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Perhaps the most important work of philosophy written in the twentieth century, Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus was the only philosophical work that Ludwig Wittgenstein published during his ...
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original philospher, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking goes well beyond philosophy itself. In this book, which aims to make ...
Penguin Classics relaunch
This is the second of a new two-volume edition of the works of Descartes in Penguin Classics. This volume is designed for ...
A selection of dialogues and letters of one of the most eloquent - and influential - masters of Latin prose.
A major writer and a leading figure ...
A penetrating account of Greek tragedy, it demonstrates how the elements of plot, character and spectacle combine to produce 'pity and fear ...
Spinoza's greatest philosophical work.
Published shortly after his death, the Ethics is undoubtedly Spinoza's greatest work - an elegant, fully cohesive philosophical system that ...
Nietzsche's final testament of his beliefs
In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to compose his ...
A collection of essays that sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's controversial, groundbreaking philosophy.
Since their initial publication, Rand's fictional ...
Either/Or is a brilliant exploration of the conflicts inherent in life between living aesthetically, and living morally
In Either/Or, using the voices of ...
Aristotle's influential treatise on the way to win arguments
With the emergence of democracy in the city-state of Athens in the years around 460 ...
Alan Ryan's anthology provides the perfect introduction to an enormously significant philosophical movement, aiming for "the greatest happiness for the greatest number"
One of ...
Hume's masterpiece on human nature, attacking traditional religious thought
One of the most significant works of Western philosophy, Hume's Treatise was published in ...
A collection of Bacon's vibrant, intelligent essays covering subjects ranging from ambition to the vicissitude of things
One of the major political figures of ...
Cicero's reflections upon the way to a live a good life
For the great Roman orator and statesman Cicero, 'the good life' was at ...