This volume contains selections of Ockham’s philosophical writings which give a balanced introductory view of his work in logic, metaphysics, and ethics. This edition ...
Continue Reading →Boethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against Gothic rule, ...
Continue Reading →Towards the end of his life, Cicero turned away from his oratorical and political career and looked instead to matters of philosophy and ...
Continue Reading →Cicero’s On the Commonwealth and On the Laws are his most important works of political philosophy. The present volume offers a scholarly reconstruction of ...
Continue Reading →Cicero considered On Moral Ends to be his finest work. At the heart of it was how to live the best life. This was ...
Continue Reading →The Sophist is a Platonic dialogue from the philosopher’s late period, most likely written in 360 BC. Its main theme is to identify what a ...
Continue Reading →The Phaedo is one of the most widely read dialogues written by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. It claims to recount the events and conversations ...
Continue Reading →Plato’s Euthyphro is a dialogue between Socrates and the young ‘prophet’ Euthyphro outside the court in Athens just before Socrates is to go to trial ...
Continue Reading →In Crito, Socrates believes injustice may not be answered with injustice, personifies the Laws of Athens to prove this, and refuses Crito’s offer to finance ...
Continue Reading →The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Latin for Logical Philosophical Treatise or Treatise on Logic and Philosophy) is the only book-length philosophical work by the Austrian ...
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