philosophy works Flashcards
appearance and reality
By British idealist Francis Herbert Bradley
an essay concerning human understanding
By John Locke. Asserts that the mind is a blank slate at birth
the art of war
Ancient Chinese book by Sun Tzu about military strategy
beyond good and evil
By Nietzsche; criticizes past philosophers on their acceptance of religious principles
candide
French satire by Voltaire
the communist manifesto
Political manuscript by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
critique of pur reason
Influential work by Kant in which he describes the relationship between knowledge and experience
leviathan
By Thomas Hobbes. Focuses on society and government
poetics
An analysis of tragedy by Aristotle
the prince
Political work by Machiavelli where he asserts that the truth is more important than an ideal
the republic
A Socratic dialogue by Plato
the social contract
By Rousseau; focuses on political community
the world as will and respresentation
Primary work of Schopenhauer; he writes that all of nature has a will to life and that suffering comes from the desire for more
utopia
Fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More
