Discover the Foundations of Scientific Philosophy with "Auguste Comte and Positivism" by John Stuart MillThis insightful work offers a comprehensive exploration of Auguste Comte's revolutionary ideas and the development of positivism, a philosophical approach emphasizing empirical science and observable phenomena. Mill critically examines Comte's theories, highlighting their significance in shaping modern social sciences and philosophy. The book delves into the evolution of positivist thou...

Discover the Principles of Individual Freedom with "On Liberty" by John Stuart Mill"On Liberty" by John Stuart Mill is a foundational text in the philosophy of personal liberty and societal progress. In this influential work, Mill explores the importance of individual autonomy, free speech, and the limits of societal authority. He advocates for the protection of personal freedoms as essential to human development and societal advancement, emphasizing that only through open discourse and th...

"The Subjection of Women" is a seminal work by philosopher John Stuart Mill and his wife, Harriet Taylor Mill. Published in 1869, the book advocates for gender equality and women's rights, challenging prevailing social norms and legal structures that subjugated women. The authors argue for the liberation of women from the patriarchal constraints of marriage, legal incapacities, and societal expectations. They articulate a compelling case for women's education, economic independence, and th...

"Considerations on Representative Government" is a seminal work by philosopher John Stuart Mill, first published in 1861. In this influential treatise, Mill explores the principles and practices of democratic governance, offering a comprehensive analysis of representative government and its role in fostering individual liberty, social progress, and the common good. Mill examines various aspects of representative democracy, including electoral systems, political institutions, the balance of...

Utilitarianism the best known branch of consequentialist ethics was popularized by Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill in the 18th and 19th centuries. This book maintains that ethics primarily depend on the consequences of ones behavior rather that the values one holds. Thus values are ethical insofar as these values produce desirable outcomes.

'Beware who you give this book to.' Financial Times 'I recommend that you keep this delightful essay at your side.' Observer 'Dryly witty essay' Alain de Botton, Sunday Telegraph We all sit through meetings with that one person who seems to be able to persuade everyone. What is their secret? Are they more gifted than we are? Or is it just that they are very skilled in the art of persuation? That is exactly what it is. They are people who use subtle tricks to convince other people to agree ...

An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding is a book by the Scottish empiricist and philosopher David Hume, published in 1748. It was a simplification of an earlier effort, Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, published anonymously in London in 1739-1740. Hume was disappointed with the reception of the Treatise, which "fell dead-born from the press," as he put it, and so tried again to disseminate his ideas to the public by writing a shorter and more polemical work.The end product of his labo...

The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance. In this classic work, Martha Nussbaum maintains that these Hellenistic schools have been unjustly neglected in recent philosophic accounts of what the classical "tradition" has to offer. By examining texts of philosophers such as Epicurus, Lucretius, and Seneca, she recovers a valuable source for current mo...

A short book combining extracts from the work of one of the world's greatest thinkers with commentary by one of Britain's most distinguished writers on philosophy.

This carefully crafted ebook: "The Ethics of Immanuel Kant" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals, also known as the Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals, is 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 ethics—one that clears the ground for future research by explaini...

Of the first kind, the mention of one or two distinguished names will furnish a definite type. To this category belong Herodotus, Thucydides, and other historians of the same order, whose descriptions are for the most part limited to deeds, events, and states of society, which they had before their eyes, and whose spirit they shared. They simply transferred what was passing in the world around them, to the realm of representative intellect. An external phenomenon is thus translated into an...

This file includes the complete text of "The Approach to Philosophy" by Ralph Barton Perry, "An Introduction to Philosophy" by George Stuart Fullerton, and "Initiation into Philosophy by Emile Faguet.