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E-Texts: Heidegger “Early Greek Thinking”
Here is a pdf of the entire book, thanks to a tip. The link. It is a large file. (Sorry for the long hiatus; I was away for a few… Read more
Book Review: Fichte, System of Ethics
Christian Lotz reviews Fichte: The System of Ethics During the last two decades, German Idealism has become more attractive and acceptable in the Anglophone world, especially given the slow breakdown… Read more
Book Review: Kierkegaard and Socrates
A review of Jacob Howland's Kierkegaard and Socrates: A Study in Philosophy and Faith Jacob Howland's study is an essentially modest and exegetical work that, in large part, delivers what… Read more
The Hegel Myths and Legends
As a result of some of the historical factors and influential caricatures and misinterpretations I have discussed, a number of the so-called myths or legends about Hegel’s philosophy arose and… Read more
Book Review: The Unity of Plato’s Gorgias
A review of Devin Stauffer's The Unity of Plato's 'Gorgias': Rhetoric, Justice, and the Philosophic Life This book calls for "a close, painstaking, and open-minded reading of each of Plato's… Read more
European Journal of Political Theory — January 2007; Vol. 6, No. 1
TOC Jacques Taminiaux: The Platonic Roots of Heidegger's Political Thought Franco Volpi: In Whose Name?: Heidegger and ‘Practical Philosophy’ Ontological Difference and the Question of Politics: A Dialogue between Fabio… Read more
Book Review: Politics and the Passions
A review of Politics and the Passions, 1500-1850 This volume contains twelve essays on early modern philosophers from Machiavelli to Mill, addressing their views on the passions from the perspective… Read more
Book Review: Descartes: A Biography
From NDPR, a review of Descartes: A Biography There has developed, in recent years, a small industry in the writing of philosophical biographies — books detailing the lives of great… Read more
Book Review: Spinoza’s Ethics
From NDPR, a review of Spinoza's 'Ethics': An Introduction Spinoza's Ethics is a recent addition to Cambridge's Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts, a series developed for the purpose of helping… Read more
Schopenhauer e-texts
Two PDF links: Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (obviously in German) On Religion
Book Review: Rousseau’s Theory of Freedom
From NDPR, a review of Rousseau's Theory of Freedom: It is still fairly uncommon for book length critical assessments of Rousseau's work to concentrate on one theme or notion in his… Read more
Book Review: Schleiermacher
From NDPR, a review of The Cambridge Companion to Friedrich Schleiermacher (Cambridge Companions to Religion) The Cambridge Companion to Schleiermacher, a volume in the Cambridge Companions to Religion series, is… Read more
Plato’s Cratylus
A new entry from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Plato's Cratylus: The formal topic of the Cratylus is ‘correctness of names’, a hot topic in the late fifth century BC… Read more
Spinoza’s Physical Theory
A new article from Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Spinoza's thought stands at an uneasy and volatile period in the development of physical theory. His physical science is largely Cartesian, both… Read more
Book Review: Current Theory and Continental Philosophy
From NDPR, Theodore Schatzki reviews Stephen Daniel's (ed.) Current Continental Theory and Modern Philosophy Philosophy is peculiarly concerned with its own history. Scholars in other disciplines often weigh the validity of… Read more
Aquinas Collected Works
The Corpus Thomisticum project aims to provide scholars with a set of instruments of research on Thomas Aquinas, freely available via Internet. It has five parts: A full edition of… Read more
Medieval Political Philosophy
Standford Encylopedia of Philosophy has just published an entry on Medieval Political Philosophy. It covers expected figures — Augustine, Aquinas, etc. But it also deals with some political aspects of… Read more