Friedrich: 2293 books

Four tales are, it is said, intended by the Author to be appropriate to the Four Seasons: the stern, grave “Sintram”, to winter; the tearful, smiling, fresh “Undine”, to Spring; the torrid deserts of the “Two Captains”, to summer; and the sunset gold of “Aslauga's Knight”, to autumn. Of these two are before us.

Theories of Democracy builds on Robert Dahl's observation that there is no single theory of democracy; only theories. Beyond the broad commitment to rule by the majority, democracy involves a set of contentious debates concerning the proper function and scope of power, equality, freedom, justice,...

Of the first kind, the mention of one or two distinguished names will furnish a definite type. To this category belong Herodotus, Thucydides, and other historians of the same order, whose descriptions are for the most part limited to deeds, events, and states of society, which they had before their eyes,...

'The condemnation,' says Hegel, 'which a great man lays upon the world, is to force it to explain him.' The greatness of Hegel, if it be measured by this standard, must be something far above common. Interpreters of his system have contradicted each other, almost as variously as the several commentators...

The objective Mind is the absolute Idea, but only existing in posse: and as it is thus on the territory of finitude, its actual rationality retains the aspect of external apparency. The free will finds itself immediately confronted by differences which arise from the circumstance that freedom is its...

Il est interdit de parler des conséquences néfastes et dangereuses d'une guerre, surtout s'il s'agit d'une guerre victorieuse. On a également entendu des opinions importantes sur les opinions publiques et importantes, qui ont ensuite été rivalisées à la guerre et à la guerre . art. Malgré...

Nous aurons fait un grand pas en ce qui concerne la science esthétique, quand nous en serons arrivés non seulement à l’induction logique, mais encore à la certitude immédiate de cette pensée : que l’évolution progressive de l’art est le résultat...

De tout temps les sages ont porté le même jugement sur la vie : elle ne vaut rien... Toujours et partout on a entendu sortir de leur bouche la même parole, — une parole pleine de doute, pleine de mélancolie, pleine de fatigue de la vie, pleine de résistance contre la vie. Socrate lui-même...

The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (1884), was a provocative and profoundly influential critique of the Victorian nuclear family. Engels argued that the traditional monogamous household was in fact a recent construct, closely bound up with capitalist societies. Under this patriarchal...

In what he presented as an extraordinarily popular piece, Engels critiques the utopian socialists, such as Fourier and Owen, and provides an explanation of the socialist framework for understanding capitalism, and an outline of the progression of social and economic development from the perspective of historical materialism.

This forceful polemic explores the staggering human cost of the Industrial Revolution in Victorian England. Engels paints an unforgettable picture of daily life in the new industrial towns, and for miners and agricultural workers in a savage indictment of the greed of the bourgeoisie. His later preface,...

“We continue to live within the intellectual shadow cast by Nietzsche.” —New York Times Book Review Best known for his seminal works on religion, morality, existentialism, and contemporary culture, such as The Birth of Tragedy and Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche focuses his penetrating...

This file includes: The Consolation of Philosophy and Theological Tractates by Boethius (in both English and Latin), Essays of Montaigne (all 10 volumes), Thus Spake Zarathustra by Nietzsche, Rudolph Eucken A Philosophy of Life by Abel J. Jones, and The Philosophy of Despair by David Starr Jordan.