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What would a perfect world look likeーand what would it demand from us? A Modern Utopia (1905), by H. G. Wells, is a daring blend of fiction and philosophy, exploring humanity's eternal dream of bui……続きを見る

This book is open access under a CCBY license. This book investigates child poverty from a philosophical perspective. It identifies the injustices of child poverty, relates them to the well-being of……続きを見る

Aristotle is a rarity in the history of philosophy and science - he is a towering figure in the history of both disciplines. Moreover, he devoted a great deal of philosophical attention to the natur……続きを見る

In the ancient world being a philosopher was a practical alternative to being a christian. Philosophical systems offered intellectual, practical and moral codes for living. By the Middle Ages howeve……続きを見る

In "Flowers of Freethought (First Series)," G. W. Foote provides a compelling collection of essays that tackle the intersection of religion, philosophy, and the emerging rationalist movements of the……続きを見る

In "Heretics," G. K. Chesterton engages in a series of essays that critique and dissect the ideologies of early 20th-century thinkers, providing not only a defense of Christianity but also a robust ……続きを見る

G. E. Moore's "Philosophical Studies" is a seminal collection that encapsulates the evolution of early 20th-century analytical philosophy. In this groundbreaking work, Moore pioneers the distinction……続きを見る

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First published in 1958.This volume translates one of the major works of modern Chinese philosophy and in so doing makes a major contribution to the study of comparative philosophy. The volume conta……続きを見る

Neopragmatism and Theological Reason examines the recent explosion of interest in pragmatism. Part I traces the source of classical pragmatism's distinctive thought to Peirce, James, and Dewey - spe……続きを見る

In seinem Werk 'Verteidigung des Unsinns, der Demut, des Schundromans und anderer mißachteter Dinge' präsentiert G. K. Chesterton eine einzigartige Sammlung von Essays, in denen er sich für die Wert……続きを見る

More than three centuries later, Jonathan Swift's writing remains striking and relevant. In this engaging study, Atkins brings forty-plus years of critical experience to bear on some of the greatest……続きを見る

Dialectics in Social Thought examines the work of thinkers who used dialectics in their attempts to understand the world. Among them are foundational thinkers such as Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche; sem……続きを見る

This historically-informed critical assessment of Dummett's account of abstract objects, examines in detail some of the Fregean presuppositions of Dummett's account whilst also engaging with phenome……続きを見る

History doesn't have to mean only an effort to know the past. It can be instead, according to Kierkegaard, a willful and personal choice regarding the creation of the future. Kierkegaard offers us a……続きを見る

This book is a critical examination of John Rawls's account of the normative grounds of international law, arguing that Rawls unjustifiably treats groups - rather than particular persons - as founda……続きを見る

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high q……続きを見る

First published in "The Atlantic Monthly" in 1919, this article represents the initial efforts of "League of Free Nations Association"-the precursor to the League of Nations-to assess and solve the ……続きを見る

"An Experiment in Autobiography" was first published in 1934. Within it, Wells recounts his childhood, school days, struggle to make money, his eventual literary success, and latter occupation as a ……続きを見る

This is the first of three instalments which attempt to present a summary and critique of the life-work of William Burroughs Steele. Steele was an American business man who, subsequent to retiring a……続きを見る

This book contains Bruce Frederick Cummings' (pseudonym: W. N. P. Barbellion) 1919 work, "The Journal of a Disappointed Man". Hailed by Ronald Blythe as "among the most moving diaries ever created",……続きを見る

Contained within this volume is a collection of writings by George Boon, painstakingly selected and edited by H. G. Wells for inclusion in The Times newspaper. Chapters include: "The Back Of Miss Ba……続きを見る

Many authors throughout history have presented their religious beliefs in written form, and H. G. wells is no exception. Within this fascinating volume, Wells covers everything from inter personal r……続きを見る

"The Undying Fire" is a theological fantasy novel written by H. G. Wells, first published in 1919. Job Huss is a modern man who is struggling to come to terms with the fact that his life is falling ……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "A Modern Utopia (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. A Modern Utopia is presented as a tale told by a sketchil……続きを見る

First published in 1983, the aim of this book is to diagnose linguists’ failure to advance satisfactory theories of lexical meaning, then to propose the requirements that such a theory should meet a……続きを見る

The Church, Authority, and Foucault addresses the problem of the Church’s enmeshment with sovereign power, which can lead to marginalization. Breaking new ground, Ogden uses Foucault’s approach to p……続きを見る

This book covers the history of physics, chemistry, and pharmacology in modern Japan, focusing on the 1920s through the early 1960s. Led by the editor’s introduction, “A Portrait of the History of S……続きを見る

A Modern Utopia is a novel by H. G. Wells. Because of the complexity and sophistication of its narrative structure A Modern Utopia has been called "not so much a modern as a postmodern utopia." The ……続きを見る

What is racism? is a timely question that is hotly contested in the philosophy of race. Yet disagreement about racism’s nature does not begin in philosophy, but in the sociopolitical domain. Alberto……続きを見る