In The Descent of Man Darwin addresses many of the issues raised by his notorious Origin of Species: finding in the traits and...

Adam Smith (1723-1790) was one of the brightest stars of the eighteenth-century Scottish Enlightenment. An Inquiry into the...

The Prophet represents the acme of Kahlil Gibran's achievement. Writing in English, Gibran adopted the tone and cadence of King...

Rene Descartes (1569-1650), the 'father' of modern philosophy, is without doubt one of the greatest thinkers in history: his...

Translated by Yuan Shibing and J.J.L.Duyvendak. With introductions by Robert Wilkinson. The two political classics in this book...

Notes and Introduction by Mark G. Spencer, Brock University, Ontario.
John Locke (1632-1704) was perhaps the most influential...