Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war,...

'It is possible for man to snatch the world from the darkness of absurdity'

How should we think and act in the world? These...

'Wars are not won by evacuations'

'We can take it!'

'Westward look, the land is bright'

This collection of speeches from...

In Utopia Thomas More painted a fantastical picture of a distant island where society is perfected and people live in harmony,...

Immanuel Kant was one of the most influential philosophers in the whole of Europe, who changed Western thought with his...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

'When the last fire goes out, time too will be finished'

Italo Calvino was one of the most joyful and imaginative writers of...

John Ruskin overturned Victorian society’s ideas about art and architecture, arguing that ancient buildings must be conserved for...

'We shall live at last as free men on our own soil, and die peacefully in our own homes'

Theodor Herzl's passionate advocacy...

Adam Smith's landmark treatise on the free market paved the way for modern capitalism, arguing that competition is the engine of...

A fascinating examination of ethics, religion and psychology, this selection of Schopenhauer's works contains scathing attack on...

This investigation of religion by greatest psychoanalyst of the twentieth-century explores the role faith can take in the life of...

'People can only be free in relation to one another.'

Three exhilarating and inspiring essays in which the great...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

'Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life'

The two works brought together here, 'The Decay of Lying' and 'The Critic...

'We live within a spectacle of empty clothes and unworn masks'

In this series of remarkable pieces from across his career,...

'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved,...

'One swallow does not make a summer; neither does one day. Similarly neither can one day, or a brief space of time, make a man...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

In one of the most influential philosophical works ever writen, John Stuart Mill explores the risks and responsibilities of...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

John Locke was one of the greatest figures of the Enlightenment, whose assertion that reason is the key to knowledge changed the...

Tagore was a fierce opponent of British rule in India. In this work he discusses the resurgence of the East and the challenge it...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Widely regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy, Descartes sought to look beyond established ideas and create a...

Created by the seventeenth-century philosopher and mathematician Pascal, the essays contained in Human Happiness are a curiously...