The first of Immanuel Kant's mature works on moral philosophy and remains one of the most influential in the field. Kant conceives his investigation as a work of foundational...
In this, his first book, Nietzsche developed a way of thinking about the arts that unites the Greek gods Apollo and Dionysus as the central symbol of human existence. Although...
The Athenian court has found Socrates guilty and sentenced him to death. While he is waiting to be executed, his friend, Crito, comes to the prison to persuade him to escape and...
Fascism is a form of far-right, totalitarian ultranationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and of...
On the defeat of Pharnaces and reduction of Africa, those who escaped from those battles fled to young Cn. Pompey, who had taken possession of Further Spain, while Caesar was...
Parmenides is one of the dialogues of Plato. It is widely considered to be one of the more, if not the most, challenging and enigmatic of Plato's dialogues. The Parmenides...
"The Consolation of Philosophy" (Latin: De consolatione philosophiæ) is a work by the sixth-century philosopher Boethius that has been described as having had the...
On the Heavens is Aristotle's chief cosmological treatise: written in 350 BC it contains his astronomical theory and his ideas on the concrete workings of the terrestrial...
"On Dreams" is one of the short treatises that make up Aristotle's Parva Naturalia.Aristotle (384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and scientist.Translated by...
"On Liberty" is a philosophical work by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, originally intended as a short essay.John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873)...