The Classical Moralists: Selections Illustrating Ethics from Socrates to MartineauThe Classical Moralists is a companion volume in the field of ethics, to the author's Modern Classical Philosophers in the domain of philosophy. The book is virtually a history of ethics, based not upon the ordinary description of systems, but upon selections from the original sources and upon translations of the authors themselves. In 1882 the president and fellows of Harvard elected him to the Walker Fellowship which permitted him to travel and study abroad. He proceeded at once to Heidelberg where he studied under the celebrated philosopher Kuno Fischer. Before returning home he travelled much in Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France. Dr. Rand is the third man whom Harvard ever admitted to the degree of Ph.D. in the department of philosophy. His thesis presented for this degree was "Consciousness and Immortality." He made outstanding contributions in Philosophy and he was internationally known as a Philosopher. |
Contents
SOCRATES 469399 B C | 1 |
THE REPUBLIC | 20 |
ARISTOTLE 384324 | 53 |
ZENO 356264 | 92 |
ON THE NATURE OF THINGS | 122 |
THE DISCOURSES OF EPICTETUS | 132 |
PLOTINUS 205270 | 161 |
MEDIEVAL | 176 |
JOSEPH BUTLER 16921752 | 369 |
DAVID HARTLEY 17051757 | 418 |
DAVID HUME 17111776 | 427 |
ADAM SMITH 17231790 | 443 |
OF MERIT AND DEMERIT | 450 |
OF THE EFFECT OF UTILITY UPON THE SENTI | 463 |
CLAUDE ADRIEN HELVÉTIUS 1715 | 471 |
WILLIAM PALEY 17431805 | 479 |
PETER ABELARD 10791142 | 186 |
THOMAS AQUINAS 12251274 | 192 |
HUGO GROTIUS 15831645 | 206 |
THOMAS HOBBES 15881679 | 213 |
HENRY MORE 16141687 | 241 |
RICHARD CUMBERLAND 16311718 | 247 |
BARUCH DE SPINOZA 16321677 | 257 |
NICOLAS MALEBRANCHE 16381715 | 286 |
JOHN LOCKE 16321704 | 294 |
SAMUEL CLARKE 16751729 | 310 |
THIRD EARL OF SHAFTESBURY 1671 | 321 |
BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE 16701733 | 347 |
WILLIAM WOLLASTON 16601724 | 355 |
RICHARD PRICE 17231791 | 509 |
THOMAS REID 17101796 | 524 |
IMMANUEL KANT 17241804 | 539 |
JOHANN GOTTLIEB FICHTE 1762 | 565 |
GEORG | 586 |
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER 17881860 | 611 |
JOHN STUART MILL 18061873 | 647 |
THE PRINCIPLES OF ETHICS | 677 |
HENRY SIDGWICK 18381900 | 703 |
FRANCIS HERBERT BRADLEY | 720 |
THOMAS HILL GREEN 18361882 | 740 |
JAMES MARTINEAU 18051900 | 760 |
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