The Basic Writings: On Liberty/The Subjection of Women/Utilitarianism
10 best books like The Basic Writings: On Liberty/The Subjection of Women/Utilitarianism (John Stuart Mill): The Thomas Paine Reader, Selected Essays, The Discourses & Other Early Political Writings (Texts in the History of Political Thought), History of Political Philosophy, The Portable Enlightenment Reader, Philosophical Writings of Peirce, The Major Works, Deciphering the Cosmic Number: The Strange Friendship of Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung, Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas, The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace
| Author | Thomas Paine |
| ISBN | 0140444963 |
This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737—1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their struggle for independence, a passionate supporter of the French Revolution and perhaps the outstanding English radical writer of his age. It contains all of Paine's key...
| Author | David Hume |
| ISBN | 0192836218 |
In his writings, David Hume set out to bridge the gap between the learned world of the academy and the marketplace of polite society. This collection, drawing largely on his Essays Mortal, Political, and Literary (1776 edition), comprehensively shows how far he succeeded.
As seen in these...
| Author | Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
| ISBN | 0521424453 |
The work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is presented in two volumes, together forming the most comprehensive anthology of Rousseau's political writings in English. Volume I contains the earlier writings such as the First and Second Discourses.The American and French Revolutions were profoundly affected...
| Author | Leo Strauss |
| ISBN | 0226777103 |
I actually read this entire book from cover-to-cover.
For fun.
Because i felt somebody really ought to.
I'm of the opinion that anyone who wishes to truly understand a subject must diligently study not merely the superficial aspects of that subject, but also the subtle and...
| Author | Isaac Kramnick |
| ISBN | 0140245669 |
The Age of Enlightenment of the 18th century, also called the Age of Reason, was so named for an intellectual movement that shook the foundations of Western civilization. In championing radical ideas such as individual liberty and an empirical appraisal of the universe through rational inquiry and...
| Author | Charles Sanders Peirce |
| ISBN | 0486202178 |
"An excellent, discerning introduction. It should prove a real boon to the student of Peirce." — The Modern Schoolman
Charles S. Peirce was a thinker of great originality and power. Although unpublished in his lifetime, he was recognized as an equal by such men as William James and John Dewey...
| Author | Francis Bacon |
| ISBN | 0192840819 |
This authoritative edition brings together an extensive collection of Bacon's writing - the major prose in full, together with sixteen other pieces not otherwise available - that reveals the essence of his work and thinking.
Francis Bacon held some of the highest public offices in the land...
Deciphering the Cosmic Number: The Strange Friendship of Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung
| Author | Arthur I. Miller |
| ISBN | 0393065324 |
The extraordinary story of psychoanalyst Carl Jung and physicist Wolfgang Pauli and their struggle to quantify the unconscious.
In 1932, the groundbreaking physicist Wolfgang Pauli met the famous psychoanalyst Carl Jung. Pauli was fascinated by the inner reaches of his own psyche and...
| Author | Isaiah Berlin |
| ISBN | 0691090262 |
In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom--among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen, and Sorel. With his...
The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace
| Author | Dennis Ross |
| ISBN | 0374529809 |
"The definitive and gripping account of the sometimes exhilarating, often tortured twists and turns in the Middle East peace process, viewed from the front row by one of its major players."--Bill Clinton
The Missing Peace, published to great acclaim last year, is the most candid inside account...
| Author | Hilary Putnam |
| ISBN | 0674013808 |
If philosophy has any business in the world, it is the clarification of our thinking and the clearing away of ideas that cloud the mind. In this book, one of the world's preeminent philosophers takes issue with an idea that has found an all-too-prominent place in popular culture and philosophical thought:...
| Author | Richard M. Rorty |
| ISBN | 0521358779 |
I only read the introduction, "Solidarity or Objectivity?", "Science as Solidarity", "Representation, social practice, and truth" and the entirety of part III which deals with politics.
I like Rorty's writing style and in these essays he comes off a lot less snarky to me than in Consequences...
| Author | Mark Helprin |
| ISBN | 0061733113 |
“A strange, wondrous, challenging, enriching book….Beautiful and powerful…you will not encounter another book like it.”
—National Review online
In Digital Barbarism, bestselling novelist Mark Helprin (Winter’s Tale, A Soldier of the Great War) offers...
دوستانِ گرانقدر، این کتابِ ارزشمند، از نوشته ها و مقاله هایِ پایه ای و اساسیِ «برتراند راسل» بزرگوار و اندیشمند تشکیل شده است... بدونِ تردید، زنده یاد برتراند...
| Author | Frederick Charles Copleston |
| ISBN | 0385468458 |
Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, Frederick Copleston's nine-volume A History Of Philosophy has journeyed far beyond the modest purpose of its author to universal acclaim as the best history of philosophy...
| Author | Massimo Pigliucci |
| ISBN | 0465021387 |
How should we live? According to philosopher and biologist Massimo Pigliucci, the greatest guidance to this essential question lies in combining the wisdom of 24 centuries of philosophy with the latest research from 21st century science. In Answers for Aristotle, Pigliucci argues that the combination...
The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability
| Author | Peter Kornbluh |
| ISBN | 1565849361 |
When first published last year on the thirtieth anniversary of the Chilean coup, Peter Kornbluh’s Pinochet File was hailed on the editorial page of the New York Times—no doubt to the aggravation of Henry Kissinger and all those who would deny the U.S. role in undermining Chilean democracy and supporting...
| Author | Penelope Murray |
| ISBN | 0140446516 |
Synopsis ‘Sublimity is the echo of a noble mind’ The works collected in this volume have profoundly shaped the history of criticism in the Western world: they created much of the terminology still in use today and formulated enduring questions about the nature and function of literature. In Ion,...
| Author | Robert Nozick |
| ISBN | 0691020965 |
Repeatedly and successfully, the celebrated Harvard philosopher Robert Nozick has reached out to a broad audience beyond the confines of his discipline, addressing ethical and social problems that matter to every thoughtful person. Here Nozick continues his search for the connections between...
| Author | Friedrich Nietzsche |
| ISBN | 0385092105 |
Skillful, sophisticated translations of two of Nietzsche's essential works about the conflict between the moral and aesthetic approaches to life, the impact of Christianity on human values, the meaning of science, the contrast between the Apollonian and Dionysian spirits, and other themes central...
| Author | Patrick H. O'Neil |
| ISBN | 0393928764 |
Excellent resource for anyone interested in comparative politics. O'Neil breaks everything down in a simple and straightforward way; somehow he makes the complex and varying nature of democratic elections sound simple. I thought I'd never understand proportional representation in all its (many,...
