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VOL. XIV

PHILOSOPHY (CONTINUED)

ECONOMICS

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Table of Contents

PORTRAIT OF PLATO Frontispiece

PHILOSOPHY (continued)

HEGEL, G.W.F. PAGE The Philosophy of History 1

HUME, DAVID Essays, Moral and Political 13

KANT, IMMANUEL The Critique of Pure Reason 24 The Critique of Practical Reason 34

LEWES, GEORGE HENRY A History of Philosophy 45

LOCKE, JOHN Concerning the Human Understanding 56

MONTAIGNE Essays 64

PLATO The Apology, or Defence of Socrates 75 The Republic 84

SCHOPENHAUER The World as Will and Idea 99

SENECA, L. ANNÆUS On Benefits 109

SPENCER, HERBERT Education 120 Principles of Biology 133 Principles of Sociology 145

SPINOZA, BENEDICT DE Ethics 160

ECONOMICS

BELLAMY, EDWARD Looking Backward 173

BENTHAM, JEREMY Principles of Morals and Legislation 186

BLOCH, JEAN The Future of War 199

BURKE, EDMUND Reflections on the Revolution in France 212