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Philosophy

Philosophy asks big questions in careful steps. These pages are short introductions. They are general education. They are not advice for your own situation, and they are not therapy.

Pages

• Kant: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
  A short, general introduction to one book about ethics.
• Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics
  A short, general introduction to Aristotle's ethics.
• Plato: The Republic
  A short, general introduction to Plato's ethics and politics.
• Marcus Aurelius: Meditations
  A short, general introduction to Marcus Aurelius and his Meditations.
• Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy
  A short, general introduction to Descartes and his Meditations on First Philosophy.
• Epictetus: Discourses and Handbook
  A short, general introduction to Epictetus and his Discourses and Handbook.
• John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism and On Liberty
  A short, general introduction to Mill and his books Utilitarianism and On Liberty.
• Simone de Beauvoir: The Second Sex
  A short, general introduction to Beauvoir and her book The Second Sex.
• Friedrich Nietzsche: On the Genealogy of Morality
  A short, general introduction to Nietzsche and his book On the Genealogy of Morality.

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