Geoffrey Edwards
45 books
Contemporary
1K
Ludwig Wittgenstein - Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is the only book-length philosophical work published by the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein during his lifetime. He wrote it as a soldier and a prisoner of war during World War...
4 hours 14 minutes
Religion
779
George Berkeley - Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
Berkeley uses Hylas as his primary contemporary philosophical adversary, John Locke. A Hylas is featured in Greek mythology and the name Hylas is derived from an ancient Greek word for «matter» which Hylas argues for...
3 hours 51 minutes
*Non-fiction
790
Thomas Malthus - Essay on the Principle of Population
The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man. Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence increases only in an arithmetical...
5 hours 32 minutes
*Non-fiction
783
Francis Bacon - New Organon Or True Directions Concerning The Interpretation of Nature
The Novum Organum is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon published in 1620. The title translates as «new instrument». This is a reference to Aristotle's work Organon, which was his treatise on logic and syllogism....
8 hours 30 minutes
*Non-fiction
961
George Berkeley - Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (Commonly called «Treatise» when referring to Berkeley's works) is a 1710 work by the Irish Empiricist philosopher George Berkeley. This book largely seeks to...
4 hours 10 minutes
Political Science
1.7K
Thomas Hobbes - Leviathan (Books III and IV)
In Books 3 and 4 of Leviathan , Thomas Hobbes elaborates on the political philosophy set forth in the first two books, by considering the nature of a Christian commonwealth. Book 3 begins with a wealth of biblical...
10 hours 54 minutes
