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ESSAYS ON THE INTELLECTUAL POWERS OF MAN
Thomas Reid (1710–1796) was a philosopher who founded the Scottish school of 'common sense'. Much of Reid's work is a critique of his contemporary, David Hume (1711–1776), whose …
Locke: Political Essays
We know more about the development of John Locke’s ideas than we do about almost any other philosopher’s before modern times. This book brings together for the first time a …
Essays on Freethinking and Plain Speaking
Sir Leslie Stephen (1832–1904), the founding Editor of the Dictionary of National Biography and writer on philosophy, ethics, and literature, was educated at Eton, King's College, …
First-Person Perspective and Other Essays
A collection dealing with the way in which we know our own minds and the nature of our mental states.
Last Essays
Bringing together work composed from 1890 to 1924, the nineteen pieces collected in the posthumously published Last Essays (1926) serve as a primer to Conrad's wide interests and …
Sketches of Etruscan Places and Other Italian Essays
Seven essays D. H. Lawrence wrote after visiting Etruscan cities in central Italy.
Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays
Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine and Other Essays contains what Lawrence himself called the ‘philosophicalish’ essays written in the decade 1915–1925. The essays range from …
Lectures and Essays
A fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of the Royal Society, William Clifford (1845–79) made his reputation in applied mathematics, but his interests ranged far more widely, …
Essays On Art and Archaeology
Charles Thomas Newton (1816–1894) was a British archaeologist specialising in Greek and Roman artefacts. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford before joining the British Museum as an …
Essays on the Pursuits of Women
Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904) was an Irish writer, social reformer and activist best known for her contributions to Victorian feminism and women's suffrage. After the death of …