In these reflections on leadership in Church and State, Frank Brennan states ideals and proposes practical challenges in addresses ranging from his...

Based on the 1758 edition, this translation strives for fidelity and retains Montesquieu's paragraphing. George R. Healy's Introduction discusses T...

Based on the 1758 edition, this translation strives for fidelity and retains Montesquieu's paragraphing. George R. Healy's Introduction discusses T...

This book, originally published in 1903, traces the origin of Auguste Comte’s philosophy in the mental effervescence of the first generation of the...

"There's nothing available that I know of that comes as close to representing the range of Royce's works. . . . " -- John H Lavely

"There's nothing available that I know of that comes as close to representing the range of Royce's works. . . . " -- John H Lavely

Illustrations and examples have always been deemed rare in the otherwise abundant materials Kant sent to be printed. In this sense, tradition has m...

This book, originally published in 1876, was written in confutation of the Materialism of its time by arguments derived from Evidences of Intellige...

What are the absolute and relative? What are their specific features? What is the main distinction between them? An investigation into the roles of...

A modern, highly readable translation of a primary text in Western philosophy. Complete translation in English with introduction, notes and glossar...

The Plotinus Reader provides a generous selection of translations from the fifty-four treatises that together make up the Enneads of Plotinus, a ce...

The Plotinus Reader provides a generous selection of translations from the fifty-four treatises that together make up the Enneads of Plotinus, a ce...

Theories about the nature and function of philosophical imagination depend on our understanding of what kind of universe we inhabit. Some theories ...

This book outlines all the important discoveries that had been made in natural philosophy up to the end of 1853 near when it was published. It conv...

The fundamental article of my political creed, declared John Adams, is that despotism, or unlimited sovereignty, or absolute power is the same in a...

The fundamental article of my political creed, declared John Adams, is that despotism, or unlimited sovereignty, or absolute power is the same in a...

The post-Soviet period (1989–2022) was, in its own way, an unprecedented era in human history. Its uniqueness lied not only in the fact that the US...

This collection provides readings from five classic thinkers with importantly distinct approaches to virtue theory, along with five new essays from...

This collection provides readings from five classic thinkers with importantly distinct approaches to virtue theory, along with five new essays from...

"This is an excellent, readable and vigorous translation of The Prince , but it is much more than simply a translation. The map, notes and guide to...

"This is an excellent, readable and vigorous translation of The Prince , but it is much more than simply a translation. The map, notes and guide to...

To investigate the imaginative leaps of so agile and incisive a mind as Machiavelli's one needs as much commentary about history, political theory,...

To investigate the imaginative leaps of so agile and incisive a mind as Machiavelli's one needs as much commentary about history, political theory,...

This edition comprises the full text of The Province of Jurisprudence Determined , a classic work of moral, political, and legal philosophy, includ...