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Philosophy
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Phaedo
Set in the prison on the day Socrates is executed, the Phaedo is narrated by Phaedo, who was present, to Echecrates. Socrates explains why a philosopher should not…
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Politics
Aristotle's study of the city-state (polis), in eight books, probably assembled from lecture material. Book I argues that the city exists by nature and that the human being…
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Poetics
A short, compressed treatise, probably lecture notes, on poetry as imitation (mimesis), concentrating on tragedy. Aristotle argues that imitation is natural to humans and a source of learning…
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Nozick's libertarian answer to the question of what a state may legitimately do. Part I argues against the anarchist that a minimal state, limited to protection against force,…
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On the Nature of Things
A long philosophical poem in six books of Latin hexameters setting out the physics and ethics of Epicurus, whom Lucretius praises as the man who freed humanity from…
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The Development of Logic
A large history of logic from its Greek beginnings to the twentieth century. William and Martha Kneale begin with the forerunners of logic in Greek argument and with…
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Epistemology, Logic, and Grammar in Indian Philosophical Analysis
Matilal's early study brings debates from classical Indian philosophy into conversation with analytic philosophy of logic and language. Working from Nyāya, Buddhist and grammatical texts, he examines problems…
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An Introduction to Non-Classical Logic
A textbook covering the main logics that depart from classical logic, taught throughout with the tableau method so that each system can be compared with the others. After…
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Aesthetics: A Very Short Introduction
Nanay argues that aesthetics is not only about art and not only about beauty. Its subject is a wide range of experiences: noticing the light on a building,…
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Art and Its Objects
Wollheim approaches the question 'What is art?' by asking what kind of thing a work of art is. He tests the hypothesis that works of art are physical…
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