Lord Kames : legal and social theorist / by Rahmatian, Andreas, 1967-

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John Witherspoon's American Revolution / by Mailer, Gideon

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Enlightenment and religion between Scotland and America -- "A road to distinction very different from that of his more successful companions": Augustinian piety in Witherspoon's Scotland -- "Of local and temporary reformation, local and occasional depravation": Kirk divisions and American prospects at midcentury -- "The bulwark of the religion and liberty of America": Presbyterian revivalism and American higher education before Witherspoon -- "All the conclusions drawn from these principles must be vague": American moral philosophy after Witherspoon -- "When their fathers have fallen asleep": domestic culture, public virtue, and the power of language -- "Every one of them full of the old Cameronian resisting sentiments": piety, Anglo-Scottish union, and American independence -- "How far the magistrate ought to interfere in matters of religion": public faith and the ambiguity of political representation after 1776 -- "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature of man": John Witherspoon, James Madison, and the American Zion": Presbyterian moral philosophy and educational conflict during the nineteenth century.…”
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Religion, family, and community in Victorian Canada : the Colbys of Carrollcroft / by Van Die, Marguerite

Table of Contents: “…A world in transition : God, idenitity, and family -- Redefining family identity : the convergence of moral philosophy, romanticism, and evangelical religion -- Faith, hope, and charity : religion, women, and the new economic order -- Time, faith, energy : religion and the spirit of capitalism -- Nurture and education : the Christian home -- Family, community, and religion -- Protestants, social harmony, and moral order.…”
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David Ricardo : an intellectual biography / by Cremaschi, Sergio, 1949-

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Archytas of Tarentum : Pythagorean, philosopher, and mathematician king / by Huffman, Carl A.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Preface; chapter i Life, writings and reception; chapter ii The philosophy of Archytas; chapter iii The authenticity question; chapter i Fragment 1; chapter ii Fragment 2; chapter iii Fragment 3; chapter iv Fragment 4; chapter i Testimonia for Archytas' life, writings and reception; chapter ii Moral philosophy and character; chapter iii Geometry: The duplication of the cube; chapter iv Music; chapter v Metaphysics; chapter vi Physics; chapter vii Miscellaneous testimonia; Appendix 1 Spurious writings and testimonia.…”
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The culture of enlightening : Abbé Claude Yvon and the entangled emergence of the Enlightenment / by Burson, Jeffrey D.

Table of Contents: “…The culture of enlightening en Sorbonne and the formation of Claude Yvon -- Into the midcentury maelstrom: Claude Yvon between Sorbonne and the encyclopédistes -- The Encyclopédie and the polarization of enlightening culture in France -- Yvon the encyclopédiste I: metaphysics, logic, and the history of philosophy -- Yvon the encyclopédiste II: immortality, immateriality, and an Abbé's dalliance with vitalistic materialism -- Yvon the encyclopédiste III: moral philosophy, practical theology, and the problem of evil -- Yvon in exile, 1752/1762 -- The return from exile, circa 1762/1768 -- The quest to harmonize philosophy and religion: the first attempt, 1762/1768 -- Out of the ashes? …”
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The Case of Terri Schiavo : Ethics, Politics, and Death in the 21st Century /

Table of Contents: “…Cranford -- Crossing the borderlands at nightfall : new issues in moral philosophy and faith at the end of life / Laurie Zoloth -- Disability rights and wrongs in the Terri Schiavo case / Lawrence J. …”
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Brill's companion to George Grote and the classical tradition /

Table of Contents: “…Gibbins -- Bentham, Mill, Grote, and an analysis of the influence of natural religion on the temporal happiness of mankind / Catherine Fuller -- A regular politician in breeches : the life and work of Harriet Lewin Grote / Sarah Richardson -- Grote's Athens : the character of democracy / James Kierstead -- The comparative approach in Grote's History of Greece / Peter Liddel -- Grote's Sparta/Sparta's Grote / Paul Cartledge -- Grote's Plato / Catherine Zuckert -- The Sophists in context : George Grote's reappraisal / Giovanni Giorgini -- Grote on Alexander the Great / Pierre Briant -- Grote on Aristotle's Logic / Robin Smith -- Grote's moral philosophy and its context / Jerome B. Schneewind -- Appendix: George Grote on James Mill's "Government" / transcribed and edited by Antis Loizides.…”
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The rise of political economy in the Scottish enlightenment /

Table of Contents: “…Andrew Fletcher's criticism of the commercial civilization and his plan for European federal union / Shigemi Muramatsu -- Policy debate on economic development in Scotland: the 1720's to the 1730's / Gentaro Seki -- Morality, polity and economy in Francis Hutcheson / Toshiaki Ogose -- Robert Wallace and the Irish and Scottish Enlightenment / Yoshio Nagai -- The ancient-modern controversy in the Scottish Enlightenment / Yasuo Amoh -- Hume's political economy as a system of manners / Tatsuya Sakamoto -- The 'Scottish Triangle' in the shaping of political economy: David Hume, Sir James Steuart, and Adam Smith / Ikuo Omori -- Adam Smith's politics of taxation: reconsideration of the image of 'Civilized Society' in the Wealth of Nations / Keiichi Watanabe -- The main themes and structure of Moral Philosophy and the formation of Political Economy in Adam Smith / Shoji Tanaka -- Civilization and history in Lord Kames and William Robertson / Kimihiro Koyanagi -- Liberty and Equality: Liberal Democratic Ideas in John Millar / Hideo Tanaka -- Dugald Stewart at the final stage of the Scottish Enlightenment: natural jurisprudence, political economy and the science of politics / Hisashi Shinohara -- Adam Smith in Japan / Hiroshi Mizuta.…”
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An imaginative Whig : reassessing the life and thought of Edmund Burke /

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Wisdom in nonsense : invaluable lessons from my father / by O'Neill, Heather

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Thomas Hobbes / by Höffe, Otfried

Table of Contents: “…The Laws of Nature; 9.2. A Moral Philosophy?; 9.3. The Original Contract; 9.4. Absolute Authority; 9.5. …”
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The Suspicion of Virtue : Women Philosophers in Neoclassical France / by Conley, John J.

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