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page 1Modern philosophical literature
Encyclopédie
The , better known as the Encyclopédie (), was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, an index, and translations. It had many contributors, known among contemporaries as the Encyclopédistes. It was edited by Denis Diderot and, until 1759, co-edited by Jean le Rond d'Alembert.
The Spirit of the Laws
1748 treatise on political theory first published anonymously by Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu
The Phenomenology of Spirit
essay by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
The Age of Reason
English-language compilation of deistic pamphlets by Thomas Paine; accuses that the Christian Church is corrupt, rejects miracles and the sanctity of the Bible, promotes natural religion and argues for a creator-god and reason in favor of revelation
Democracy in America
classic French text by Alexis de Tocqueville
Pensées
thumb|Second edition of Blaise Pascal's , 1670
The '''' (Thoughts'') is a collection of fragments written by the French 17th-century philosopher and mathematician Blaise Pascal. Pascal's religious conversion led him into a life of asceticism, and the was in many ways his life's work. It represented Pascal's defense of the Christian religion, and the concept of "Pascal's wager" stems from a portion of this work.
The Ego and Its Own
book by philosopher Max Stirner
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
book by Adam Smith
Critique of Hegel's 'Philosophy of Right'
1843 manuscript written by Karl Marx
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
1757 treatise on aesthetics by Edmund Burke
Lettre sur les aveugles à l'usage de ceux qui voient
essay by Denis Diderot
On Crimes and Punishments
work of Cesare Beccaria
Man a Machine
1748 work of materialist philosophy by French physician and philosopher Julien Offray de La Mettrie
Treatise on Tolerance
essay by Voltaire
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
intro to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
The Course in Positive Philosophy
book by Auguste Comte
Bushido: The Soul of Japan
1899 book by Inazo Nitobe
Dictionnaire Historique et Critique
combination of encyclopaedia and real lexicon by Pierre Bayle
An Essay on Man
poem by Alexander Pope
Principia philosophiae cartesianae
1663 essay by Benedictus de Spinoza
Berlinische Monatsschrift
periodical literature
Le rêve de D'Alembert
three philosophical dialogues by Denis Diderot
The Will to Believe
1896 lecture by William James
Representative Men
book by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Vocation of Man
book by Fichte
Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind
work by Marquis de Condorcet
The Morals of Chess
1786 essay by Benjamin Franklin