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'Nothing can harm a good man either in life or after death'

The trial and condemnation of Socrates on charges of heresy and...

'I hope my passion for Rome's past has not impaired my judgement; for I do honestly believe that no country has ever been greater...

One of the foundation-stones of modern philosophy, Rene Descartes' Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings is translated from...

A major writer and a leading figure in the public life of Rome, Seneca (c. 4BC-AD 65) ranks among the most eloquent and...

One of the central texts of the Middle Ages, The Golden Legend deeply influenced the imagery of poetry, painting and stained...

Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the...

Written during the winter of 1857-8, the Grundrisse was considered by Marx to be the first scientific elaboration of communist...

This major collection demonstrates the extent to which Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an inspiration to the Americans in their...

In A Discourse on Inequality Rousseau sets out to demonstrate how the growth of civilization corrupts man’s natural happiness and...

Between 58 and 50BC Caesar conquered most of the area now covered by France, Belgium and Switzerland, and twice invaded Britain....

Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political...

Gerald of Wales was among the most dynamic and fascinating churchmen of the twelfth century. A member of one of the leading...

Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The...

The most important historical source on one of the most powerful leaders of the ancient world, Arrian's The Campaigns of...

Charles Darwin's seminal formulation of the theory of Evolution, On the Origin of Species continues to be as controversial today...

Chase Owen, Никерсон...

The gripping first-hand story of the disaster that inspired Melville's Moby-Dick and is the basis for a major new feature film,...

Applying his controversial theory of evolution to the origins of the human species, Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man was the...

Smith's The Wealth of Nations was the first comprehensive treatment of political economy. Originally delivered in the form of...

'The noblest and most lovable of the great philosophers ... ethically he is supreme' Bertrand Russell

Published shortly after...

One of the key works in the nineteenth-century battle between science and Scripture, Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology...

Nietzsche's first published book, The Birth of Tragedy is a compelling argument for the necessity of art in life

This landmark...

Mill John... , Bentham...

One of the most important nineteenth-century schools of thought, Utilitarianism propounds the view that the value or rightness of...

Originally delivered in the form of lectures at Glasgow, Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations Books I-III laid the foundations of...

One of the greatest figures of his age, Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-59) was widely admired throughout his life for his prose,...

One of the greatest of all horror writers, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49) also composed pioneering tales that seized upon the...

In this eloquent, intimate exploration of the delights and demands of the piano, world-renowned concert pianist and music writer...

Gerd Gigerenzer's Reckoning with Risk: Learning to Live with Uncertainty illustrates how we can learn to make sense of statistics...

Wagner was one of the few major composers who studied philosophy seriously. Bryan Magee places the composer's artistic...

The Green Flag stands as the most comprehensive and illuminating history of Irish Nationalism yet published. For many years...

"Not since Darwin has an author so lifted the science of ecology with insight and delightful imagery" - Richard Dawkins In this...