Books in the Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy series

Bernard Bosanquet (1848-1923) was a neo-Hegelian British philosopher who was interested in the role of logic in metaphysics. He published this two-volume work, which examines philosophical questions relating to logic, in 1888. In Volume 1, he examines the practices of judgment and measurement.

Written by Cambridge philosopher and economist Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900), this work defends the utilitarian convictions of John Stuart Mill against a newer, more radical generation of economic philosophers. The book was first published in 1883; the second edition, reissued here, was published in 1887.

This two-volume work, first published in 1896, brings together lectures given by Sir Leslie Stephen to various ethical societies, mostly in London. A broad range of ethical issues, including the role of such societies, politics, social equality, heredity, and crime and punishment, is discussed.

First published in 1758, this enormously influential work by Swiss diplomat and jurist Emmerich de Vattel (1714-76) laid the foundation for modern international law and politics. Barrister Joseph Chitty's edition of the book, published in 1834, revises and amends a previous English translation of 1797, and includes comprehensive notes.

Bernard Bosanquet (1848-1923) was a neo-Hegelian British philosopher who had an interest in contemporary social theory. He examines ideas about the state, and the people who live in it, in this influential work, which was first published in 1899 and ran to four editions by 1923.

Published in 1874, Sidgwick's masterpiece argues the utilitarian approach to ethics and presents a systematic and historically sensitive approach to ethical research that influenced utilitarian philosophers well into the twentieth century. It remains a valuable introduction to the philosophy, practice and history of ethics. This reissue includes the 1877 supplement.

Published in 1882, this book sets out the arguments of evolutionary ethics, which were inspired by Darwin's ideas on natural selection. It was widely adopted as a standard textbook on moral philosophy, and became one of the most influential publications on the subject.

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the English philosopher, statesman and jurist, is best known for devising the empiricist method which forms the basis of modern science. This fourteen-volume edition, published 1857-74, arranges his complete works by subject matter: philosophy and general literature; legal works; and letters, political speeches and tracts.