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The Problems of Philosophy
by Bertrand RussellThe Problems of Philosophy, written for the novice readers in mind, the author introduces to the reader many aspects of Philosophy. Most important theories of world famous philosophers like Plato, Aristotle, René Descartes, David Hume, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, G. W. F. Hegel and others are introduced by Bertrand Russell in an easy understand g..
Common Sense
by Thomas PaineOne of the most influential works in the history of Politics, Common Sense has ignited and created the need for freedom in Thirteen British Colonies. Though it was published anonymously initially, this book has the credit of highest number of copies read in the history of American publishing. Most important aspect of this book was the writing st..
Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin Abbott AbbottThough the title of this book contains the word Romance, this book is not about anything related to romance. Can any author use Mathematics to explain Philosophy or Politics? This book exactly does it. Written by a school teacher Thomas Abbot, this book was not popular as it should be, till relativity theory was published by Edison. The concept of ..
Apology
by PlatoIn 399 BC, Socrates defends himself to the jury against the charges on him for corrupting young minds against the popular belief of the city on gods.The word in the Greek is apologia, which means apology. This Socrates defense speech is narrated by Plato in a dialogue form in this book “Apology”, by Plato...
The Mediaeval Mind
by Henry Osborn TaylorThe Mediaeval Mind is an educational treatise written by the American scholar and historian Henry Osborn Taylor, whose other notable works include Greek Biology and Medicine, A Historian's Creed, A Layman's View of History, Freedom of the Mind in History, Human Values and Verities, Fact: The Romance of Mind, and The Classical Heritage of the Middle..
Natural Philosophy
by Wilhelm OstwaldNatural Philosophy is a work of an extensive and in depth study written by the novel price winning German chemist Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald, whose notable writings include Conversations on Chemistry , and The Scientific Foundations of Analytical Chemistry; Treated in an Elementary Manner. This book explores the relationship between Natural scien..
Democracy and Education
by John DeweyDemocracy and Education written by John Dewey is a book on introduction to the Philosophy of Education. John Dewey an American Philosopher who is an influential personality of the education and social reform. A critic of the great philosophers, he commented Rousseau's philosophy as overemphasizing the individual and Plato's philosophy as overe..
Leviathan
by Thomas HobbesLeviathan is a classic western work on statecraft written by Thormas Hobbes, an English philosopher remembered as one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Leviathan is ranked among the most influential works like Machiavelli's The Prince, as both books concerns about the structure of legitimate government and the society. It is a book..