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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
Hume's recasting of the moral theory of Book 3 of his Treatise as a shorter, more polished enquiry, which he himself thought his best book. Its method is…
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Rights of Man
Paine's reply to Burke's Reflections, published in two parts in 1791 and 1792 and read very widely in Britain and America. Part One defends the French Revolution and…
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Fifteen Sermons Preached at the Rolls Chapel
A collection of sermons preached at the Rolls Chapel in London, where Butler was preacher, and printed in 1726; the second edition added a long Preface. The first…
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The Federalist Papers
Eighty-five essays published in New York newspapers in 1787 and 1788 under the shared pen name Publius, to persuade voters to ratify the new United States Constitution. Alexander…
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An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense
A treatise on the five senses that opens Reid's attack on what he calls the 'ideal system', the doctrine running from Descartes through Locke to Berkeley and Hume…
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Critique of Pure Reason
Kant's main work, which asks what reason can know independently of experience and sets limits to metaphysics. He argues that we can have synthetic a priori knowledge, as…
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The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Smith's first book, drawn from his moral philosophy lectures at Glasgow and revised several times, most heavily for the sixth edition of 1790. It explains moral judgement through…
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Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
A short restatement of the Critique of Pure Reason, published two years later because, Kant complained, the Critique had been misunderstood, notably by a review that likened it…
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The Wealth of Nations
Smith's inquiry into what makes nations prosperous, published in 1776 after more than a decade of work. Book I opens with the pin factory to show how the…
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Critique of Practical Reason
Kant's second Critique, which follows the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals and asks how pure reason can by itself determine the will. The Analytic argues that material…
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