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Philosophy, Psychology, and Religion
John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XVIII - Essays on Politics and Society Part I (On Liberty)
Vol. 18 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on politics, including his reviews of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America and his book On Liberty.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, in 33 vols.
*The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill *consists of 33 volumes which contain the writings of one of the leading classical liberals of the 19th century. Mill wrote works of political economy, philosophy, history, political theory, and corresponded with many of the leading figures of his day. The collection also includes the speeches he gave as a member of parliament and many volumes of his newspaper articles.
Open the reader →David Hume
A Treatise of Human Nature (1896 ed.)
Hume’s first major work of philosophy was published in 1739 when he was just 28 years old. It is made up of three books entitled “Of the Understanding”, “Of the Passions”, and “Of Morals”. In the book he uses his sceptical rationalism to create an ambitious “science of man”.
Open the reader →Herbert Spencer
Essays: Scientific, Political, and Speculative, vol. 3
Volume 3 of a three volume collection of Spencer’s essays which cover political philosophy, sociology, science, and current affairs.
Open the reader →Herbert Spencer
Essays: Scientific, Political and Speculative, Vol. 1
Volume 1 of a three volume collection of Spencer’s essays which cover political philosophy, sociology, science, and current affairs.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVIII - Public and Parliamentary Speeches Part I November 1850 - November 1868
Vol. 28 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s electoral and parliamentary speeches from 1865-1868, including those on the right of women to vote, the Reform Bill, the riots in Jamaica, India, and smoking in railway carriages.
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The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXII - Newspaper Writings December 1822 - July 1831 Part I
Vol. 22 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s newspaper articles from 1822-1831, including many on the French Revolution of 1830 and the series called The Spirit of the Age.
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The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXI - Essays on Equality, Law, and Education (Subjection of Women)
Vol. 21 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on the law, women and children, the American Civil War, and his book on The Subjection of Women. It also contains in the Appendix Harriet Taylor’s works On Marriage and the Enfranchisement of Women.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume I - Autobiography and Literary Essays
Vol. 1 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s autobiography and some literary essays mostly from the 1830s.
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The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume X - Essays on Ethics, Religion, and Society (Utilitarianism)
Vol. 10 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on religion and moral philosophy as well as his works on Utilitarianism and Auguste Comte.
Open the reader →Plato
The Dialogues of Plato, vol. 1 (Charmides, Lysis, Laches, Protagoras, Euthydemus, Cratylus, Phaedrus, Ion, Symposium)
Volume 1 (with 9 dialogues) of a 5 volume edition of Plato by the great English Victorian Greek scholar, Benjamin Jowett. The scholarly apparatus is immense and detailed. The online version preserves the marginal comments of the printed edition and has links to all the notes and comments provided by Jowett.
Open the reader →Herbert Spencer
Essays: Scientific, Political and Speculative, Vol. 2
Volume 2 of a three volume collection of Spencer’s essays which cover political philosophy, sociology, science, and current affairs.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXX - Writings on India
Vol. 30 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s longer writings on India. Some parliamentary speeches and newspaper articles can be found in other volumes.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXIX - Public and Parliamentary Speeches Part II July 1869 - March 1873
Vol. 29 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s electoral and parliamentary speeches from 1869-1873, including women’s suffrage education, and land reform. It also includes an essay by Helen Taylor on War and Peace.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVII - Journals and Debating Speeches Part II
Vol. 27 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s diaries of his walking tours 1827-32, a diary from 1854 and other material from the early 1820s.
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The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXVI - Journals and Debating Speeches Part I
Vol. 26 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s juvenile writings from the 1820s such as journals, notebooks, and debating speeches.
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The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXV - Newspaper Writings December 1847 - July 1873 Part IV
Vol. 25 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s newspaper articles from 1847-1873, including a number of electoral reform and the revolution in Hungary.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXIV - Newspaper Writings January 1835 - June 1847 Part III
Vol. 24 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s newspaper articles from 1835-1847, including many on the Bank Charter and the Condition of Ireland.
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The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXIII - Newspaper Writings August 1831 - October 1834 Part II
Vol. 23 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s newspaper articles from 1831-1834, including many on the French Revolution of 1830 and a number on the Poor Law Report.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XVII - The Later Letters of John Stuart Mill 1849-1873 Part IV
Vol. 17 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s letters written between 1869-1873.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XVI - The Later Letters of John Stuart Mill 1849-1873 Part III
Vol. 16 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s letters written between 1865-1868.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XV - The Later Letters of John Stuart Mill 1849-1873 Part II
Vol. 15 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s letters written between 1856-1864.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XIV - The Later Letters of John Stuart Mill 1849-1873 Part I
Vol. 14 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s letters written between 1849-1855.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XIII - The Earlier Letters of John Stuart Mill 1812-1848 Part II
Vol. 13 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s letters written between 1838-1848 with an Introdcution by F.A. Hayek.
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The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XII - The Earlier Letters of John Stuart Mill 1812-1848 Part I
Vol. 12 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s letters written between 1812-1837.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XI - Essays on Philosophy and the Classics
Vol. 11 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on philosophy, Plato, Aristotle, and the history of Greece.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume VIII - A System of Logic Ratiocinative and Inductive Part II
Vol. 8 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Part 2 of Mill’s System of Logic. It contains chapters on fallacies, methodology of the social sciences, and the science of history.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume VII - A System of Logic Ratiocinative and Inductive Part I
Vol. 7 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Part 1 of Mill’s System of Logic. It contains chapters on reasoning, induction, the laws of nature, causation, and disbelief.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume VI - Essays on England, Ireland, and the Empire
Vol. 6 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on contemporary political issues, including his essay Reorganization of the Reform Party.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume IV - Essays on Economics and Society Part I (Essays on Unsettled Qs)
Vol. 4 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on economic topics, including the collection Essays on Some Unsettled Questions of Political Economy.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume IX - An Examination of William Hamilton’s Philosophy
Vol. 9 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s book on William Hamilton’s philosophy.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXXII - Additional Letters of John Stuart Mill
Vol. 32 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains letters by Mill which were left out of earlier volumes and a full list of correspondents, and of persons and works cited in the letters.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XXXI - Miscellaneous Writings
Vol. 31 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Mill’s writings on botany and reviews of medical books. It also contains his edition of Bentham’s Rationale of Judicial Evidence and his father’s Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XX - Essays on French History and Historians
Vol. 20 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays and book reviews about French history.
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The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume XIX - Essays on Politics and Society Part 2 (Considerations on Rep. Govt.)
Vol. 19 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on politics and his book *Considerations on Representative Government.*
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The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume V - Essays on Economics and Society Part II (Chapters of Socialism)
Vol. 5 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains a number of Mill’s essays on economic topics, including the Chapters on Socialism.
Open the reader →John Stuart Mill
The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volume II - The Principles of Political Economy with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy (Books I-II)
Vol. 2 of the 33 vol. Collected Works contains Part 1 of Mill’s Principles of Political Economy.
Open the reader →Herbert Spencer
Essays: Scientific, Political and Speculative, 3 vols.
A three volume collection of Spencer’s essays which cover political philosophy, sociology, science, and current affairs.
Open the reader →David Hume
Enquiries Concerning the Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Morals
Two of David Hume’s most important works of moral philosophy, epistemology, and psychology which together were supposed to make up Hume’s “science of man”. They are a revised version of his earlier work <i>A Treatise of Human Nature</i> which appeared in 1739.
Open the reader →Jeremy Bentham
An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
One of Bentham’s most important works in which he develops his theory of ‘utility’ at considerable length and discusses how the penal system (especially punishments) could be based on this theory. One of the founding texts of the 19th century school of Utilitarianism. Another copy of [this book](https://www.econlib.org/library/Bentham/bnthPML.html) can be found in HTML format at our sister website [Econlib](https://www.econlib.org/).
Open the reader →Plato
The Dialogues of Plato, in 5 vols (Jowett ed.)
A 5 volume edition of Plato by the great English Victorian Greek scholar, Benjamin Jowett. The scholarly apparatus is immense and detailed. The online version preserves the marginal comments of the printed edition and has links to all the notes and comments provided by Jowett.
Open the reader →Averroes (Ibn Rushd)
The Philosophy and Theology of Averroes
A collection of Averroes’ shorter works on religion, including the relation between religion and philosophy, the nature of eternal knowledge, and methods of argument and faith.
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