D.E. Wittkower
33 books
Political Science
1.8K
Immanuel Kant - Perpetual Peace, A Philosophic Essay (Trueblood Translation)
This essay, written in 1795, puts forth a plan for a lasting peace between nations and peoples. Kant puts forth necessary means to any peace, and argues that nations can be brought into federation with one another...
2 hours 2 minutes
Political Science
2.1K
John Locke - Two Treatises of Civil Government
The Two Treatises of Civil Government is a work of political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke. The First Treatise is an extended attack on Sir Robert Filmer's Patriarcha , which argued for...
11 hours 4 minutes
*Non-fiction
1.1K
Sigmund Freud - Reflections on War and Death
Anyone, as Freud tells us in Reflections on War and Death , forced to react against his own impulses may be described as a hypocrite, whether he is conscious of it or not. One might even venture to assert—it is still...
1 hour 15 minutes
Poetry
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Jewish Publication Society of America - Hallel (Psalms 113-118) (JPS)
Hallel (Hebrew: הלל «Praise [God]») is part of Judaism's prayers, a verbatim recitation from Psalms 113-118, which is used for praise and thanksgiving that is recited by observant Jews on Jewish holidays. Summary...
56 minutes
*Non-fiction
1.1K
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel - Introduction to The Philosophy of History
The introduction to Hegel's lectures on the philosophy of world history is often used to introduce students to Hegel's philosophy, in part because Hegel's sometimes difficult style is muted in the lectures, and he...
4 hours 35 minutes
