Ever since humankind raised its head toward the heavens in search of universal understanding and spiritual fulfilment, wars, pogroms, persecution, prejudice, and contempt have been ...
Continue Reading →James Mill (1773-1836) was a Scottish historian, economist, political theorist, and philosopher. He was the father of influential philosopher of classical liberalism, John Stuart Mill. ...
Continue Reading →Frederick the Great (1712-1786), King of Prussia, initiated the Seven Years’ War in 1756; outfought the formidable French, Russian, and Austrian armies aligned against him; ...
Continue Reading →The freedom of the seas — meaning both the oceans of the world and coastal waters — has been among the most contentious issues in ...
Continue Reading → Two Treatises of Government is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke.Locke’s family was sympathetic to Puritanism but remained ...
Continue Reading →Hegel’s last major published work is an attempt to systematize ethical theory, natural right, the philosophy of law, political theory and the sociology of the ...
Continue Reading → Hugo Grotius was a major figure in the fields of philosophy, political theory and law during the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Along with the ...
Continue Reading →The ethical and metaphysical texts in this collection both illuminate and contrast with those political and historical texts in which Hegel draws important conclusions about ...
Continue Reading →This book brings together a comprehensive collection of the writings of one of the greatest philosophers in the Western tradition. Along with five of John ...
Continue Reading →David Hume’s An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals argues that morals are not based on rational thought, but rather are sentimental endeavours. This text ...
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