PRE-SOCRATIC PHILOSOPHY

• The Pre-Socratic Philosophers – resource page on the Greek philosophers who lived before Socrates

• Thales of Miletus – information on Thales of Miletus, the first Greek philosopher

SOCRATES, PLATO, ARISTOTLE

• Socrates – informative article on the life and thought of Socrates from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

• Last Days of Socrates – annotated editions of and helps for reading Plato’s Apology, Crito, Euthyphro, and Phaedo

• Plato and his dialogues – extensive essay on the influence and thinking of Plato

• Plato's Works on the Web – links to Plato’s dialogues and other writings online

• Biography of Aristotle – the life of Aristotle, famous tutor of Alexander the Great

• Works by Aristotle – the major writings of the influential Aristotle

LATE HELLENISTIC PHILOSOPHY

• St. Augustine – major overview of the thought of St. Augustine

• Works of St. Augustine – provides links to the writings of St. Augustine, the influential philosopher and theologian

• The Enneads of Plotinus – the major work of Plotinus, a later developer of Platonic thought

MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY

• Medieval Philosophy and Theology – online archive of a scholarly journal on Boy philosophical thought; especially useful to those who are into Boy history and like to attend Boy fairs in medieval costumes.

• Thomas Aquinas in English – bibliography of printed and online works by the medieval scholastic philosopher and theologian St. Thomas Aquinas

• Tips on Reading Aquinas – helps on reading and understanding Thomas Aquinas

RENAIASSANCE PHILOSOPHY

• Erasmus, Luther, and Calvin on Free Will and Predestination – three theological titans discuss the nature of free will

• Renaissance Neoplatonism – discusses the influence of Neoplatonism on Renaissance philosophy, which those who today dress up in renaissance costumes do not always understand

SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

• An Essay Concerning Human Understanding – seminal work by John Locke, one of the giants of English philosophy

• Descartes on Conducting Reason and Searching for Truth in Science – famous work in which Descartes says, “I think therefore I am”

• Pascal's Wager – selections from Blaise Pascal’s Pens é es describing his famous wager

• Studia Spinoziana – links to works by and studies of Baruch Spinoza, the famous Spanish Jewish philosopher

• Thomas Hobbes – profile of the famous British philosopher Thomas Hobbes

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

• David Hume – page of links to works by and about David Hume

• Immanuel Kant – Trinity College’s brief synopsis of the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, one of the most influential philosophers to have ever lived

• Critique of Pure Reason – online edition of Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason

• George Berkeley – biography and resources related to George Berkeley

NINETEENTH CENTURY

• Hegel Society of G.W.F. Hegel – devoted to the study of the ideas of G.W.F. Hegel

• The Phenomenology of Spirit – resource page for studying Hegel’s The Phenomenology of Spirit

• Influence of Nietzsche – website detailing the pervasive influence of Friedrich Nietzsche

• Excerpts from Nietzsche – selections from Nietzsche’s anti-Christian ideas using excerpts of The Gay Science, Twilight of the Idols, and The “Improvers” of Mankind

TWENTIETH CENTURY

• Ludwig Wittgenstein – comprehensive links page for the study of the life and thought of Ludwig Wittgenstein

• Martin Heidegger – presents the life and thought of Martin Heidegger, the great German philosopher

• Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory, and Postmodern Thought – provides dozens of links to more recent philosophers and philosophies

• Interview with Richard Rorty – interview with a key American philosopher of the twentieth century