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Philosophische Abhandlungen über den menschlichen Verstand
"Over a series of elegantly written, engaging essays, the Enquiry examines the experiential and psychological sources of meaning and knowledge, the foundations of reasoning about matters that lie beyond the scope of our sensory experience and memory, the nature of belief, and the limitations of our knowledge. The positions Hume takes on these topics have been described as paradigmatically…
Gemeinsame Themen: Ética, Ouvrages avant 1800, Ethics, Early works to 1800
Vom pflichtgemäßen Handeln
De Officiis (On Duties, On Obligations, or On Moral Responsibilities) is a 44 BC treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero divided into three books, in which Cicero expounds his conception of the best way to live, behave, and observe moral obligations. The posthumously published work discusses what is honorable (Book I), what is to ones advantage (Book II), and what to do when the honorable and private…
Gemeinsame Themen: Ancient Ethics, Ethics, Early works to 1800, Friendship
Geschichte der europäischen Sitten
History of ethics.
Gemeinsame Themen: Ancient Ethics, Ethics, Philosophy, History
Poetik
Few, if any, writers in history have made major contributions to as many fields of knowledge as Aristotle...
'If there are two definitive features of ancient Greek civilization,' writes Hugh Lawson-Tancred in his wide-ranging Introduction, 'they are articulacy and competition.' In the city-states oratorical competence was an essential asset for politicians in the Assemblies and Councils and even…
Gemeinsame Themen: Aristotle, Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
Moralia
The Moralia of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an eclectic collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They provide insights into Roman and Greek life, but often are also timeless observations in their own right.
Gemeinsame Themen: Ancient Ethics, Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
Emile oder über die Erziehung
Rousseau wrote about the difficulty of being a good individual within an inherently corrupting collectivity: society. Emile deals specifically with education, and outlines a system which would allow for human goodness. He uses the fictional story of Emile and his tutor to outline his ideas. The book was banned and publicly burned on its publication, but became a European bestseller and provided a…
Gemeinsame Themen: Ouvrages avant 1800, Early works to 1800, Philosophy, History
Der Fürst
The Prince (Italian: Il Principe [il ˈprintʃipe]; Latin: De Principatibus) is a 16th-century political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli as an instruction guide for new princes and royals. The general theme of The Prince is of accepting that the aims of princes – such as glory and survival – can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those…
Gemeinsame Themen: Ouvrages avant 1800, Early works to 1800, Philosophy, History
Lunyu
Here is a translation of the recorded thoughts and deeds that best remember Confucius - informed for the first time by the manuscript version found at Dingzhou in 1973, a partial text dating to 55 b.c.e. and only made available to the scholarly world in 1997. Based on the earliest Analects yet discovered, this translation provides us with a new perspective on the central canonical text that has…
Gemeinsame Themen: Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy
Parallelleben
Character studies comparing statesmen and generals of pre-Christian Greece and Rome.
Gemeinsame Themen: Ethics, Early works to 1800, Philosophy, History