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Francis of Assisi
Francis of Assisi (c. 1181–1226 CE) was a preacher and mystic whose life and legacy have made him one of Christianity’s most cherished saints. Born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone in the town of Assisi, he was raised in affluence as the son of a wealthy cloth merchant. He grew up in a wealthy family and had an early life of indulgence — until a spiritual awakening transformed his path entirely.
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Francis of Assisi stresses the value of voluntary restraint, showing that freedom is strengthened—not diminished—by the refusal to dominate, possess, or coerce. By choosing poverty, humility, and peace over power, he offers a radical lesson for free societies: the deepest liberty is the power to renounce power itself.
PeopleDeclaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence (1776), primarily authored by Thomas Jefferson and edited by the Continental Congress, drew heavily from Enlightenment thinkers, especially John Locke’s ideas of natural rights, social contract theory, and the right of revolution (adapted famously from “life, liberty, and property” to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”). It also echoed the Virginia Declaration of Rights by Ge
PeopleDante
Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy, around May 21–June 20, 1265, to a family of lesser nobility. Florence at the time was a hotbed of political intrigue and factionalism, with the Guelph and Ghibelline parties vying for power—a scenario that would profoundly shape Dante’s life and work. His mother died in his childhood, and his father died when Dante was still young. He married Gemma Donati around 1285, thou
PeopleGaius
Gaius (full name unknown, fl. c. 160 CE) was a Roman jurist and legal educator whose Institutes became the foundational textbook of Roman law. Likely born in the eastern provinces (possibly Asia Minor), Gaius taught law in Rome during the Antonine era, outside the imperial bureaucracy. He systematized centuries of legal tradition into a clear, student-oriented framework, dividing law into persons, things, and actions
PeopleGroot
Geert Groote, also known as Gerhard Groet, was a religious Dutch Catholic deacon who founded the Brethren of Common Life. He was born in the Hanseatic city of Deventer, where his father held a good civic position. Being born into a rich family, he received an excellent education. He studied at the University of Paris, where he earned a Master of Arts degree. He later taught at Cologne and Paris, but at the age of 34,
PeopleGrotius
Hugo Grotius (1583–1645) was a Dutch legal genius, philosopher, theologian, and diplomat who helped lay the groundwork for modern international law. Born in Delft, Netherlands, he was a child prodigy—fluent in Latin and Greek by age 8 and publishing scholarly work at just 11.
PeopleHippocrates
Pioneer of Medical Science : Hippocrates revolutionized medicine by introducing systematic observation and diagnosis, emphasizing natural causes of disease over supernatural explanations.
PeopleHosea
Prophetic Voice of Covenant : Hosea is recognized as one of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, renowned for his messages of God’s steadfast love and the call to repentance amid Israel’s unfaithfulness, using his own life as a metaphor.
PeopleHume
David Hume, a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, is considered one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy. Born in Edinburgh in 1711, Hume was raised by his widowed mother after the death of his father. He studied law at the University of Edinburgh but soon discovered his passion for philosophy and literature. Hume’s works encompass a wide range of topics, including
PeopleJohn
John the Apostle, also known as Saint John the Beloved, was one of Jesus’ twelve disciples according to the New Testament. He is traditionally considered to be the author of the Gospel of John, three epistles, and the Book of Revelation. He was born in 6 AD at Bethsaida in Galilee during the Roman Empire. John was the son of Zebedee and Salome and is listed as the youngest apostle. He is the brother of James the Grea
PeopleLuther
Martin Luther (1483–1546 CE) was a German monk, theologian, professor, and reformer whose 95 Theses (1517) ignited the Protestant Reformation, fracturing Western Christendom. Born in Eisleben (Saxony), he studied law at Erfurt before a 1505 thunderstorm vow led him to join the Augustinian friars. Ordained in 1507, he earned a doctorate in theology (1512) and taught at Wittenberg University. Tormented by guilt and Anf
PeopleMatthew
Matthew was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. He is widely known as one of the four canonical Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible and is traditionally ascribed to the apostle Matthew. His life represents a dramatic transformation from tax collector to evangelist. The Gospel of Matthew provides an account of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. While the authorship of the Gospel is deb
PeopleMoses
In Abrahamic religions, Moses is a Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites’ exodus from Ancient Egypt, featured in the Pentateuch, or “Five Books of Moses.” He is considered the most important prophet in Judaism, and one of the most important prophets in Christianity, Islam, and other Abrahamic religions. In the Christian and Hebrew Bible, as well as the Quran, God dictated the Mosaic Law to Moses, which he wrote down
PeopleRhazes
• Rhazes is best known for his contributions to the field of medicine, particularly his emphasis on clinical observation, diagnosis, and treatment.
PeopleRobinson
John Robinson (1576–1625 CE) was an English Separatist pastor, theologian, and one of the founders of the Congregational Church alongside Robert Browne and Henry Barrow. Born in Sturton le Steeple, Nottinghamshire, he studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, embracing Puritanism before resigning from the Church of England over episcopacy and rituals. Leading the Scrooby congregation, he fled persecution to Amste
PeopleThales
Thales was a pre-Socratic ancient Greek philosopher from Miletus (modern-day Turkey). He is one of the Seven Sages of ancient Greece and is considered to be one of the first Western philosophers and founding figures in ancient Greece. While much of his early life remains lost in history, he is believed to have lived around 624–546 BCE. Thales is considered to be one of the first to have been engaged in various fields
PeopleThomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas (around 1225–1274 CE) was a Dominican friar and one of the most influential thinkers of the Middle Ages. Born into a noble family near Aquino in Italy, he surprised everyone by choosing a simple, devoted life with the Dominicans, despite his family’s objections.
PeopleAdam Smith
Adam Smith showed how moral restraint, impartial law, and voluntary exchange can coordinate human action without central command.
PeopleAeschylus
Aeschylus was an ancient Greek playwright known for writing powerful tragedies. He is often referred to as the “father of tragedy” for his transformative contributions to the development of Greek theater, particularly in the area of tragedy. Aeschylus was born around 525 BCE in Eleusis, a small town near Athens.
PeopleAeschylus
Aeschylus stages one of liberty’s great turning points: the passage from vengeance and private power to public law and judgment. By dramatizing the replacement of blood feud with lawful courts, he advanced a foundational insight of free societies—that justice must be institutionalized, impartial, and accountable rather than enforced by force or revenge.
PeopleAl Ghazali
Al-Ghazālī (Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazālī, 1058–1111 CE) was a Persian polymath, theologian, jurist, philosopher, and Sufi mystic whose works reconciled Islamic orthodoxy with rational inquiry and spiritual practice. Born in Ṭūs (near Mashhad, Iran), he studied Shāfiʿī jurisprudence and Ashʿarī theology under al-Juwaynī at Nishapur, rising to Baghdad’s prestigious Niẓāmiyya madrasa in 1091. A profound s
PeopleAmbrose
• Champion of Church Independence: Ambrose stood firm on the principle that the emperor was subject to the Church in spiritual matters. His most famous confrontation was with Emperor Theodosius, whom he refused to admit to communion until the emperor repented publicly for a massacre.
PeopleAmbrose
Ambrose asserts the independence of moral law from political power, insisting that rulers themselves stand accountable to justice and conscience. He taught that the church must guide the ruler and, if necessary, oppose him. By confronting imperial authority and defending the primacy of ethical obligation, he advances a decisive principle of liberty: power is legitimate only when it submits to moral limits beyond itself.
PeopleAmos
Prophetic Voice of Justice : Amos is recognized as one of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible, known for his powerful messages condemning social injustice and moral corruption in Israel and Judah.
PeopleAmos
Amos warns that power divorced from justice is illegitimate, no matter how ancient, wealthy, or religious it appears. By insisting that rulers and societies are judged by their treatment of the poor and the vulnerable, he advanced a radical idea—that the same moral law stands in judgment over all nations.
PeopleAnselm
Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033 – 1109 CE) was a medieval philosopher, theologian, and archbishop, widely regarded as the father of Scholasticism. Born in Aosta (in present-day Italy), Anselm joined the Benedictine monastery of Bec in Normandy, where he eventually became prior and then abbot. His intellectual brilliance and spiritual discipline soon earned him renown across Europe.
PeopleAnselm
Anselm grounds liberty in reasoned conscience, insisting that authority in matters of faith and law must submit to rational examination rather than force or custom. By defending the freedom of the will and the independence of moral judgment, he advances a core principle of free societies: obedience is legitimate only when it accords with reason and justice.
PeopleArchimedes
Genius of Mathematical Discovery : Archimedes, a Greek mathematician and inventor, is celebrated for his groundbreaking contributions to geometry, calculus, and physics, including the principles of buoyancy and the lever.
PeopleArchimedes
Archimedes pressed for disciplined reason rather than command or tradition. By proving that nature yields to transparent rules and demonstrable proofs, he models a core principle of free societies: authority over knowledge rests with reason anyone can test—not with power that demands obedience. He affirmed that there is order in the natural world, and all men, including rulers, are subject to it.
PeopleAristotle
Aristotle was born in 384 BCE in Stagira, a Greek city on the Chalcidic peninsula of Macedonia. His father, Nicomachus, was a physician to King Amyntas III of Macedon, providing Aristotle with early exposure to medicine and natural philosophy. After his father’s death, Aristotle moved to Athens at age seventeen, where he became a student at Plato’s Academy. He remained there for two decades, deeply engaging with Plat
PeopleAristotle
Aristotle valued constitutional order, arguing that freedom survives only where law rules rather than men. By defending mixed government, the rule of law, and civic virtue, he offers a durable lesson for free societies: liberty is preserved not by passion or will, but by institutions that discipline power through reasoned law.
PeopleAugustine
Augustine (Aurelius Augustinus, 354–430 CE) was a North African theologian, philosopher, and bishop whose writings shaped Western Christianity and Latin thought. Born in Thagaste (present-day Souk Ahras, Algeria), Augustine received a classical education in rhetoric at Carthage, taught in Rome and Milan, and converted to Christianity in 386 under Ambrose’s influence. After returning to Africa, he became bishop of Hip
PeopleAugustine
Augustine separates power from ultimate authority, arguing that no earthly state can claim moral sovereignty over the soul. By distinguishing the City of Man from the City of God, he delivers a lasting warning to free societies: political order is necessary, but liberty is lost when power pretends to be ultimate.
PeopleAverroes
Averroes, also known as Ibn Rushd, was a prominent Muslim philosopher and jurist in the medieval period. Born in Cordoba, Spain, in 1126, Averroes came from a distinguished family of jurists—both his grandfather and father served as a qadi (chief judge) in Seville and Cordoba. He was known for his expertise in various fields such as law, philosophy, theology, astronomy, mathematics, medicine, and theology. Averroes i
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Averroes points out that reason has its own lawful authority alongside revelation, and that coercion has no claim over truth. He defended reason against Al Ghazali's insistence on the legitimacy of mysticism as a way of knowing. By arguing that free inquiry is not a threat to order but a condition of justice, Averroes advances a lasting principle for free societies: power loses legitimacy when it forbids rational examination.
PeopleAvicenna
Avicenna (c. 980 – 1037 CE), known in the Islamic world as Ibn Sina, was a Persian thinker whose influence spanned philosophy, medicine, science, and theology. Born near Bukhara in the village of Afshana (modern Uzbekistan), he displayed remarkable intellect early on—memorizing the Quran and mastering diverse sciences by age 16.
PeopleAvicenna
Avicenna binds liberty to reasoned order, arguing that both nature and human life are governed by intelligible laws rather than arbitrary power. Avicenna inspired the notion of God as the necessary force unifying all existence. This uniting philosophy, science, and ethics under rational inquiry, he advances a durable insight for free societies: authority is legitimate only when it conforms to reason and universal principles, not mere command.
PeopleBede
Bede (circa 673–735 CE), better known as The Venerable Bede, was a monk, historian, and theologian whose scholarly contributions earned him the title “Father of English History.” Born in the kingdom of Northumbria, Bede entered the twin monasteries of Monkwearmouth and Jarrow as a child and remained there for life, dedicating himself to prayer, teaching, and extensive writing.
PeopleBede
Bede secures liberty by preserving memory, law, and learning against the erosion of time and power. By recording how faith, custom, and kingship were disciplined by shared norms and accountable authority, he affirms a quiet but decisive principle of free societies: liberty endures where institutions remember their moral origins and limits.
PeopleBenedict
Saint Benedict, also known as Benedict of Nursia, is a Christian monk and a renowned figure in the field of philosophy. He is primarily known for his significant contributions to ethical theory and political philosophy. The exact details of his life remain shrouded in mystery, with conflicting accounts regarding his birthplace and upbringing. However, most scholars believe that he was born on March 2, 480, in Nursia,
PeopleBenedict
Benedict seeks to discipline power at its smallest and most durable scale: the daily life of a community. By binding authority to rule, consent, and moral restraint, he advances a quiet but enduring insight of free societies—freedom survives where power is limited by shared norms, accountability, and ordered self-government.
PeopleBeowulf
Beowulf is not an individual historical author but rather the title character of the oldest known epic poem in the English language and the presumed hero of the Geats, a North-Germanic tribe. The epic poem, composed in Old English between the 8th and early 11th centuries, is set in pagan Scandinavia, specifically among the Danes and Geats. It recounts Beowulf’s heroic deeds, including battles with the monster Grendel
PeopleBhagavadgita
Philosophical Voice of Dharma : The Bhagavad Gita, a 700-verse scripture within the Mahabharata, is revered for its dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna, offering timeless teachings on duty ( dharma ), devotion, and the path to liberation.
PeopleBlackstone
William Blackstone was an English jurist, judge, and legal scholar of the 18th century. He is widely known as the author of the “Commentaries on the Laws of England,” the most influential legal text in the English-speaking world, and is traditionally credited with making English common law accessible to ordinary citizens. His life represents a dramatic transformation from struggling lawyer to becoming a famous law pr
PeopleBlackstone
William Blackstone translates inherited rights and limits on power into clear, systematic law. No human laws, he said, were valid if contrary to natural law. By showing how freedom is preserved through due process, settled precedent, and the rule of law, he advances a core principle of free societies: liberty endures when rights are known, teachable, and enforceable against power.
PeopleBoethius
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (c. 480 – 524/525 CE) was a Roman philosopher, government official, and Christian thinker who helped bridge the classical and medieval worlds. Born into the distinguished aristocratic family of the Anicii, Boethius received a classical education and became fluent in both Latin and Greek. He held high political office under Theodoric the Great, ruler of the Ostrogothic Kingdom in Ita
PeopleBoethius
Boethius confronts tyranny, asking how freedom can survive when power is arbitrary and fortune cruel. He taught that all is subordinate to a higher realm, the summum bonum, or highest good. By locating true freedom in reason, conscience, and the rule of law over chance and force, he offers a final classical insight for free societies: power may imprison bodies, but it cannot command truth or inner freedom.
PeopleBuddha
Founder of Buddhism : Siddhartha Gautama, known as the Buddha, established Buddhism through his teachings on the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, guiding individuals toward enlightenment by overcoming suffering and desire.
PeopleBurke
Edmund Burke (1729–1797) was an Irish-born thinker, writer, and politician who made his mark in British politics and became a leading voice in shaping modern conservative thought. Born in Dublin and educated at Trinity College, he moved to London and eventually became a long-serving Member of Parliament and public intellectual. Burke stood up for tradition, slow and steady reform, and the value of inherited wisdom. H
PeopleBurke
Edmund Burke defends liberty by anchoring it in tradition, law, and moral restraint, warning that power unleashed in the name of abstract reason can become more tyrannical than the abuses it overthrows. By insisting that freedom survives through inherited institutions, prudence, and respect for limits, he advances a conservative insight essential to free societies: liberty endures when reform honors continuity and restrains power rather than exalting it.
PeopleBurntNjal
Njáls saga (c. 1270–1280 CE), known in English as Burnt Njal or The Saga of Burnt Njáll , is the longest and most acclaimed of the Icelandic Íslendingasögur (Sagas of Icelanders). This anonymous prose masterpiece recounts a multi-generational blood feud spanning c. 960–1020 CE in Viking Age Iceland, blending historical events with dramatic artistry drawn from oral tradition. Set against the backdrop of Iceland’s Comm
PeopleCalvin
John Calvin (born Jean Cauvin, July 10, 1509 – May 27, 1564) was a French theologian, pastor, and principal figure of the second generation of the Protestant Reformation. Born in Noyon, Picardy, France, to a notary father and a devout mother, Calvin originally trained as a humanist lawyer. After breaking from the Roman Catholic Church around 1530 during a period of intense anti-Protestant violence in France, he sough
PeopleChaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer was born between 1340 and 1345 in London to John Chaucer, a prosperous wine merchant, and Agnes Copton. Through his father’s connections, he began his career serving as a page to Elizabeth, Countess of Ulster, and later held numerous important positions as a courtier, diplomat, civil servant, and collector of scrap metal. Chaucer was fluent in French, Italian, and Latin, traveled extensively on diplo
PeopleCicero
Cicero, full name Marcus Tullius Cicero, was a Roman statesman, orator, lawyer, writer, and philosopher who lived during the late Roman Republic. He is considered one of Rome’s greatest writers and speakers. He was born on January 3, 106 BCE, in Arpinum, Italy, and was executed on December 7, 43 BCE, in Formiae, Italy, by order of Mark Antony during the proscriptions following the assassination of Julius Caesar. Cice
PeopleCicero
Cicero argued that freedom survives only where power is bound by justice, custom, and constitutional order. By defending mixed government, natural law, and civic duty, he gives Rome—and later republics—a lasting lesson: liberty is preserved when law rules rulers, not the other way around. He spent much of his adult life fighting the rise of dictatorship and defending liberty.
PeopleCoke
Sir Edward Coke (1552–1634) was a powerhouse in English legal history—a jurist, judge, and politician who helped shape the idea of the rule of law. Born in Mileham, Norfolk, Coke studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, then trained at Middle Temple to become a barrister.
PeopleCoke
Edward Coke makes liberty enforceable by insisting that even the king is subject to the law. He denied that the king could rule by proclamation. By defending the supremacy of Parliament, common law, due process, and independent courts against royal prerogative, he crystallizes a defining principle of constitutional freedom: where law rules, power is restrained; where power rules, liberty collapses.
PeopleConfucius
Founder of Confucian Wisdom : Confucius, known as Kongzi, established Confucianism, a philosophical and ethical system emphasizing moral virtue, social harmony, and filial piety, shaping Chinese culture and governance through teachings like the Analects.
PeopleConfucius
Confucius advocates the moral cultivation of those who exercise power. By teaching that rulers govern legitimately only through virtue, ritual restraint, and reciprocal obligation, he advanced a durable insight: order is most free when power is disciplined by character rather than enforced by fear. The virtue of the ruler is the most powerful check on the abuse of power.
PeopleCopernicus
A 16th-century portrait of Nicolaus Copernicus, the Polish astronomer, depicted in profile with fur collar and cap, holding a compass and armillary sphere, symbolizing his heliocentric theory in De revolutionibus orbium coelestium that revolutionized cosmology.
PeopleCopernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus sought to free inquiry from inherited authority, showing that nature answers to evidence and reason rather than custom or decree. He is considered by some to be the founder of modern science. By demonstrating that truth can overturn even the most entrenched assumptions, he affirms a principle essential to free societies: authority must yield when reason proves otherwise.
PeopleDante
Dante Alighieri separates spiritual authority from temporal power, arguing that political order collapses when rulers claim ultimate moral sovereignty. In De Monarchia he argues for a supreme world monarchy, with all other temporal rulers subject to it. By insisting that earthly government must be limited, lawful, and independent of coercive spiritual control, he advances a crucial insight for free societies: freedom survives when church and state are separate.
PeopleEpictetus
Epictetus was a Greek Stoic philosopher born in Hierapolis, Phrygia (present-day Pamukkale, Turkey) around 55 CE. He was born as a slave and later gained his freedom to become one of the most influential thinkers of Rome. Due to a lack of concrete information, very little is known about his early life, but it is believed that Epictetus studied Stoic philosophy under the guidance of Musonius Rufus (a renowned Stoic ph
PeopleErasmus
Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536) was a Dutch scholar, writer, and priest who is known for his works that laid the foundation for the Protestant Reformation. Born in Rotterdam and orphaned young, he reluctantly became an Augustinian monk before obtaining permission to study abroad. As a wandering scholar, he lived across Europe, supporting himself through teaching, patronage, and his extraordinarily popular writings. Hi
PeopleEuclid
Euclid was a Greek mathematician active around 300 BCE, best known for authoring Elements , one of the most influential works in the history of mathematics. While biographical details are sparse, he is believed to have taught and conducted research at the Library of Alexandria. Euclid drew on earlier work by mathematicians like Eudoxus, Pythagoras, and Theaetetus, organizing their discoveries into a deductive system
PeopleEuclid
Euclid demonstrated that truth can be established by transparent rules, shared definitions, and logical proof rather than authority or force. He sought to understand the order of the physical universe and the subjection of all men, including rulers, to that order.
PeopleGaius
Gaius shows how freedom depends on clear, public, and systematic law rather than the whims of rulers. By organizing private law around status, property, obligation, and procedure, he advanced a foundational insight for free societies: liberty survives when rights and duties are defined by known rules, not discretionary power.
PeopleGalen
Aelius Galen or Claudius Galen, also known as Galen of Pergamon, was a prominent Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher in the 2nd century CE. He was born in Pergamon, a city in Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), in 129 AD during the Roman Empire. Galen’s father, Aelius Nicon, was a wealthy architect, providing Galen with the means to pursue his education in medicine. Galen traveled extensively throughout the Mediter
PeopleGalen
Galen insists that authority in science and medicine must rest on reasoned demonstration rather than reputation or power. By binding expertise to method, evidence, and ethical responsibility, he advances a lasting principle of free societies: no claim to authority is legitimate unless it can be rationally examined and publicly justified.
PeopleGalileo
Galileo Galilei (b. February 15, 1564, Pisa, Italy – d. January 8, 1642, Arcetri, near Florence) was an Italian natural philosopher, astronomer, physicist, and mathematician. Born to Vincenzo Galilei, a musician, Galileo originally studied medicine at the University of Pisa but shifted to mathematics and philosophy. He became a professor at Pisa and later at the University of Padua. Galileo was known for his experime
PeopleGalileo
Galileo Galilei secures freedom of inquiry by insisting that truth be tested by observation and reason, not by authority or decree. He is considered the founder of the scientific method. By defending open examination against enforced orthodoxy, he affirms a principle essential to free societies: power must yield when evidence speaks.
PeopleGilgamesh
Legendary King of Uruk: Central figure in the Epic of Gilgamesh , one of the earliest known works of literature, celebrated as a heroic ruler.
PeopleGoethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) was a German literary titan—a poet, novelist, playwright, scientist, statesman, and philosopher. Born in Frankfurt am Main on August 28, 1749, he received a classical education encouraged by his father, Johann Caspar Goethe, an imperial councilor. Goethe studied law at Leipzig University but soon directed his energies toward literature and art, publishing poems and theatrical wo
PeopleGroot
Gerard Groote turns reform inward, insisting that conscience, education, and disciplined moral life must stand independent of corrupt authority. By rejecting coercion and privilege in favor of voluntary restraint and ethical accountability, he offers a quiet but enduring insight for free societies: liberty grows where individuals govern themselves before seeking to govern others.
PeopleGrotius
Hugo Grotius places law above rulers and even above confessional division, arguing that justice binds all political power through reason and natural right. Grotius viewed international law as grounded in natural law. By grounding rights and limits on authority in principles that hold “even if God did not exist,” he advances a foundational claim of modern liberty: law restrains power because it rests on universal reason, not permission from rulers.
PeopleHammurabi Code
The Hammurabi Code is one of the oldest known written legal codes, originating in ancient Mesopotamia during the reign of King Hammurabi of Babylon (ca. 1792–1750 BCE). It was inscribed on a basalt stele and placed in public view, signifying both the authority of the king and the transparency of law. This comprehensive legal text outlines 282 laws dealing with civil, criminal, commercial, and family matters. The prol
PeopleHammurabi-Code
With the Code of Hammurabi, Hammurabi transformed power into something answerable to publicly known rules, carving law in stone so ruler and ruled alike could see it. Freedom’s long struggle begins here: not with equality, but with the radical idea that justice is written, knowable, and binding rather than the whim of the strong.
PeopleHeimskringla
Heimskringla (c. 1225–1235 CE) is a monumental saga chronicle of Norwegian kings from legendary origins to 1177 CE, attributed to the Icelandic chieftain, poet, and historian Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241). Comprising 16 sagas in three main parts—Ynglinga Saga, the lives of historical kings from Halfdan the Black to Harald Hardrada, and the civil war era—it is written in clear, objective Old Norse prose with embedded s
PeopleHeimskringla
Heimskringla portrays authority as contingent on law, counsel, and the consent of free men. By chronicling how rulers gain—and lose—legitimacy through justice or overreach, it delivers a hard lesson for free societies: power that ignores law and custom invites lawful resistance.
PeopleHesiod
Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet of the late 8th or early 7th century BCE. He is one of the earliest Greek poets (around the same time as Homer) whose work has survived in its entirety, providing insights into the agricultural practices, religious beliefs, and moral values of ancient Greece.
PeopleHippocrates
Hippocrates, the father of medicine in the ancient world, insisted that health and disease must be understood through observation, reason, and careful study. By challenging superstition and placing human well-being at the center of inquiry, he established principles that continue to guide medicine today. His legacy endures in the belief that knowledge, integrity, and compassion are essential to the pursuit of healing.
PeopleHomer
Born/Died: He is believed to have lived during the 8th or 7th century BCE, possibly in Ionia (modern-day western Turkey). The details of Homer’s birth and life are unclear, both by contemporary and scholastic sources.
PeopleHomer
Through the Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer exposes the human cost of unchecked power and the fragile dignity of choice amid fate and force. By dramatizing honor, responsibility, and the limits of domination, his epics helped teach the West that liberty begins with moral agency—even in a world ruled by kings and gods.
PeopleHosea
Hosea emphasizes the importance of faithfulness to moral obligation rather than loyalty enforced by power. By condemning exploitation, corruption, and hollow authority, he insists that societies unravel when law is severed from justice, compassion, and responsibility—revealing that freedom cannot survive where trust and moral restraint collapse.
PeopleHume
David Hume expresses skepticism toward power, arguing that authority must be justified by experience, custom, and usefulness rather than abstract claims or divine right. The advent of the rule of law and the emergence of an independent judiciary ended the tyranny of the feudal order. By exposing how unchecked power hides behind false certainty, he advances a durable insight for free societies: liberty survives where institutions are judged by their effects, not their pretensions.
PeopleHuss
His outspoken views didn’t go unnoticed. In 1415, he was summoned to the Council of Constance, where he was put on trial for heresy. Hus stood by what he believed and refused to take back his words. He was sentenced to death and burned at the stake. His execution lit the spark for the Hussite movement and a wave of religious conflict across Central Europe.
PeopleHuss
Jan Huss, informed by his reading of Wycliffe’s writings, asserts liberty of conscience against institutional coercion, arguing that authority forfeits legitimacy when it contradicts truth and moral law. By insisting that obedience is owed to justice rather than office, he advances a defining principle of free societies: power loses its claim when it silences conscience and punishes truth.
PeopleIsaiah
• Prophetic Voice of Justice: Isaiah is celebrated as one of the major prophets in the Hebrew Bible, known for his powerful messages of justice, righteousness, and the coming of a Messiah, addressing the moral failings of Judah and the hope of redemption.
PeopleIsaiah
Isaiah confronts power with a sweeping moral vision: societies endure only when law defends the vulnerable and authority serves justice rather than privilege. By judging nations according to righteousness instead of might, he advanced a foundational insight of liberty—that political power is accountable to a higher law, or it forfeits legitimacy.
PeopleJeremiah
Prophetic Voice of Judah’s Covenant : Jeremiah is renowned for his impassioned calls for repentance and warnings of divine judgment against Judah’s unfaithfulness. His messages, often delivered through symbolic acts, emphasized God’s covenant and the consequences of straying from it.
PeopleJeremiah
Jeremiah exposes the ultimate vulnerability of power: laws, temples, and institutions cannot preserve a society that has abandoned justice. By insisting that liberty depends on inner moral commitment as much as outward obedience, he deepened the idea that no political order endures without conscience, accountability, and truth.
PeopleJesus Christ
Founder of Christianity : Established a transformative spiritual movement based on love, forgiveness, and the Kingdom of God, reshaping religious and moral thought.
PeopleJesus Christ
Jesus of Nazareth teaches the superiority of the moral transformation of the person rather than the seizure of power. He underscored the central place of the individual. By teaching that authority is legitimate only when it serves the vulnerable and restrains domination, he advanced a lasting claim: freedom endures where conscience, humility, and love set limits on power.
PeopleJob
Job is the central figure of the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible and a prophet in Islam known as Ayyūb. Introduced as a prosperous and righteous man in the land of Uz, Job is continually tested in a bet between God and Satan. Known for his integrity and devotion to God, Job is described as ‘blameless,’ making his suffering a well-known literary tragedy. Structured between a prose prologue and epilogue, the Book of Jo
PeopleKalidasa
Kalidasa is widely regarded as one of the greatest poets and dramatists in Sanskrit literature. He is often called the “Shakespeare of India.” While the exact identity of Kalidasa and his time period remain a subject of scholarly debate, many scholars believe that he lived during the 4th or 5th century CE, although others suggest different timelines. Due to the lack of concrete biographical information, much about hi
PeopleKant
Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) was a German philosopher who stands as one of the most important figures in Western philosophy. Born and raised in Königsberg, Prussia, he spent his entire life there, teaching, thinking, and writing.
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Immanuel Kant anchors liberty in moral autonomy, arguing that freedom consists not in doing as one pleases but in obeying laws one can rationally will for all. The human being is always an end in himself, never a means to an end. By grounding rights and political authority in universal moral law, he delivers a decisive insight for free societies: power is legitimate only when it respects the equal moral agency of every person.
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Karl Marx examined capitalism through class, labor, ownership, and power, asking how material institutions shape freedom and social life.
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Founder of Taoism : Established a profound philosophical and spiritual tradition centered on the Tao (the Way), advocating harmony with nature and simplicity.
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The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi and the Life of Brother Giles
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182–1226 · 1919 · The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi and the Life of Brother Giles. Rendered into English verse by James Rhoades. London: Oxford University Press, 1919.
Books & WorksThe Little Flowers of St. Francis
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182–1226 · 1904 · The Little Flowers of St. Francis. The Mirror of Perfection. The Life of St. Francis. London: J. M. Dent; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1904. Everyman’s Library.
Books & WorksThe Little Flowers of St. Francis
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182–1226 · 1947 · The Little Flowers of St. Francis. The Mirror of Perfection. The Life of St. Francis. London: J. M. Dent; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1947. Everyman’s Library. ARD-5794
Books & WorksLetters of Sr. Francis Bacon
Bacon, Francis · 1702 · Letters of Sr. Francis Bacon. 1702.
Books & WorksAdvancement of Learning and Novum Organum
Bacon, Francis, 1561–1626 · 1900 · Advancement of learning and Novum organum... 1900.
Books & WorksAdvancement of Learning and Novum Organum
Bacon, Francis, 1561–1626 · 1903 · Advancement of learning and Novum organum... 1903.
Books & WorksProlegomena to the Law of War and Peace
Grotius, Hugo, 1583–1645 · 1957 · Prolegomena to the Law of war and peace. Translated by Francis W. Kelsey. New York, Liberal Arts Press, 1957.
Books & WorksThe Advancement of Learning
Bacon, Francis, 1561–1626 · 1926 · The advancement of learning... Fourth edition. 1926.
Books & WorksThe Decline of the West
Spengler, Oswald, 1880–1936 · 1947 · Authorized English translation with notes by Charles Francis Atkinson. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. 2 volumes.
Books & WorksThe Genuine Works of Hippocrates
Hippocrates · 1939 (Adams trans.) · Translated by Francis Adams. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1939.
Books & WorksThe Law of War and Peace
Grotius, Hugo, 1583–1645 · 1925 · The law of war and peace. De jure belli ac pacis libri tres. Newly translated into English by Francis W. Kelsey. Oxford University Press, 1925.
Books & WorksA Compend of the Institutes of the Christian Religion
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1939 · A compend of the Institutes... Edited by Hugh Thomson Kerr. 1939.
Books & WorksA Diary of the French Revolution
Morris, Gouverneur, 1752–1816 · 1939 · A diary of the French Revolution, by Gouverneur Morris, edited by Beatrix Cary Davenport. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1939. 2 v. frontispieces, plates, portraits, facsimiles. 22 cm.
Books & WorksA Dictionary of the English Language
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 · 1755 · A dictionary of the English language. London, 1755. 2 v. 27 cm. ARD-9194
Books & WorksA Dissertation and Apology of the Slave Trade
Edwards, Jonathan, 1745–1801 · 1791 · A dissertation and apology of the slave trade. Boston, 1791. ARD-9197
Books & WorksA Fragment on Government and An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832 · 1948 · A fragment on government and an introduction to the principles of morals and legislation. Edited with introduction by Wilfrid Harrison. Oxford, B. Blackwell, 1948. lxv, 435 p. 21 cm.
Books & WorksA History of Science: Ancient Science Through the Golden Age of Greece, Vol. I
George Sarton · 1952 · Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1952.
Books & WorksA Lecture on the Study of History
Lord Acton · 1895 · Acton’s famous lecture on the meaning and method of historical study.
Books & WorksA New World History of Art
Sheldon Cheney · 1956 · New York: Viking Press, 1956.
Books & WorksA Panorama of the World's Legal Systems
John Henry Wigmore · 1928 · Saint Paul: West Publishing Company, 1928. 3 volumes with illustrations. Surveys sixteen principal legal systems including Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hebrew, Chinese, Hindu, Greek, Roman, and others.
Books & WorksA Philosophical Dictionary of Voltaire
Voltaire, 1694–1778 · 1948 · A philosophical dictionary of Voltaire. New York, Peter Pauper Press, [1948]. 355 p. 23 cm.
Books & WorksA Short History of Music
Alfred Einstein · 1934 · 3rd American edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934.
Books & WorksA Study of History
Toynbee, Arnold J., 1889–1975 · 1948 · Ten-volume philosophical history of civilizations. London, Oxford University Press, 1948.
Books & WorksA Syllabus of the History of Chinese Civilization and Culture
Luther Carrington Goodrich and H. C. Fenn · 1950 · 5th revised edition. New York: China Society of America, 1950. 55 pages with illustrations, 28 cm. A syllabus covering the history of Chinese civilization and culture. Subjects: China — History — Outlines and syllabi; China — Civilization — Bibliography.
Books & WorksA Tenth-Century Document of Arabic Literary Theory and Criticism
al-Bāqillānī, Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd al-Ṭayyib · 1950 · A tenth-century document... by al-Bāqillānī. Translated by Gustavo E. von Grunebaum. 1950.
Books & WorksA Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
Berkeley, George, 1685–1753 · 1916 · A treatise concerning the principles of human knowledge. Chicago, Open Court Publishing Co., 1916. xv, 128 p. 19½ cm. ARD-9103
Books & WorksA Vindication of Natural Society
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797 · 1756 · A vindication of natural society; or, A view of the miseries and evils arising to mankind from every species of artificial society. London, 1756. xxxii, 105 p. 22 cm.
Books & WorksA Wall of Fragrant Snow
Wimsatt, Genevieve Blanche · 1945 · A wall of fragrant snow; a sketch of the life and writings of Hung T’u (Hsüeh T’ao), by Genevieve Wimsatt. John W. Luce Company, 1945.
Books & WorksA Wreath of Cloud
Murasaki Shikibu, b. 978 · 1927 · A wreath of cloud, being the third part of The Tale of Genji. Translated by Arthur Waley. 1927.
Books & Worksal-Iḥyā ul-‘Ulūm (Revival of the Sciences)
al-Ghazzālī, 1058–1111 · 1872 · al-Iḥyā ul-‘Ulūm (Revival of the Sciences). Bulāq, 1872. Arabic text.
Books & WorksAn Arab Philosophy of History
Ibn Khaldūn, 1332–1406 · 1950 · An Arab Philosophy of History: Selections from the Prolegomena of Ibn Khaldun. Translated by Charles Issawi. London: John Murray, 1950. Wisdom of the East Series.
Books & WorksAn Essay of Michel de Montaigne
Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de, 1533–1592 · 1934 · An essay of Michel de Montaigne. Translated by Jacob Zeitlin. 1934.
Books & WorksAn Illustrated History of Japanese Art
Hisamoto Hidemoto · 1935 · Kyoto: K. Hoshino, 1935.
Books & WorksAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Smith, Adam, 1723–1790 · 1778 · An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. 1778. 2 vols.
Books & WorksAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Smith, Adam, 1723–1790 · 1976 · An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations. General editors: R. H. Campbell and A. S. Skinner; textual editor: W. B. Todd. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1976. 2 v. ISBN 0-86597-008-4
Books & WorksAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Smith’s landmark study of exchange, specialization, institutions, and public policy.
Books & WorksAn Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832 · 1948 · An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation. Edited by Laurence J. Lafleur. New York, Hafner Publishing Co., 1948. lii, 378 p. 21 cm.
Books & WorksAn Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Bentham, Jeremy, 1748–1832 · 1907 · An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1907. xxxv, 378 p. 19 cm.
Books & WorksAn Outline of Psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud · 1949 · Freud’s concise explanation of psychoanalytic theory.
Books & WorksAnecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
Almon, John, 1737–1805 · 1801 · Anecdotes of the life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. London, 1801. 3 v. 22 cm.
Books & WorksAreopagitica and Other Prose Works of John Milton
Milton, John, 1608–1674 · 1955 · Areopagitica and other prose works of John Milton. London, J. M. Dent & Sons; New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1955. Everyman’s Library.
Books & WorksAugustine’s Quest of Wisdom
Bourke, Vernon Joseph · 1945 · Augustine’s quest of wisdom; life and philosophy of the Bishop of Hippo.
Books & WorksBentham and the Ethics of Today
Baumgardt, David, 1890– · 1952 · Bentham and the ethics of today; with Bentham manuscripts hitherto unpublished. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1952. xiv, 584 p. 25 cm.
Books & WorksBook of Miracles
Fox, George, 1624–1691 · 1948 · Book of miracles, edited with an introduction and notes by Henry J. Cadbury. Cambridge, University Press, 1948.
Books & WorksBook of Mormon
Joseph Smith · 1950 · Sacred scripture of the Latter-day Saint movement.
Books & WorksBoswell’s Life of Johnson
Boswell, James, 1740–1795 · 1907 · Boswell’s life of Johnson. London, 1907.
Books & WorksBradford’s History “Of Plimoth Plantation”
Bradford, William, 1590–1657 · 1900 · Bradford’s history Of Plimoth plantation. From the original manuscript... Boston, Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1900.
Books & WorksChinese Prose Literature of the T’ang Period
Edwards, Evangeline Dora, 1888– · 1937–1938 · Chinese prose literature of the T’ang period, A.D. 618–906, by E. D. Edwards. 2 volumes.
Books & WorksCommentaries on the Book of Joshua
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1949 · Commentaries on the book of Joshua. 1949.
Books & WorksCommentaries on the Book of the Prophet Daniel
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1948 · Commentaries on Daniel. 1948.
Books & WorksCommentaries on the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1948 · Commentaries on the first book of Moses, called Genesis. 1948.
Books & WorksCommentaries on the First Twenty Chapters of Ezekiel
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1948 · Commentaries on the first twenty chapters of Ezekiel. 1948.
Books & WorksCommentaries on the Four Last Books of Moses
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1950 · Commentaries on the four last books of Moses... 1950.
Books & WorksCommentaries on the Laws of England
Blackstone, Sir William, 1723–1780 · 1775 · Commentaries on the laws of England. Oxford, 1775. 4 v. frontispiece. 22 cm.
Books & WorksCommentaries on the Laws of England
Blackstone, Sir William, 1723–1780 · 1803 · Commentaries on the laws of England. Philadelphia, 1803. 4 v. 22½ cm. ARD-9720
Books & WorksCommentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1949 · Commentary on a harmony of the Evangelists... 1949.
Books & WorksCommentary on the Book of Psalms
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1949 · Commentary on the book of Psalms. 1949.
Books & WorksCommentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1948 · Commentary on the book of the prophet Isaiah. 1948.
Books & WorksCommentary on the Metaphysics of Aristotle
Thomas Aquinas, Saint, 1225?–1274 · 1961 · Commentary on the Metaphysics of Aristotle. Translated by John P. Rowan. Chicago: H. Regnery, 1961. 2 volumes.
Books & WorksCommentary upon the Acts of the Apostles
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1949 · Commentary upon the Acts of the Apostles. 1949.
Books & WorksComplete Indexes to the Institutes of the Christian Religion
Nixon, Leroy · 1950 · Complete indexes to the Institutes of the Christian religion by John Calvin. 1950.
Books & WorksConfessions of St. Augustine, Books I–9
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo · 1942 · Confessions... Translated by F. J. Sheed.
Books & WorksConsiderations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and Their Decline
Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689–1755 · 1965 · Considerations on the causes of the greatness of the Romans and their decline. New York, Free Press, [1965]. Includes bibliographical references. ARD-9126
Books & WorksConstitution of Athens
Aristotle · 1950 (von Fritz & Kapp) · Translated with introduction and notes by Kurt von Fritz and Ernst Kapp. Hafner Library of Classics.
Books & WorksContemporary Portraits of Reformers
Beza, Theodore de, 1519–1605 · 1906 · Contemporary portraits of reformers... 1906.
Books & WorksCritique of Judgement
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1914 · Kant’s Critique of Judgement, translated with introduction and notes by J. H. Bernard. 2nd edition, revised. London, Macmillan and Co., 1914. xlviii, 429 p. 23½ cm.
Books & WorksCritique of Practical Reason
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1956 · Critique of Practical Reason, translated with an introduction by Lewis White Beck. New York, Liberal Arts Press, [1956]. 108 p. 21 cm.
Books & WorksCritique of Practical Reason and Other Works on the Theory of Ethics
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1909 · Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason and other works on the theory of ethics. Translated by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott. New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green and Co., 1909.
Books & WorksCritique of Practical Reason and Other Writings in Moral Philosophy
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1949 · Critique of Practical Reason and other writings in moral philosophy. Translated and edited with introduction by Lewis White Beck. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1949. cv, 369 p. 22 cm.
Books & WorksCritique of Pure Reason
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1881 · Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. Translated into English by F. Max Müller, with historical introduction by Ludwig Noiré. London, Macmillan & Company, 1881. 2 v. 22 cm.
Books & WorksCritique of Pure Reason
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1949 · Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. Translated into English by F. Max Müller. New York, Macmillan Company, 1949. 808 p. 21 cm. ARD-9750
Books & WorksDeclaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence culminates centuries of reflection on liberty by asserting that legitimate government rests on natural rights and the consent of the governed. It is the first written declaration by a people of their right to choose their own system of government. By declaring that power exists to secure pre-existing rights—and may be altered when it destroys them—it gives liberty its clearest political voice: authority is just only when it serves equal rights under law.
Books & WorksDiodorus of Sicily
Diodorus Siculus · 1946 (Oldfather trans., Loeb) · Loeb Classical Library edition of the Library of History.
Books & WorksDream of the Red Chamber
Ts’ao Hsueh-ch’in, 1719–1764 · 1929 · Dream of the Red Chamber. New York, Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1929. xxxiv, 721 p. illustrations. 21½ cm.
Books & WorksDream of the Red Chamber
Ts’ao Hsueh-ch’in, 1717 (?)–1764 · n.d. · Dream of the Red Chamber. London, Routledge & Sons Ltd. xxxvii, 3–371 p. illustrations. 19 cm.
Books & WorksDream of the Red Chamber
Ts’ao Hsueh-ch’in, 1717 (?)–1764 · 1929 · Dream of the Red Chamber. New York, 1929. xvii, 574 p. 22 cm.
Books & WorksEconomics of a Free Society
Röpke, Wilhelm, 1899–1966 · 1963 · Translation of Die Lehre von der Wirtschaft.
Books & WorksElements of Chemistry
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743–1794 · n.d. · Elements of chemistry. Chicago, Great Books Foundation. xxxi, 172 p. plates. 18 cm. ARD-9756
Books & WorksElements of Geometry, Book I
Euclid · 1944 (Valéry intro.) · Limited edition with introduction by Paul Valéry.
Books & WorksEnchiridion Militis Christiani (The Manual of the Christian Knight)
Desiderius Erasmus · 1905 · London: Methuen & Co., 1905.
Books & WorksEpitome of Copernican Astronomy
Kepler, Johannes, 1571–1630 · 1939 · Epitome of Copernican astronomy, books IV and V... 1939.
Books & WorksEssay on the Application of Abstract Reasoning to the Christian Doctrines
Taylor, Isaac, 1787–1865 · 1832 · Essay on the application of abstract reasoning to the Christian doctrines, originally published as an introduction to Edwards on the will. New York, Jonathan Leavitt, 1832. 4, 15–169 p. 21 cm. ARD-9188
Books & WorksFamous Utopias of the Renaissance
Frederic Randolph White (ed.) · 1946 · Chicago: Packard & Company, 1946.
Books & WorksFourscore Classics of Music Literature
Gustave Reese · 1957 · New York: Liberal Arts Press, 1957.
Books & WorksFreedom of the Will
Edwards, Jonathan, 1703–1758 · 1957 · Freedom of the will, edited by Paul Ramsey. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1957. xl, 624 p. 25 cm. The Works, v. 1.
Books & WorksFrom the Hunter's Bow: The History and Romance of Musical Instruments
Beatrice Edgery · 1942 · New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1942.
Books & WorksFundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Ethics
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1946 · Fundamental principles of the metaphysic of ethics. Translated by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott. Chicago, The Open Court Publishing Company, 1946. 102 p. 18½ cm. ARD-9737
Books & WorksFundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Ethics
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1938 · Fundamental principles of the metaphysic of ethics. Translated with introduction by Otto Manthey-Zorn. New York, London, D. Appleton-Century Company, 1938. xx, 84 p. 19½ cm.
Books & WorksFundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1949 · Fundamental principles of the metaphysics of morals. Translated by Thomas K. Abbott, with introduction by Marvin Fox. New York, The Liberal Arts Press, c1949. xv–80 p. 20 cm. The Little Library of Liberal Arts.
Books & WorksFuṣūl al-madanī; Aphorisms of the Statesman
al-Fārābī · 1961 · Fuṣūl al-madanī; aphorisms of the statesman. Edited with English translation by D. M. Dunlop. Cambridge University Press, 1961.
Books & WorksGreat Shorter Works of Pascal
Pascal, Blaise, 1623–1662 · 1948 · Great shorter works of Pascal... Philadelphia, Westminster Press, [1948].
Books & WorksGreat Voices of the Reformation
Foordick, Harry Emerson, 1878– ed. · 1952 · Great voices of the Reformation; an anthology. New York, Random House, c1952.
Books & WorksHarvard University Glee Club Collection of Part Songs for Men's Voices
Archibald T. Davison (comp.) · 1922 · Boston: E.C. Schirmer, 1922.
Books & WorksHegel’s Philosophy of Right
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770–1831 · 1942 · Hegel’s philosophy of right, translated with notes by T. M. Knox. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1942. xvii, 382 p. 23 cm.
Books & WorksHeimskringla; or, The Lives of the Norse Kings
Snorri Sturluson, 1178–1241 · 1932 · Heimskringla; or, The Lives of the Norse Kings. Translated by Erling Monsen and A. H. Smith. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, 1932.
Books & WorksHistory of Plymouth Colony
Bradford, William, 1590–1657 · 1948 · History of Plymouth Colony, a modern English version by Harold Paget. New York, Van Nostrand, [1948].
Books & WorksHistory of the Papacy
Mandell Creighton · 1882 · A major historical work on the papacy during the Reformation period.
Books & WorksHistory of the Reformation in Scotland
Knox, John, 1505–1572 · 1949 · History of the Reformation in Scotland. Edited by William Croft Dickinson. 1949.
Books & WorksHistory of the Revolt of the Netherlands and Wilhelm Tell
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759–1805 · 1847 · History of the revolt of the Netherlands, continued trials of Count Egmont and Horn, and Wilhelm Tell. Translated from the German. London, Henry G. Bohn, 1847. iv, 595 p. ARD-9781
Books & WorksHsüntze... the Moulder of Confucianism
Homer H. Dubs · 1927 · Study of Xunzi as a major Confucian philosopher. Probsthain's Oriental Series.
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The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi and the Life of Brother Giles
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182–1226 · 1919 · The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi and the Life of Brother Giles. Rendered into English verse by James Rhoades. London: Oxford University Press, 1919.
ResourcesThe Little Flowers of St. Francis
Francis, of Assisi, Saint, 1182–1226 · 1947 · The Little Flowers of St. Francis. The Mirror of Perfection. The Life of St. Francis. London: J. M. Dent; New York: E. P. Dutton, 1947. Everyman’s Library. ARD-5794
ResourcesProlegomena to the Law of War and Peace
Grotius, Hugo, 1583–1645 · 1957 · Prolegomena to the Law of war and peace. Translated by Francis W. Kelsey. New York, Liberal Arts Press, 1957.
ResourcesThe Genuine Works of Hippocrates
Hippocrates · 1939 (Adams trans.) · Translated by Francis Adams. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1939.
ResourcesThe Law of War and Peace
Grotius, Hugo, 1583–1645 · 1925 · The law of war and peace. De jure belli ac pacis libri tres. Newly translated into English by Francis W. Kelsey. Oxford University Press, 1925.
ResourcesA Compend of the Institutes of the Christian Religion
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1939 · A compend of the Institutes... Edited by Hugh Thomson Kerr. 1939.
ResourcesA Dictionary of the English Language
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 · 1755 · A dictionary of the English language. London, 1755. 2 v. 27 cm. ARD-9194
ResourcesA Panorama of the World's Legal Systems
John Henry Wigmore · 1928 · Saint Paul: West Publishing Company, 1928. 3 volumes with illustrations. Surveys sixteen principal legal systems including Egyptian, Mesopotamian, Hebrew, Chinese, Hindu, Greek, Roman, and others.
ResourcesA Syllabus of the History of Chinese Civilization and Culture
Luther Carrington Goodrich and H. C. Fenn · 1950 · 5th revised edition. New York: China Society of America, 1950. 55 pages with illustrations, 28 cm. A syllabus covering the history of Chinese civilization and culture. Subjects: China — History — Outlines and syllabi; China — Civilization — Bibliography.
ResourcesA Vindication of Natural Society
Burke, Edmund, 1729–1797 · 1756 · A vindication of natural society; or, A view of the miseries and evils arising to mankind from every species of artificial society. London, 1756. xxxii, 105 p. 22 cm.
ResourcesAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
His landmark study of exchange, specialization, institutions, and public policy.
ResourcesAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Smith’s landmark study of exchange, specialization, institutions, and public policy.
ResourcesAnecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
Almon, John, 1737–1805 · 1801 · Anecdotes of the life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. London, 1801. 3 v. 22 cm.
ResourcesAreopagitica and Other Prose Works of John Milton
Milton, John, 1608–1674 · 1955 · Areopagitica and other prose works of John Milton. London, J. M. Dent & Sons; New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1955. Everyman’s Library.
ResourcesAreopagitica and Other Prose Works of John Milton
Milton, John, 1608–1674 · 1955 · Areopagitica and other prose works of John Milton. London, J. M. Dent & Sons; New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1955. Everyman’s Library.
ResourcesCommentaries on the Book of Joshua
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1949 · Commentaries on the book of Joshua. 1949.
ResourcesCommentaries on the Book of the Prophet Daniel
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1948 · Commentaries on Daniel. 1948.
ResourcesCommentaries on the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1948 · Commentaries on the first book of Moses, called Genesis. 1948.
ResourcesCommentaries on the First Twenty Chapters of Ezekiel
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1948 · Commentaries on the first twenty chapters of Ezekiel. 1948.
ResourcesCommentaries on the Four Last Books of Moses
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1950 · Commentaries on the four last books of Moses... 1950.
ResourcesCommentaries on the Laws of England
Blackstone, Sir William, 1723–1780 · 1803 · Commentaries on the laws of England. Philadelphia, 1803. 4 v. 22½ cm. ARD-9720
ResourcesCommentary on a Harmony of the Evangelists
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1949 · Commentary on a harmony of the Evangelists... 1949.
ResourcesCommentary on the Book of Psalms
Calvin, Jean, 1509–1564 · 1949 · Commentary on the book of Psalms. 1949.
ResourcesCommentary on the Metaphysics of Aristotle
Thomas Aquinas, Saint, 1225?–1274 · 1961 · Commentary on the Metaphysics of Aristotle. Translated by John P. Rowan. Chicago: H. Regnery, 1961. 2 volumes.
ResourcesConfessions of St. Augustine, Books I–9
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo · 1942 · Confessions... Translated by F. J. Sheed.
ResourcesConstitution of Athens
Aristotle · 1950 (von Fritz & Kapp) · Translated with introduction and notes by Kurt von Fritz and Ernst Kapp. Hafner Library of Classics.
ResourcesCritique of Judgement
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1914 · Kant’s Critique of Judgement, translated with introduction and notes by J. H. Bernard. 2nd edition, revised. London, Macmillan and Co., 1914. xlviii, 429 p. 23½ cm.
ResourcesCritique of Practical Reason
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1956 · Critique of Practical Reason, translated with an introduction by Lewis White Beck. New York, Liberal Arts Press, [1956]. 108 p. 21 cm.
ResourcesCritique of Practical Reason and Other Works on the Theory of Ethics
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1909 · Kant’s Critique of Practical Reason and other works on the theory of ethics. Translated by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott. New York and Bombay, Longmans, Green and Co., 1909.
ResourcesCritique of Practical Reason and Other Writings in Moral Philosophy
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1949 · Critique of Practical Reason and other writings in moral philosophy. Translated and edited with introduction by Lewis White Beck. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1949. cv, 369 p. 22 cm.
ResourcesCritique of Pure Reason
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1949 · Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. Translated into English by F. Max Müller. New York, Macmillan Company, 1949. 808 p. 21 cm. ARD-9750
ResourcesElements of Geometry, Book I
Euclid · 1944 (Valéry intro.) · Limited edition with introduction by Paul Valéry.
ResourcesEnchiridion Militis Christiani (The Manual of the Christian Knight)
Desiderius Erasmus · 1905 · London: Methuen & Co., 1905.
ResourcesFundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Ethics
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1938 · Fundamental principles of the metaphysic of ethics. Translated with introduction by Otto Manthey-Zorn. New York, London, D. Appleton-Century Company, 1938. xx, 84 p. 19½ cm.
ResourcesFundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1949 · Fundamental principles of the metaphysics of morals. Translated by Thomas K. Abbott, with introduction by Marvin Fox. New York, The Liberal Arts Press, c1949. xv–80 p. 20 cm. The Little Library of Liberal Arts.
ResourcesHistory of the Reformation in Scotland
Knox, John, 1505–1572 · 1949 · History of the Reformation in Scotland. Edited by William Croft Dickinson. 1949.
ResourcesHsüntze... the Moulder of Confucianism
Homer H. Dubs · 1927 · Study of Xunzi as a major Confucian philosopher. Probsthain's Oriental Series.
ResourcesJourney to the Western Islands of Scotland
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 · 1930 · Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, and Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. London, Oxford University Press, 1930. xvii, 7 p. frontispiece portrait, maps, facsimile. 20 cm.
ResourcesLetters of Samuel Johnson
Johnson, Samuel, 1709–1784 · 1892 · Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1892. 2 v. 27 cm. ARD-9194
ResourcesMarlowe’s Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
Marlowe, Christopher, 1564–1593 · 1903 · Marlowe’s Tragical History of Doctor Faustus... 1903.
ResourcesNine Sermons of Saint Augustine on the Psalms
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo · 1959 · Nine sermons of Saint Augustine on the Psalms. Translated by Edmund Hill.
ResourcesOf True Religion
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo · 1959 · Of true religion. Translated by J. H. S. Burleigh.
ResourcesOn the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473–1543 · 1976 · On the revolutions of the heavenly spheres. 1976.
ResourcesProslogium; Monologium; In Behalf of the Fool; and Cur Deus Homo
Anselm, Saint, Abp. of Canterbury · 1903 · Proslogium; Monologium; In Behalf of the Fool; and Cur Deus Homo. Translated by Sidney Norton Deane. 1903.
ResourcesSelect English Works of John Wyclif
Wycliffe, John, d. 1384 · 1869–1871 · Select English Works of John Wyclif. Edited by Thomas Arnold. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1869–1871. 3 volumes.
ResourcesThe Aeneids of Virgil
Virgil · 1876 (Morris verse trans.) · William Morris’s celebrated verse translation of the Aeneid.
ResourcesThe Autobiography of Goethe
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749–1832 · 1867 · The autobiography of Goethe. Truth and Poetry from My Own Life. London, G. Bell & Daly, 1867. 2 v. frontispiece portrait. 19 cm. ARD-9772
ResourcesThe City of God
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo · 1948 · The city of God. Translated and edited by Marcus Dods.
ResourcesThe City of God (De civitate Dei)
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo · 1945 · The city of God... Everyman’s Library edition.
ResourcesThe City of God by Saint Augustine
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo · 1909 · The city of God... Translated by John Healey. Temple Classics.
ResourcesThe Code of Maimonides
Maimonides, 1135–1204 · 1949– · The Code of Maimonides (Mishneh Torah). Yale Judaica Series. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1949–.
ResourcesThe Colloquies of Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus · 1878 (Johnson ed.) · Edited with notes by Rev. E. Johnson. London: Reeves & Turner, 1878.
ResourcesThe Commedia and Canzoniere of Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321 · 1896 · The Commedia and Canzoniere of Dante Alighieri. Translated by E. H. Plumptre. London: Isbister and Company, 1896. 2 volumes.
ResourcesThe Complaint of Peace
Desiderius Erasmus · 1946 (Hirten intro.) · Introduction by William James Hirten. New York: Scholar's Facsimiles & Reprints, 1946.
ResourcesThe Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 · 1946 · The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Modernized by John S. P. Tatlock and Percy MacKaye. New York: Macmillan, 1946. The Modern Reader’s Chaucer.
ResourcesThe Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 · 1894–1900 · The Complete Works of Geoffrey Chaucer. Edited by Walter W. Skeat. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1894–1900. 6 volumes.
ResourcesThe Complete Works of Han Fei Tzu
Han Fei Tzu · 1939 (Liao trans.) · Major Legalist philosophical text. Probsthain's Oriental Series.
ResourcesThe Complete Works of Homer
Homer · 1935 · New York: Modern Library, 1935. Includes The Iliad and The Odyssey.
ResourcesThe Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 · 1944 · The complete works of William Shakespeare. Cambridge edition. 1944.
ResourcesThe Confessions of St. Augustine
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo · 1927 · The Confessions... Translated by J. G. Pilkington.
ResourcesThe Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius, d. 524 · 1943 · The Consolation of philosophy; Boethius. With an introduction by Irvin Edman. Modern Library, 1943.
ResourcesThe De Monarchia of Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321 · 1904 · The De Monarchia of Dante Alighieri. Edited with translation and notes by Aurelia Henry. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1904.
ResourcesThe Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321 · 1932 · The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. The Carlyle-Wicksteed translation. New York: The Modern Library, 1932.
ResourcesThe Dramas of Kalidasa
Kalidasa (trans. Mrs. Bela / Dola Bose) · 1945 · Translations of Śakuntalā, Vikramorvaśīyam, and Mālavikāgnimitram.
ResourcesThe Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation
Bede, the Venerable, Saint, 673–735 · 1910 · The ecclesiastical history of the English nation... Everyman’s Library, 1910. Includes Miracles of Saint Cuthbert and On the Death of the Abbots.
ResourcesThe Education of a Christian Prince
Desiderius Erasmus · 1936 (Born trans.) · Translated with introduction by Lester K. Born. New York: Columbia University Press, 1936.
ResourcesThe English Works of Wyclif
Wycliffe, John, d. 1384 · 1880 · The English Works of Wyclif, Hitherto Unprinted. Edited by F. D. Matthew. London: Early English Text Society, 1880.
ResourcesThe Essence of Plotinus
Plotinus · 1948 (MacKenna trans.) · Extracts from the six Enneads and Porphyry's Life of Plotinus, translated by Stephen MacKenna. New York: Oxford University Press, 1948.
ResourcesThe First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England
Coke, Sir Edward, 1552–1634 · 1823 · The first part of the Institutes of the laws of England... 1823.
ResourcesThe Freedom of the Seas
Grotius, Hugo, 1583–1645 · 1916 · The freedom of the seas, or The right which belongs to the Dutch to take part in the East Indian trade. Translated with introduction and notes by Ralph Van Deman Magoffin. New York, Oxford University Press, 1916.
ResourcesThe History of England
Hume, David, 1711–1776 · 1883 · The history of England. [1883]. Goodrich Room, Card 2.
ResourcesThe Holy Rule of Our Holy Father Benedict
Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino · 1942 · The holy rule of our holy father Benedict; translated by a priest of the Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani, 1942.
ResourcesThe Imitation of Christ
Imitatio Christi. English · n.d. · The Imitation of Christ. Translated and edited by Albert Hyma. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, n.d.
ResourcesThe Life and Death of King John
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 · 1904 · The life and death of King John... 1904.
ResourcesThe Life of King Henry V
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 · 1904 · The life of King Henry V... 1904.
ResourcesThe Loci Communes of Philip Melanchthon
Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497–1560 · 1944 · The Loci communes of Philip Melanchthon... 1944.
ResourcesThe Merry Wives of Windsor
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 · 1905 · The merry wives of Windsor... 1905.
ResourcesThe Metaphysic of Ethics
Kant, Immanuel, 1724–1804 · 1869 · The metaphysic of ethics. Translated by J. W. Semple. New edition. Edinburgh, T. & T. Clark, 1869. xvi, 309 p. 20 cm. ARD-9735
ResourcesThe Philosophy of Benedict de Spinoza
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632–1677 · 1937 · The philosophy of Benedict de Spinoza. Translated... by R. H. M. Elwes. New York, Tudor Publishing Co., 1937.
ResourcesThe Philosophy of Spinoza
Spinoza, Benedictus de, 1632–1677 · 1927 · The philosophy of Spinoza, selected from his chief works... by Joseph Ratner. New York, The Modern Library, [1927].
ResourcesThe Poems of Kalidasa
Kalidasa · c. 1930s–early 1940s · Poems of Kalidasa rendered into English. Includes The Dynasty of Raghu, The Birth of the War-god, The Cloud-Messenger, and The Seasons.
ResourcesThe Poetical Works of John Milton
Milton, John, 1608–1674 · 1900 · The poetical works of John Milton, edited after the original texts by H. C. Beeching. Oxford University Press, 1900.
ResourcesThe Praise of Folly
Desiderius Erasmus · 1943 (Hudson trans.) · Translated from the Latin with essay and commentary by Hoyt Hopewell Hudson. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1943.
ResourcesThe Pursuit of Happiness
Matthew Josephson · 1948 · A study of Stendhal and the modern search for fulfillment.
ResourcesThe Rights of War and Peace
Grotius, Hugo, 1583–1645 · 1901 · The rights of war and peace, including the law of nature and of nations. Translated from the original Latin by A. C. Campbell. Washington, M. Walter Dunne, 1901.
ResourcesThe Rule of Saint Benedict
Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino · 1925 · The rule of Saint Benedict, translated with an introduction by Cardinal Gasquet. Chatto & Windus, 1925.
ResourcesThe Second Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England
Coke, Sir Edward, 1552–1634 · 1797 · The second part of the Institutes of the laws of England. 1797.
ResourcesThe Song of Songs: Commentary and Homilies
Origen · 1957 (Lawson trans.) · Translated and annotated by R. P. Lawson. Westminster, MD: Newman Press, 1957. Ancient Christian Writers, Vol. 26.
ResourcesThe Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas, Saint, 1225?–1274 · n.d. · The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas, Part II, First Part. Translated by the Fathers of the English Dominican Province. London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, n.d.
ResourcesThe Table Talk of Martin Luther
Luther, Martin, 1483–1546 · 1950 · The table talk of Martin Luther... Based on the English translation of William Hazlitt.
ResourcesThe Taming of the Shrew
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 · 1904 · The taming of the shrew... 1904.
ResourcesThe Theological Tractates and The Consolation of Philosophy
Boethius, d. 524 · 1953 · The theological tractates... and The consolation of philosophy... Loeb Classical Library, 1953.
ResourcesThe Theory of Moral Sentiments
Smith’s account of sympathy, judgment, and moral self-command.
ResourcesThe Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements
Euclid · 1956 (Heath trans., Dover) · The standard modern English edition of Euclid’s Elements.
ResourcesThe Triumph of the Cross
Girolamo Savonarola · 1901 (Procter ed.) · Edited with introduction by Rev. Father John Procter. London: Sands & Co., 1901.
ResourcesThe Truth of the Christian Religion
Grotius, Hugo, 1583–1645 · 1777 · The truth of the Christian religion, in six books by Hugo Grotius. Corrected and illustrated with notes by Mr. Le Clerc. Translated into English by John Clarke. London, 1777.
ResourcesThe Whole Familiar Colloquies of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam
Desiderius Erasmus · 1877 (Bailey trans.) · Translated by Nathan Bailey. London: Hamilton, Adams, 1877.
ResourcesThe Works and Correspondence of Edmund Burke
Burke, Edmund, 1729?–1797 · 1852 · The works and correspondence of Edmund Burke. New edition. London, F. & J. Rivington, 1852. 8 v. portraits, facsimiles. 22 cm.
ResourcesThe Works of Hsüntze
Hsün-tzu (Xunzi) · 1928 (Dubs trans.) · Important early English translation of the philosopher Xunzi.
ResourcesThe Works of John Locke
Locke, John, 1632–1704 · 1812 · The works of John Locke. 11th edition. London, Printed for T. Tegg and Son, 1812. 10 v.