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Browse all periodsNouveau Système de Musique Théorique / A Treatise of Musick
Rameau, Jean Philippe, 1683–1764
1944Philosophical Commentaries
Berkeley, George, 1685–1753
1901The Works of George Berkeley
Berkeley, George, 1685–1753
1916A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
Berkeley, George, 1685–1753
1932Bach: A Biography
Terry, Charles Sanford, 1864–1936
1915–1921Bach’s Chorals
Terry, Charles Sanford, 1864–1936
1959The Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach
Whittaker, William Gillies, 1876–1944
1950Clavier-Büchlein vor Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685–1750
n.d.Jesu, der du meine Seele
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685–1750
1957Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685–1750
1931Die Kunst der Fuge
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685–1750
1933The Pinnacle’s Book of Bach Chorals
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685–1750
n.d.Weihnachts-Oratorium
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685–1750
1893A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
Law, William, 1686–1761
1946The Christian Religion
Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688–1772
1938Heaven and Its Wonders and Hell
Swedenborg, Emanuel, 1688–1772
1951An Essay on Man
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
1951Moral Essays
Pope, Alexander, 1688–1744
n.d.The Persian Letters
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689–1755
1899The Spirit of Laws
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689–1755
1949The Spirit of Laws
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689–1755
1965Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689–1755
1759Reflections on the Causes of the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689–1755
1901The Works of Voltaire
Voltaire, 1694–1778
1949The Portable Voltaire
Voltaire, 1694–1778
1948A Philosophical Dictionary of Voltaire
Voltaire, 1694–1778
1803Letters of Certain Jews to Monsieur Voltaire
Anonymous
1779The Works of M. de Voltaire
Voltaire, 1694–1778
1951The Heart of John Wesley’s Journal
Wesley, John, 1703–1791
1832Essay on the Application of Abstract Reasoning to the Christian Doctrines
Taylor, Isaac, 1787–1865
1790An Humble Inquiry
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–1758
1766The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–1758
1831Some Thoughts Concerning the Present Revival of Religion in New England
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–1758
1953Puritan Sage: Selected Works of Jonathan Edwards
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–1758
1940Jonathan Edwards, 1703–1758
Winslow, Ola Elizabeth
1948Images or Shadows of Divine Things
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–1758
1757The Modern Prevailing Notions Respecting That Freedom of Will
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–1758
1957Freedom of the Will
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–1758
1791A Dissertation and Apology of the Slave Trade
Edwards, Jonathan, 1745–1801
1801Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
Almon, John, 1737–1805
1757Principes des Négociations
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, 1754–1838
1785Remarks Concerning the Government and Laws of the United States of America
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, 1754–1838
1930Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
1892Letters of Samuel Johnson
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
1755A Dictionary of the English Language
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784
1907Boswell’s Johnson
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
1904The Life of Samuel Johnson
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
1907Boswell’s Life of Johnson
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
1904Letters of James Boswell
Boswell, James, 1740–1795
1883The History of England
Hume, David, 1711–1776
1825Essays, Philosophical and Literary
Hume, David, 1711–1776
1896A Treatise on Human Nature
Hume, David, 1711–1776
1955Political Essays
Hume, David, 1711–1776
1931An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Hume, David, 1711–1776
1948Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Hume, David, 1711–1776
1963Moral and Political Philosophy
Hume, David, 1711–1776
1875Essays Moral, Political and Literary
Hume, David, 1711–1776
1957An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Hume, David, 1711–1776
n.d.Social Contract
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 1712–1778
1905The Social Contract
Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 1712–1778
1940Tristram Shandy
Sterne, Laurence, 1713–1768
1929Dream of the Red Chamber
Ts’ao Hsueh-ch’in, 1719–1764
n.d.Dream of the Red Chamber
Ts’ao Hsueh-ch’in, 1717 (?)–1764
1929Dream of the Red Chamber
Ts’ao Hsueh-ch’in, 1717 (?)–1764
1958The Dream of the Early Chamber Period
Ts’ao Hsueh-ch’in, 1717 (?)–1764
1950The Journal of John Woolman
Woolman, John, 1720–1772
1950Journal
Woolman, John, 1720–1772
1774The Works of John Woolman
Woolman, John, 1720–1772
1775Commentaries on the Laws of England
Blackstone, Sir William, 1723–1780
1803Commentaries on the Laws of England
Blackstone, Sir William, 1723–1780
n.d.Remarks on Some Paragraphs in Mr. Blackstone’s Commentaries
Priestley, Joseph, 1733–1804
1778An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Smith, Adam, 1723–1790
1976An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Smith, Adam, 1723–1790
1759The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Smith, Adam, 1723–1790
1980Essays on Philosophical Subjects
Smith, Adam, 1723–1790
1982Lectures on Jurisprudence
Smith, Adam, 1723–1790
1982The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Smith, Adam, 1723–1790
1948Adam Smith’s Moral and Political Philosophy
Smith, Adam, 1723–1790
n.d.Adam Smith’s The Man and His Work
West, E. G.
1976The Wisdom of Adam Smith
Smith, Adam, 1723–1790
1881Critique of Pure Reason
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804
1914Critique of Judgement
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804
1909Critique of Practical Reason and Other Works on the Theory of Ethics
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804
1949Critique of Practical Reason and Other Writings in Moral Philosophy
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804
1949Critique of Pure Reason
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804
1869The Metaphysic of Ethics
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804
1946Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Ethics
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804
1938Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Ethics
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804
1957Perpetual Peace
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804
1949Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804
1956Critique of Practical Reason
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804
1852The Works and Correspondence of Edmund Burke
Burke, Edmund, 1729?–1797
1866The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
1953Reflections on the French Revolution
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
1962An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
1756A Vindication of Natural Society
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797
1862The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
1946The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
1896Private Letters of Edward Gibbon
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
1896The Autobiography of Edward Gibbon
Gibbon, Edward, 1737–1794
n.d.Elements of Chemistry
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743–1794
1950The Age of Reason
Paine, Thomas, 1737–1809
1945The Complete Writings of Thomas Paine
Paine, Thomas, 1737–1809
1940The Living Thoughts of Tom Paine
Paine, Thomas, 1737–1809
1795The Age of Reason
Paine, Thomas, 1737–1809
1950Letters to the Press, 1758–1775
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706–1790
1943The Complete Jefferson
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743–1826
1955Political Writings of Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743–1826
1941The Federalist
Hamilton, Alexander; Jay, John; Madison, James
1948The Enduring Federalist
The Federalist
1957Alexander Hamilton: Selections
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757–1804
1957Papers on Public Credit, Commerce, and Finance
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757–1804
1958The Federal Convention and the Formation of the Union of the American States
Solberg, Winton U., ed.
1939The Delegates from New York
Lansing, John, 1754–1829
1937The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787
U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787
1952Bentham and the Ethics of Today
Baumgardt, David, 1890–
1891 / 1934A Fragment on Government
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832
1928A Comment on the Commentaries
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832
1948A Fragment on Government and An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832
1776A Fragment on Government
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832
1948An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832
1907An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832
1867The Autobiography of Goethe
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–1832
1941–Goethe’s Faust
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–1832
1949Goethe’s Autobiography
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–1832
1870Faust: A Tragedy
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–1832
n.d.Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship and Travels
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–1832
1949Goethe: Two Addresses
Schweitzer, Albert, 1875–
1950Egmont
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–1832
1939A Diary of the French Revolution
Morris, Gouverneur, 1752–1816
n.d.Songs of Innocence and Experience
Blake, William, 1757–1827
1949English Blake
Blackstone, Bernard, 1911–
1847History of the Revolt of the Netherlands and Wilhelm Tell
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759–1805
1888Schiller’s Works
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759–1805
1922Addresses to the German Nation
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762–1814
1956The Vocation of Man
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762–1814
1946The Vocation of Man
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762–1814
1955The Vocation of Man
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 1762–1814
1933An Essay on Population
Malthus, T. R. (Thomas Robert), 1766–1834
1953Reason in History
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770–1831
1942Hegel’s Philosophy of Right
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770–1831
1944The Philosophy of History
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770–1831
1932The Prelude
Wordsworth, William, 1770–1850
1952Médée: Piano-Vocal Score
Cherubini, Luigi, 1760–1842
n.d.The American South: The Formation of the American Republic, 1776–1790
McDonald, Forrest
1983Selected Works of Fisher Ames
Ames, Fisher, 1758–1808
1983Selections
Ames, Fisher, 1758–1808