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The Ism Book: A Field Guide to the Nomenclature of Philosophy
Source: Peter Saint-André
Author: Peter Saint-André
Country: United States

Did you ever wonder what eudaimonism is? Find out at Peter Saint-Andre's dictionary of philosophy.

Nicomachean Ethics
Source: MIT
Author: Aristotle
City: Cambridge, State: MA, Country: United States

Aristotle's well-reasoned treatise on ethics. "To entrust [happiness] to chance...would be a very defective arrangement."

Aristotle's Politics
Source: MIT
Author: Aristotle
City: Cambridge, State: MA, Country: United States

The first attempt at common-sense political analysis.

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Source: The Secular Web
Author: David Hume
Country: United States

"Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man."

Collected Works of John Locke
Source: Daniel McKiernan
Author: John Locke
City: San Diego, State: CA, Country: United States

Not the e-texts themselves, but a comprehensive listing of locations for "works by John Locke that can be got with the Web." ASCII text and HTML documents.

Of the Conduct of the Understanding
Source: Teachers College, Columbia University
Author: John Locke
Country: United States

HTML version with a table of contents.

Thus Spake Zarathustra
Source: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
City: Blacksburg, State: VA, Country: United States

"In [scholars'] wisdom there is often an odour as if it came from the swamp; and verily, I have even heard the frog croak in it!" Nietzsche was certainly not your average, bland intellectual. This e-text is Nietzsche at his best.

Tao Te Ching
Source: Qi Journal
Author: Lao Tse (Lao Tzu)
Country: United States

Some call Lao Tzu the first libertarian philosopher. "Without law or compulsion, men would dwell in harmony" and "The more prohibitions there are, The poorer the people will be" certainly support that view.

Reviews, papers and articles by Rafe Champion
Source: Rafe Champion
Country: United States
E-mail: rchamp@bigpond.net.au

An extensive collection of writings on philosophy, especially concentrating on Poper, Hayek and Bartley.

The Promethean Trilogy
Source: Promethea
Author: Colin Patrick Barth
Country: United States
E-mail: contact@promethea.org

It's Nietszchean -- sort of. It's Randian -- in a way. This online book describes the foundations of a new ethical and political philosophy. (12/99)

Mere libertarianism: blending Hayek and Rothbard
Source: Santa Clara University
Author: Daniel B. Klein
Country: United States
E-mail: dklein@scu.edu

In this long essay, Klein attempts "a blending of Hayek and Rothbard that recognizes the several limits of libertarianism, sustains Hayek's sensibilities, yet maintains Rothbard's cogent definition." Another compelling read from Klein. (June, 2000)

Manifesto of the State's Nature
Source: Alexander V. Osadci
City: Toronto, Country: Canada
E-mail: alexanderosadci@yahoo.com

Fundamentals and practical conclusions of rather innovative and original social theory of the state, society, democracy and social evolution provided in a popular form suitable both for professionals and for non-professionals.

Liberty, dignity, and responsibility: the moral triad of a good society
Source: Foundation for Economic Education
Author: Daniel B. Klein
Country: United States
E-mail: dklein@scu.edu

One of the essays which appears in Klein's book, "3 Libertarian Essays," this long essay examines how an expansive state robs individuals not only of their liberty but of their dignity as responsible human beings. Fascinating. Revelatory. Read it. (1998)

The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Source: Adam Smith Institute
Author: Adam Smith
Country: United States

Although most remembered for "The Wealth of Nations," Smith was an accomplished philosopher who took on the whole gamut of ethics. This is his "other" famous work.

Foundations of Morality e-text
Source: Henry Hazlitt Foundation
Author: Henry Hazlitt
Country: United States

The online e-text of Henry Hazlitt's thorough yet readable examination of ethics and morality. Not surprisingly, Hazlitt concludes that voluntary social cooperation is the best for human growth. (1964)

Working Minds: A Philosophy of Empowerment [Preview Edition]
Source: G.E. Nordell
Author: G.E. Nordell
City: Culver City, State: CA, Country: United States
E-mail: genordell@working-minds.com

"A practical post-existentialist, post-objectivist philosophy, partly based on ideas of Ayn Rand, Albert Camus, C. Wright Mills and others, plus lots of cutting original thought..."

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