtesy of the University of Adelaide.

Benjamin Jowett translation, with introduction. In plain text or as a zip file, from Project Gutenberg.

Selection of excerpts from this dialogue by Plato. By Glyn Hughes.

Downloadable e-text from Project Gutenberg.

Electronic text of Candide.

Short article by James Still, approaches this section with a close analysis of Wittgenstein's dictum `meaning is use'.