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Political Philosophy: Links and Texts
Presocratic Fragments and Testimonials: a page of rich testimonies and fragments of extant writings, dating from the Ionian School until the Sophists. Presocratic Philosophers Ancient Greek Philosophy: The Presocratics The PreSocratic Philosophers A page about the Sophists. Sophists (Encyclopædia britannica) Socrates Socrates did not write down his teachings: according to Plato's Phaedrus, Socrates believed that only a direct dialogue and teaching can transmit real leaning. Therefore, three different accounts of Socrates, or, as it were, three different virtual Socrates have become the foundation for knowing his thoughts: Collected works. Click also here. Alternatively, here it is presented a partial collection of his works with a biography and some secondary literature. Of special political interest: the Gorgias, the Republic (go also here), the Statesman, the Laws, the seventh Letter. Exploring Plato's dialogues A picture of the allegory of the cave. A hypertextual journey across Plato's metaphors. La Repubblica di Platone: a wide Italian hypertext about Plato's thought and its historical background, with a collection of links. An index of links to Plato's works presented on the web. Utopia: Utopian literature from Plato (Republic, Timaeus, Critias) to William Morris, with related links. About utopia see also Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Utopia. Plato on the SWIF Aristotle Collected works; of special political interest, the Nicomachean Ethics, the Politics, and the Athenian Constitution. Aristotle: basic information. Aristotle Aristotle's Political Philosophy Page: a very rich and up-to-date website, with primary and secondary bibliography. Aristotle's Political Theory Literature on Aristotle and Virtue Ethics Aristotle- An Introduction Aristotle on the SWIF Hellenistic philosophy Stoicism: a comprehensive page, a short introduction and a synopsis. Stoicism on the web Epictetus: the Discourses and the Enchiridion. The Cicero Home page: an eclectic orator who was influenced by Stoic ethics. Classical Skepticism: a long essay by Peter Suber. To explore the thought of Late Antiquity and the Middle
Ages, go to
Internet
Mediaeval Sourcebook: a huge collection of primary
and secondary literature dating from Late Antiquity to the Reformation.
Its library of patristic texts is especially complete.
Augustine
The Summa Theologiae in an hypertextual English version. Thomas Aquinas on the Encyclopædia britannica. Thomas Aquinas: as a polical thinker. Theology page at www.dominicans.org. Thomas Aquinas - The Angelic Doctor: a site, whose only goal seems to be to ascribe to Aquinas panentheistic opinions. Political Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas Thomas Instituutt Utrecht: very clear and systematic frames and research guides, prepared by Dutch historians, philosophers and theologians. Thomistic Philosophy Page: a good didactic introduction to the subject. Aquinas on the SWIF Marsiglio of Padua Marsiglio on the Encyclopædia britannica. Conclusions of the Defensor Pacis Dante Alighieri (in Italian) William of Ockham Ockham on the Encyclopædia britannica. A short presentation - and another, in the Catholic Encyclopedia Ockham's razor. A collection of writings, "political" and not. Dialogus: Latin text and English translation. Thomas More Utopia Sir Thomas More: biography, links and texts from the Encyclopædia britannica. Virtual Seminar: Thomas More's Utopia as Political Literature Other Utopian literature. Major political works: Il Principe; Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Italian texts). Machiavelli: article, links and texts from the Encyclopædia britannica. Machiavelli and his age Machiavelli Online: a rich and systematic page, with secondary and primary literature. The Executive: the Principe re-written for the use by modern executives - for the same reasons why Machiavelli wrote his book. See also: Francesco Guicciardini's Ricordi and Storia d'Italiaat Liberliber; Galileo Galilei and scientific revolution (Dialogo dei massimi sistemi) Machiavelli on the SWIF Natural rights theory Natural law Pufendorf Reception of the classical tradition in international law: Grotius' De Jure Belli ac Pacis Grotius; another wider page about him. The Way to Peace: a site of heterogeneous quality and content, which contains, however, much information about several pacifist thinkers. A term of comparison: contemporary contractarianism Thomas Hobbes His major political works which are available on-line Elements of Law Natural and Politic, Leviathan, De Cive (Liberty, Dominion, Religion). Aubrey's Brief Life Hobbesiana: a nice Italian site with a biography, links, texts, and a bibliography. Thomas Hobbes: an extensive introduction. Thomas Hobbes: links, texts, secondary literature. Thomas Hobbes: a short introduction. A detailed collection of all Hobbes' works that are available on-line. Hobbes on the SWIF John Locke His major political works are: Two treatises on Government (this link presents the second) and A Letter Concerning Toleration, John Locke John Locke, the philosopher of freedom A good, extensive introduction. Hobbes and Locke and the Seventeenth Century: a synopsis. Liberalism Locke on the SWIF British empiricists The Scottish School: a detailed and comprehensive article by J. McCosh - available in .txt version too. The Hume Archives: primary and secondary bibliography Hume on the SWIF History of Economics Internet References On-line biography and texts of A. Smith and others economic philosophers and thinkers, in Akamac E-text Links. Enlightenment, constitutionalism, democracy Enlightenment on the net Encyclopaedists Encyclopédie on the web (vol, I) Cesare Beccaria: Dei delitti e delle pene. Montesquieu: XX-XXIII books of the Esprit des Lois; another page with a short biography and links to the texts on-line; a French essay about geographical determinism and political liberty in Montesquieu's thought. Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Woman We the People: a zipped annotated collection of constitutional texts, in Windows format. The Italian Constitution of 1948. Liberty Library of Constitutional Classics: from Plato on. Works of Thomas Paine Works of Thomas Jefferson Federalist Papers - downloadable here in zipped format. Democracy in America: Alexis de Tocqueville Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau a good starting point Rousseau - The First Romantic: this page seems aimed exclusively at finding traces of pantheism in Rousseau. Rousseau Association: biography, works and information. Rousseau on the SWIF: the links to the political works are the same of the above. However, it is possible to read Rousseau in French : Du Contrat Social, Discours sur les Sciences et les Arts, Discours sur l'origine de l'inégalité; the Discours sur L'Économie Politique may be read on line too. A good collection of French philosophical, political and literary texts is located on this page. Immanuel Kant Kant's writings may be divided into pre-critical and critical; among the latter, the relevant works for political philosophy are the Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, the Critique of Practical Reason, the Religion within the Bounds of Bare Reason, the Perpetual Peace, the Metaphysic of Morals (Doctrine of law and Doctrine of virtue) [links to English translations]. Among Kant's important political texts are at least three occasional writings: An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?, On the Old Saw: 'That May Be Right in Theory, But it Won't Work in Practice', The conflict of the faculties. Kant on the web : indexed English translations and many thematic links. Immanuel Kant: a guide both in German and in English. Kant (from Philosophie Seiten) A bibliography with links to secondary literature. Kant Links Kant's works, secondary literature and glossaries. Kant and Kantian Ethics in Ethics Updates: nice page with annotated bibliographies and information about contemporary Kantians in the English speaking world. A context for Zum ewigen Frieden: a collection of documents about the history of international relations. Giuliano Marini, Kant e il diritto cosmopolitico North American Kant Society: up-to-date news on Kantian lectures, reviews and studies. Das Marburger Kant-Archiv: a German web site, which is collecting Kant's correspondence and notes of his lessons. It also has a detailed bibliography, and a page about Kant in Europe. Among Kant's published works, only Kritik der reinen Vernunft (1781 and 1787 version) ; Kritik der praktischen Vernuft; Kritik des Urteilskraft (on the growing site of the German Projekt Gutenberg); Beantwortung der Frage: was ist Aufklaerung? and Zum ewigen Frieden may be read on the web in their original German version. Kant on the SWIF Kant sites Edmund Burke Major political works: On Moving His Resolutions for Conciliation With America; Reflections on the Revolution in France Edmund Burke: biography, primary and secondary literature (here from an Italian point of view). Another biography, in a notewhorthy hypertext about American history. Biography and quotes Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Main political work: Philosophy of Right. An exhaustive introduction. Hegel: primary and secundary literature. Hegel by HyperText: the Science of Logic, with annotations and a number of Marxist resources about dialectics. Hegel Society of America: contains many Hegelian links . A French Bréviaire Hégelien with excerpts from Hegel's works. Hegel- Philosophy and History as Theology: Hegel as a pantheist. Phänomenologie des Geistes, on the new Hegel page of the German Projekt Gutenberg. Hegel and American Hegelians Hegel on the SWIF The young Hegelians Feuerbach: Principles of the philosophy of the future; a page on his Anthropologischer Atheismus (In German) Max Stirner; his works in German; a further comprehensive German page. Anarchy Archives: texts, history, bibliography. Kierkegaard: a comprehensive introduction. D.A. Storm's Web Site on Kierkegaard Kierkegaard's manuscripts at the Royal Library in Copenaghen. International Kierkegaard Newsletter Kierkegaard's manuscripts at The Royal Library of Copenaghen. A page about XIX century continental philosophy. Another detailed page about the philosophy of the last two centuries (in Italian; the site has frames which make impossible a direct link). Karl Marx His philosophy can be divided into two periods: the "young" Marx argues with Hegel, and the "mature" Marx discusses the classical economics. His writings on political theory properly belong to the first period; those on economics belong to the second. The Theses on Feuerbach may be considered the demarcation line between the two periods. The major work of the second period is the unfinished The Capital. The democratic and idealistic roots of Marx's thought may be traced through the published and unpublished writings of the first period. See Marx and Engels Writings, for a chronological index of Marx's works. Alternatively, see: Marx Internet Archive, with a still richer archive. Karl Marx: introduction, texts and links. Karl-Marx. org: in Italian and English. Living Marxism Online Marx, Engels, and 'Anti-Duhring' Marxism: from Australia, with resources about contemporary Marxism. Lemma Aesthetics: an hypertext interpretation of the Notebooks of 1844. Marxist Space: resources and mailing lists (they are moving to other sites, at the moment) Karl Marx on the W3: Marx resources and texts by Derrida. Geoff Pilling's- Concepts of Capital: an hypertextual analysis of Marx's concepts within a wider project. Das Kapital ,Bd. I (see here too) e Theorien über den Mehrwert, in German: on line thanks to the Japanese scholar Akama Michio. Other German texts may also be found here and at the GermanProjekt Gutenberg. Marx on the SWIF. Auguste Comte and other positivists Saint-Simon Utopian socialism: ( Babeuf, Saint-Simon, Fourier, Owen). Another comprehensive page about Utopian Socialism. Auguste Comte et le positivisme: web site of the International Positivist Society, with a project aimed at putting Comte's works on-line. It has a great deal of secondary literature. L'Oeuvre d'Auguste Comte présentée par lui-même Evolutionism Herbert Spencer: his works John Stuart Mill Major political works: On Liberty, Representative Government, The Subjection of Women, Utilitarianism. Speech In Favor of Capital Punishment For a historical framework see British and Irish Legal History. For the ideas of Mill from an economic point of view see History of Economic Thought. John Stuart Mill: Encyclopaedia Britannica entry Mill: biography, works and resources; see also here, and here. James P. Brennan, Commentary on John Stuart Mill (1995) Leslie Stephen, The English Utilitarians, vol. III: J.S. Mill (1900 Mill on the SWIF Thanks to Nicola Caleffi for his many suggestions of links. |
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