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Foundations of Natural Right
In the history of philosophy, Fichte’s thought marks a crucial transitional stage between Kant and post-Kantian philosophy. Fichte radicalized Kant’s thought by arguing that human …
Humboldt: 'On Language'
Wilhelm von Humboldt's classic study of human language was first published in 1836, as a general introduction to his three-volume treatise on the Kawi language of Java. It is the …
Augustine: On the Free Choice of the Will, On Grace and Free Choice, and Other Writings
The works translated here deal with two major themes in the thinking of St Augustine (354–430): free will and divine grace. On the one hand, free will enables human beings to make …
Immanuel Kant: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Kant is the central figure of modern philosophy. He sought to rebuild philosophy from the ground up, and he succeeded in permanently changing its problems and methods. This new, …
Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy
Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy remains one of the most widely studied works of Western philosophy. This volume is a refreshed and updated edition of John Cottingham's …
Kant: Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason
Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason is a key element of the system of philosophy which Kant introduced with his Critique of Pure Reason, and a work of major importance in …
Schleiermacher: Hermeneutics and Criticism
The founding text of modern hermeneutics. Written by the philosopher and theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher as a method for the interpretation and textual criticism of the New …
Kant: The Metaphysics of Morals
The Metaphysics of Morals is Kant's final major work in moral philosophy. In it, he presents the basic concepts and principles of right and virtue and the system of duties of human …
Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
Published in 1785, Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals ranks alongside Plato's Republic and Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as one of the most profound and …
Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human
This remarkable collection of almost 1,400 aphorisms was originally published in three instalments. The first (now Volume I) appeared in 1878, just before Nietzsche abandoned …
Thomas Aquinas: Disputed Questions on the Virtues
The great medieval philosopher Thomas Aquinas (1224/6-1274) was Dominican regent master in theology at the University of Paris, where he presided over a series of questions - …
Francis Bacon: The New Organon
When the New Organon appeared in 1620, part of a six-part programme of scientific inquiry entitled ‘The Great Renewal of Learning’, Francis Bacon was at the high point of his …