Classic Books Library

Subject

Philosophy & Thought

The great conversation about truth, virtue, freedom and the good life, from the sages of Athens and ancient China to the thinkers of the modern age.

Antiquityto AD 500

Confucius
The Analects
5th century BC · From the Classical Chinese
Forthcoming
Plato
Apology of Socrates
c. 399 BC · From the Greek
Plato
Crito
c. 399 BC · From the Greek
Forthcoming
Plato
Phaedo
c. 380 BC · From the Greek
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Plato
Symposium
c. 380 BC · From the Greek
Forthcoming
Laozi
Tao Te Ching
4th century BC · From the Classical Chinese
Seneca
On the Shortness of Life
c. AD 49 · From the Latin
Forthcoming
Epictetus
The Handbook
c. AD 125 · From the Greek
Forthcoming
Marcus Aurelius
Meditations
c. AD 170–180 · From the Greek

17th century1600–1700

René Descartes
Discourse on Method
1637 · From the French
Forthcoming

The Enlightenment1700–1800

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Social Contract
1762 · From the French
Forthcoming
Immanuel Kant
What Is Enlightenment?
1784 · From the German
Forthcoming