We have now to consider the parts which are useful to animals for movement in place (locomotion); first, why each part is such as it is and to what end they possess them; and...

The Ion is the shortest, or nearly the shortest, of all the writings which bear the name of Plato, and is not authenticated by any early external testimony. The grace and beauty...

The Ethics of Aristotle is one half of a single treatise of which his Politics is the other half. Both deal with one and the same subject. This subject is what Aristotle calls in...

The American Crisis was written as series of pamphlets during the American Revolution period, when colonists needed inspiring works. They were written in a language that the...

The Great Learning was one of the "Four Books" in Confucianism. The Great Learning had come from a chapter in the Classic of Rites which formed one of the Five Classics....

In this dialogue, it is made clear what analytic truth is, why such truths exist, and what their role is in the acquisition of knowledge.

The philosophy of mind describes the pattern of the Idea as manifesting itself in dialectical reasoning.

In On the Firmness of the Wise Man Seneca argues that Stoicism is not as harsh as it first appears. Recalling the figure of Cato the Younger Seneca argues that Cato as a wise...

Defending Marriage: Twelve Arguments for Sanity is a rousing, compelling defense of traditional, natural marriage.Here, Anthony Esolen, professor at Providence College and a...

A dialogue about music and math.