PDF Books in Social Philosophy
The Republic
by PlatoPublished in a dialogue form of narration, The Republic is the conversation between Socrates and Plato, one of the most acknowledged and ironically most criticized philosophers of the western civilization. Plato makes you not to accept what he says. Rather he makes you to disagree, argue and most importantly to think. "I am the wisest man i..
Beyond Good and Evil
by Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheWritten by one of the most controversial philosophers of German origin, this Nietzsche's work challenged the western world's thoughts on God, Good and Evil. Beyond Good and Evil is divided into nine parts and sub divided into 296 aphorisms of each presents distinctive point of view. This book demonstrates Christian world is steeped in a false pi..
Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin Abbott AbbottThough the title of this book contains the word Romance, this book is not about anything related to romance. Can any author use Mathematics to explain Philosophy or Politics? This book exactly does it. Written by a school teacher Thomas Abbot, this book was not popular as it should be, till relativity theory was published by Edison. The concept of ..
The Mediaeval Mind
by Henry Osborn TaylorThe Mediaeval Mind is an educational treatise written by the American scholar and historian Henry Osborn Taylor, whose other notable works include Greek Biology and Medicine, A Historian's Creed, A Layman's View of History, Freedom of the Mind in History, Human Values and Verities, Fact: The Romance of Mind, and The Classical Heritage of the Middle..
Democracy and Education
by John DeweyDemocracy and Education written by John Dewey is a book on introduction to the Philosophy of Education. John Dewey an American Philosopher who is an influential personality of the education and social reform. A critic of the great philosophers, he commented Rousseau's philosophy as overemphasizing the individual and Plato's philosophy as overe..
Leviathan
by Thomas HobbesLeviathan is a classic western work on statecraft written by Thormas Hobbes, an English philosopher remembered as one of the founders of modern political philosophy. Leviathan is ranked among the most influential works like Machiavelli's The Prince, as both books concerns about the structure of legitimate government and the society. It is a book..
Euthyphro
by PlatoEuthyphro is one among the most famous Plato’s dialogues which takes place outside the court of Athens. Socrates is charged on impiety by Meletus and Euthyphro has come to prosecute his own father. Both meet outside the Athens court and the dialogue begins there. The core of the dialogue is Socrates trying to learn from Euthyphro on what is holi..
A Treatise of Human Nature
by David HumeA Treatise of Human Nature is written by David Hume, a philosopher of Scottish origin who has authored most appreciated books in philosophy other than A "Treatise of Human Nature" such as "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" and "An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals". A Treatise of Human Nature comprising of 3 volumes titled "Of..