Categoría: Clásicos
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Oráculo y manual del arte de la prudencia
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Oráculo manual y arte de prudencia (1647) es una obra literaria perteneciente a la prosa didáctica de Baltasar Gracián en la que, a lo largo de trescientos aforismos comentados, se ofrece un conjunto de normas para triunfar en una sociedad compleja y en crisis, como lo era la del barroco, contemporánea a nuestro autor. Este…
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Leviathan
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Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil—commonly referred to as Leviathan—is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668). Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan. The work concerns the structure of society and legitimate government, and is regarded as one of…
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The Wealth of Nations
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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world’s first collected descriptions of what builds nations’ wealth,…
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Perpetual Peace
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«Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch» (Zum ewigen Frieden. Ein philosophischer Entwurf) is a 1795 essay by Immanuel Kant. In this essay, Kant proposed a peace program to be implemented by governments. Kant’s essay in some ways resembles modern democratic peace theory. He speaks of republican, Republikanisch, (not democratic), states, which he defines to have representative governments,…
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On Liberty
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On Liberty is a philosophical work by the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, originally intended as a short essay. The work, published in 1859, applies Mill’s ethical system of utilitarianism to society and the state. Mill attempts to establish standards for the relationship between authority and liberty. He emphasizes the importance of individuality, which he…
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A letter concerning toleration
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A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke was originally published in 1689. Its initial publication was in Latin, though it was immediately translated into other languages. Locke’s work appeared amidst a fear that Catholicism might be taking over England, and responds to the problem of religion and government by proposing religious toleration as the answer.…
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L’esprit des lois
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De l’esprit des lois est un traité de la théorie politique publié par Montesquieu à Genève en 1748. Cette œuvre majeure, qui lui a pris quatorze ans de travail, a fait l’objet d’une mise à l’Index en 1751. Dans cet ouvrage, Montesquieu suit une méthode révolutionnaire pour l’époque : il refuse de juger ce qui…
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Ética a Nicómano
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Ética nicomáquea o Ética a Nicómaco es una obra de Aristóteles escrita en el siglo IV a. C. Se trata de uno de los primeros tratados conservados sobre ética y moral de la filosofía occidental, y sin duda el más completo de la ética aristotélica. Está compuesto por diez libros que se consideran basados en…
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Principes de politiques des souverains
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L’oeuvre de Diderot connue sous le titre Principes de politique des souverains ne laisse pas d’intriguer depuis sa première publication par Naigeon en 1798. La découverte récente de la source à partir de laquelle Diderot a composé une grande partie de ses maximes prétendument tirées de Tacite – l’ouvrage De arcanis Rerumpublicarum libri sex du…
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Candide, or optimisme
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Candide, ou l´Optimisme is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. The novella has been widely translated, with English versions titled Candide: or, All for the Best (1759); Candide: or, The Optimist (1762); and Candide: or, Optimism (1947). It begins with a young man, Candide, who is living…