Produced by Kevin Handy, John Hagerson, Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: Plato] THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS JOINT EDITORS ARTHUR MEE Editor and Founder of the Book of Knowledge J. A. HAMMERTON Editor of Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia VOL. XIV PHILOSOPHY (CONTINUED) ECONOMICS WM. H. WISE & CO. _Table of Contents_ PORTRAIT OF PLATO _Frontispiece_ PHILOSOPHY (_continued_) HEGEL, G.W.F. PAGE The Philosophy of History 1 HUME, DAVID Essays, Moral and Political 13 KANT, IMMANUEL The Critique of Pure Reason 24 The Critique of Practical Reason 34 LEWES, GEORGE HENRY A History of Philosophy 45 LOCKE, JOHN Concerning the Human Understanding 56 MONTAIGNE Essays 64 PLATO The Apology, or Defence of Socrates 75 The Republic 84 SCHOPENHAUER The World as Will and Idea 99 SENECA, L. ANNÆUS On Benefits 109 SPENCER, HERBERT Education 120 Principles of Biology 133 Principles of Sociology 145 SPINOZA, BENEDICT DE Ethics 160 ECONOMICS BELLAMY, EDWARD Looking Backward 173 BENTHAM, JEREMY Principles of Morals and Legislation 186 BLOCH, JEAN The Future of War 199 BURKE, EDMUND Reflections on the Revolution in France 212 COMTE, AUGUSTE A Course of Positive Philosophy 224 GEORGE, HENRY Progress and Poverty 238 HOBBES, THOMAS The Leviathan 249 MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO The Prince 261 MALTHUS, T.R. On the Principle of Population 270 MARX, KARL Capital: A Critical Analysis 282 MILL, JOHN STUART Principles of Political Economy 294 MONTESQUIEU The Spirit of Laws 306 MORE, SIR THOMAS Utopia Nowhere Land 315 PAINE, THOMAS The Rights of Man 324 ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES The Social Contract 337 SMITH, ADAM Wealth of Nations 350 * * * * * A Complete Index of THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOOKS will be found at the end of Volume XX. _Acknowledgment_