One of the earliest polished examples of existential literature, Notes from the Underground follows the life of a recluse and depicts his antagonistic...
Twilight of the Idols, or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer is a book by Friedrich Nietzsche, written in 1888, and published in 1889.
Twilight of t...
Faith and reason, love and virtue, morality and mortality! In these two short volumes the famous novelist, essayist, and playwright, Upton Sinclair, c...
Prometheus Bound is an Ancient Greek tragedy traditionally ascribed to Aeschylus and now thought to have been composed sometime between 479 BC and the...
The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress is a book published in five volumes from 1905 to 1906, by Spanish-born American philosopher George Sa...
"Good Sense" is a thought-provoking and insightful book written by Paul Eldridge. Published in the early 20th century, this classic work explores the...
It addresses a wide range of theological and philosophical topics, including the nature of God, the authority of Scripture, and the relationship betwe...
This is an exploration of the principles and methods of reasoning and scientific inquiry. It is widely considered to be one of the most important work...
Embark on a journey of intellectual exploration and philosophical contemplation in "The Guide for the Perplexed, Part 2" by Moses Maimonides. As the i...
In diesem vielzitierten Essay aus dem Jahre 1851 ist Schopenhauers generell herablassende Einstellung zu Frauen zusammengefaßt. Frauen, laut Schopenha...
Epictetus (Greek: Επίκτητος; c.55–c.135) was a Greek Stoic philosopher. The name given by his parents, if one was given, is not known - the word epikt...
This tripartite essay – published variously as “On the Popular Judgment” (J. Richardson trans.), “On the Old Saw” (E.B. Ashton trans.), or “On the Com...
Of The Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche says in Ecce Homo: “If anyone should desire to obtain a rapid sketch of how everything before my time was stan...
Sara Burgerhart is een jong meisje dat correspondeert met haar vriendinnen, aanbidders en familie. Die mensen schrijven elkaar ook allemaal. Het boek...
This short book is part of the Philosophies Ancient and Modern series, which attempts to make Western philosophy more accessible to the general public...
The Book of Urizen is one of the major prophetic books of the English poet William Blake, illustrated by Blake's own plates. It was originally publish...
Encheiridion, stoische Regeln für ein zufriedenes Leben. Knapp und ausgezeichnet. Geschrieben von Epiktet (ca. 50-138). Übersetzung durch Carl Conz vo...
Pascal's Pensées is widely considered to be a masterpiece, and a landmark in French prose. When commenting on one particular section (Thought #72), Sa...
The Summa Theologica (or the Summa Theologiae or simply the Summa, written 1265–1274) is the most famous work of Thomas Aquinas although it was never...
Immanuel Kant's "Zum ewigen Frieden" (Perpetual Peace) delves into the complex relationship between morality and international affairs. Kant argues t...
The Second Apology of Justin Martyr is a powerful and eloquent defense of the Christian faith written in the mid-second century AD. Justin Martyr, a p...
„Kriton“ ist ein philosophischer Dialog Platons, der die letzten Stunden des zum Tode verurteilten Sokrates schildert. In diesem Gespräch mit seinem F...
In "Über den Zorn", Seneca, ein römischer Philosoph und Anhänger des Stoizismus, erörtert die Natur und die Bewältigung von Zorn. Er argumentiert, da...
Dialogo dei Massimi Sistemi is a scientific essay written in the form of a dialogue by the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei. Originally written in It...
