An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry was first published in 1897 and marks Bertrand Russell's first foray into analytic philosophy, a movement in which Russell is one of the founding members and figurehead. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Michael Potter.

An ideal philosophical companion volume to Russell's own Autobiography, My Philosophical Development is testament to one of the greatest minds of the 20th century. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Nicholas Griffin.

The private notebooks of Roman Emperor and Philosopher, Marcus Aurelius, published here with an introduction by John Sellars.

Banned in Russia under Communism, A Calendar of Wisdom was Tolstoy's last major work, and one of his most popular both during and after his lifetime. This new translation by Roger Cockrell will offer today's generation of readers the chance to discover, day by day, these edifying and carefully selected pearls of wisdom.

The Corpus Aristotelicum (The Complete Aristotle) is the collection of Aristotle's works that have survived from antiquity through Medieval manuscript transmission. These texts, as opposed to Aristotle's lost works, are technical philosophical treatises from within Aristotle's school. Reference to them is made according to the original texts of Aristotle, which in turn is based on ancient classifications of these works.

This complete Book consist of (Contents):

Biography (About Aristotle)

Par...

The Corpus Aristotelicum (The Complete Aristotle) is the collection of Aristotle's works that have survived from antiquity through Medieval manuscript transmission. These texts, as opposed to Aristotle's lost works, are technical philosophical treatises from within Aristotle's school. Reference to them is made according to the original texts of Aristotle, which in turn is based on ancient classifications of these works.

This complete Book consist of (Contents):

Biography (About Aristotle)

Par...

It is an acknowledged fact that we perceive errors in the work of others more readily than in our own.

—Leonardo da Vinci

In this Beginner's Psychology I have tried to write, as nearly as might be, the kind of book that I should have found useful when I was beginning my own study of psychology. That was nearly thirty years ago; and I read Bain, and the Mills, and Spencer, and Rabier, and as much of Wundt as a struggling acquaintance with German would allow. Curiously enough, it was a para...

In Genealogie van de moraal, door velen beschouwd als zijn beste werk, betoogt Nietzsche dat goed en kwaad waarden zijn die van periode tot periode en van land tot land verschillen. In de oudheid verwees ‘goed’ naar het gedrag van veroveraars, en ‘slecht’ naar dat van hun ondergeschikten en slaafgemaakten. Later werden deze waarden door het joods-christelijke moraal op hun kop gezet. ‘Goed’ verwees naar alles wat zwak, ziek en misselijk was; ‘kwaad’ naar de edelen voor wie zij...

In dit boek laat filosoof Thomas Metzinger zien hoe bewustzijnsonderzoek ons kan helpen een ethiek te ontwikkelen in onze tijd van crisis. Wij mensen kunnen onszelf straks niet meer serieus nemen als rationele wezens, omdat we decennialang empirische feiten hebben genegeerd met een verwoeste planeet als gevolg. Volgens Metzinger hebben we een radicaal nieuwe bewustzijnscultuur nodig gebaseerd op eerlijkheid, compassie en creativiteit.