Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant; Christopher Bennett (Translator); Joe Saunders (Translator); Robert Stern (Editor)
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Category: Philosophy Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
In this classic text, Kant sets out to articulate and defend the Categorical Imperative - the fundamental principle that underlies moral reasoning - and to lay the foundation for a comprehensive account of justice and human virtues. This new edition and translation of Kant's work is designed especia ...Show more
A Discourse on Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category: Philosophy Classics | Series: Classics Ser.
In A Discourse on Inequality Rousseau sets out to demonstrate how the growth of civilization corrupts man�s natural happiness and freedom by creating artificial inequalities of wealth, power and social privilege. Contending that primitive man was equal to his fellows, Rousseau believed that as societies ...Show more
Power of Non-Violent Resistance by M. K. Gandhi; Tridip Suhrud (Editor, Introduction by)
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Category: Philosophy Classics
The year 2019 marks the 150th anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi's birth, and Penguin Classics presents a short but comprehensive selection of text by Gandhi that speaks to non-violent civil disobedience and activism. In excerpts drawn from his books, letters, and essays--including from ...Show more
The Wealth of Nations: Books I-III by Adam Smith
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Category: Philosophy Classics | Series: English Library | Reading Level: very good
Smith's "The Wealth of Nations" was the first comprehensive treatment of political economy. Originally delivered in the form of lectures at Glasgow, the book's publication in 1776 co-incided with America's Declaration of Independence. These volumes include Smith's assessment of the mercantile system, hi ...Show more
Letters from a Stoic: Epistulae Morales Ad Lucilium by Seneca
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Category: Philosophy Classics | Series: Classics Ser.
A philosophy that saw self-possession as the key to an existence lived 'in accordance with nature', Stoicism called for the restraint of animal instincts and the severing of emotional ties. These beliefs were formulated by the Athenian followers of Zeno in the fourth century BC, but it was in Seneca (c. ...Show more
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