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Philosophy, society and educationL / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedWollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797
Explore Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records th...
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Sixth form / teacher-selectedHobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679
Explore Leviathan through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Political science -- Early...
Philosophy, society and educationL / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Lysis through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin wi...
Philosophy, society and educationM / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Meno through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin wit...
Philosophy, society and educationN / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedBacon, Francis, 1561-1626; Devey, Joseph, 1823-1897 [Editor]
Explore Novum organum through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Science -- Methodology...
Philosophy, society and educationP / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Parmenides through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Beg...
Philosophy, society and educationP / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Phaedo through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin w...
Philosophy, society and educationP / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Phaedrus through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin...
Philosophy, society and educationP / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Philebus through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin...
Philosophy, society and educationP / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedAristotle, 385 BCE-323 BCE; Ellis, William, 1730-1801 [Translator]
Explore Politics: A Treatise on Government through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Po...
Ideas and society discoveryP / RCReading & discovery
Research discovery / preview requiredMulcaster, Richard, 1530?-1611; Quick, Robert Hebert, 1831-1891 [Contributor]
Positions — English source edition. Subject: Education -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy, society and educationP / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Protagoras through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Beg...
Philosophy, society and educationS / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedLocke, John, 1632-1704
Explore Second Treatise of Government through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Politic...
Philosophy, society and educationS / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Statesman through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begi...
Philosophy, society and educationS / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Symposium through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begi...
Philosophy, society and educationT / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedBacon, Francis, 1561-1626; Morley, Henry, 1822-1894 [Editor]
Explore The Advancement of Learning through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Logic --...
Philosophy, society and educationT / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedAristotle, 385 BCE-323 BCE; Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir, 1863-1952 [Translator]
Explore The Athenian Constitution through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical l...
Philosophy, society and educationT / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedAristotle, 385 BCE-323 BCE; Edghill, E. M. (Ella Mary), 1881-1964 [Translator]
Explore The Categories through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Categories (Philosophy...
Philosophy, society and educationT / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedBunyan, John, 1628-1688
Explore The Jerusalem Sinner Saved; or, Good News for the Vilest of Men through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this Engli...
Philosophy, society and educationT / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedBunyan, John, 1628-1688
Explore The Pharisee and the Publican through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Pharise...
Philosophy, society and educationT / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedRousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778; Cole, G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard), 1889-1959 [Translator]
Explore The social contract & discourses through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Econ...
Philosophy, society and educationT / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Theaetetus through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Beg...
Philosophy, society and educationT / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedSwift, Jonathan, 1667-1745; Morley, Henry, 1822-1894 [Editor]
Explore Three Prayers and Sermons through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Church of E...
Philosophy, society and educationT / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Timaeus through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin...
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