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Ideas and society discoveryB / RCReading & discovery
Research discovery / preview requiredBurke, Edmund, 1729-1797; Newsom, Sidney Carleton, 1863- [Editor]
Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America — English source edition. Subject: United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
Philosophy, society and educationC / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Charmides through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begi...
Philosophy, society and educationD / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedHume, David, 1711-1776
Explore Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under...
Philosophy, society and educationE / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedRousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778
Explore Emile through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Education -- Early works to 180...
Philosophy, society and educationE / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Euthydemus through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Beg...
Philosophy, society and educationE / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Euthyphro through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begi...
Philosophy, society and educationG / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Gorgias through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin...
Philosophy, society and educationL / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Laches through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begin w...
Philosophy, society and educationL / RCReading & discovery
Sixth form / teacher-selectedPlato, 428? BCE-348? BCE; Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-1893 [Translator]
Explore Laws through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Political science -- Early works...
History and journeys discoveryL / RCReading & discovery
Research discovery / preview requiredSt. John de Crèvecoeur, J. Hector, 1735-1813; Blake, Warren Barton, 1883-1918 [Commentator]
Letters from an American Farmer — English source edition. Subject: Nantucket (Mass.).
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...
Philosophy, society and educationL / RCReading & discovery
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...
German language discoveryM / RCReading & discovery
Research discovery / preview requiredMachiavelli, Niccolò, 1469-1527
Macchiavellis Buch vom Fürsten — German source edition. Subject: State, The -- Early works to 1800.
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...
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 Symposium through a focused reading session. Project Gutenberg’s catalogue records this English-language edition under “Classical literature”. Begi...
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