philosophy

Presents contemporary translations of Plato's dialogues, which cover Socrates' trial and execution and such issues as the natures of virtue, love, truth, and the individual.

A selection of writings by nineteenth-century American philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson, including essays, lectures, and poems.

Introduces high school and college students to ten widely studies works of philosophical literature and discusses each work's place in literary and philosophical history.

Surveys the Enlightenment movement of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, covering the subjects of economics, education, medicine, music, and science, and discussing key terms, important individuals, significant works, and locations of the period.

Contains over two thousand alphabetically arranged entries that provide information on topics related to philosophy, including profiles of the lives and work of notable philosophers from throughout history.

Examines the work of John Dewey, discussing his thoughts on experience, inquiry, morality, politics, education, aesthetics, and religion.

Profiles renowned philosophers from antiquity to the present day, and discusses their influence on modern society.