The Classical Moralists

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English · 1909 · 34h 16m · Political Science, Essays & Short Works

The book is virtually a history of ethics, based not upon the ordinary description of systems, but upon selections from the original sources and upon translations of the authors themselves. It is sought, so far as is practicable, to present by means of the case method the most distinctive and constructive features in the ethical systems of the successive moralists. The evolution of ethical thought is thereby revealed, stripped of its controversial material, from Socrates to Martineau. Such a work, it is hoped, will prove indispensable as a text-book of required reading, alike for the historical and for the systematic study of ethics in the universities. - Summary by Preface

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Preface 12:43 Read by George Banfield
Socrates (469 — 399 B. C.) Part 1 15:29 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Socrates (469 — 399 B. C.) Part 2 23:05 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Socrates (469 — 399 B. C.) Part 3 13:50 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Plato (427 — 347 B. C.) Part 1 5:45 Read by ShrimpPhish
Plato (427 — 347 B. C.) Part 2 41:57 Read by tingreads
Plato (427 — 347 B. C.) Part 3 17:43 Read by earlyryeser
Aristotle (384 — 324 B. C.) Title 1:05 Read by InTheDesert
Aristotle (384 — 324 B. C.) Part 1 16:05 Read by jonbuder
Aristotle (384 — 324 B. C.) Part 2 20:24 Read by jonbuder
Aristotle (384 — 324 B. C.) Part 3 21:14 Read by jonbuder
Aristotle (384 — 324 B. C.) Part 4 15:18 Read by jonbuder
Aristotle (384 — 324 B. C.) Part 5 15:37 Read by jonbuder
Zeno (356 — 264 B. C.) Part 1 26:05 Read by Owlivia
Zeno (356 — 264 B. C.) Part 2 27:06 Read by Owlivia
Epicurus (341 — 270) Part 1 27:56 Read by Tom Shoesmith
Epicurus (341 — 270 B. C.) Part 2 15:23 Read by jenno
Titus Lucretius Carus (95 — 51 B. C.) 23:57 Read by jonbuder
Epictetus (60 A. D. —?) Part 1 19:14 Read by tingreads
Epictetus (60 A. D. —?) Part 2 11:55 Read by ShrimpPhish
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 — 180) Part 1 16:48 Read by JamesTStone
Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121 — 180) Part 2 29:15 Read by Owlivia
Plotinus (205 — 270) Part 1 22:22 Read by jonbuder
Plotinus (205 — 270) Part 2 16:23 Read by jonbuder
Saint Augustine (354 — 430) 26:15 Read by Rosemary McDonald (1938-2025)
Peter Abelard (1079 — 1142) 14:22 Read by jenno
Thomas Aquinas (1225 — 1274) Part 1 21:55 Read by Owlivia
Thomas Aquinas (1225 — 1274) Part 2 18:14 Read by Owlivia
Hugo Grotius (1583 — 1645) 17:22 Read by Owlivia
Thomas Hobbes (1588 — 1679) Part 1 21:27 Read by jonbuder
Thomas Hobbes (1588 — 1679) Part 2 19:42 Read by Vickii
Ralph Cudworth (1617 — 1688) Part 1 18:31 Read by Vickii
Ralph Cudworth (1617 — 1688) Part 2 12:41 Read by Vickii
Henry More (1614 — 1687) 12:14 Read by Vickii
Richard Cumberland (1631 — 1718) 23:41 Read by Vickii
Baruch De Spinoza (1632 — 1677) Part 1 20:32 Read by Owlivia
Baruch De Spinoza (1632 — 1677) Part 2 19:19 Read by Roxby
Baruch De Spinoza (1632 — 1677) Part 3 19:23 Read by Roxby
Baruch De Spinoza (1632 — 1677) Part 4 25:18 Read by Roxby
Nicolas Malebranche (1638 — 1715) 21:41 Read by Vickii
John Locke (1632 — 1704) Part 1 11:45 Read by Peter Tucker
John Locke (1632 — 1704) Part 2 23:30 Read by Peter Tucker
Samuel Clarke (1675 — 1729) 27:33 Read by G Kent
Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671 — 1713) Part 1 29:00 Read by Marie Christian
Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671 — 1713) Part 2 28:57 Read by Marie Christian
Third Earl of Shaftesbury (1671 — 1713) Part 3 14:09 Read by Marie Christian
Bernard De Mandeville (1670 — 1733) 17:23 Read by Owlivia
William Wollaston (1660 — 1724) Part 1 22:58 Read by Will
William Wollaston (1660 — 1724) Part 2 10:20 Read by Will
Joseph Butler (1692 — 1752) Part 1 21:41 Read by InTheDesert
Joseph Butler (1692 — 1752) Part 2 23:16 Read by InTheDesert
Joseph Butler (1692 — 1752) Part 3 13:01 Read by InTheDesert
Francis Hutcheson (1694 — 1747) Part 1 15:26 Read by Owlivia
Francis Hutcheson (1694 — 1747) Part 2 25:57 Read by Owlivia
Francis Hutcheson (1694 — 1747) Part 3 19:54 Read by Owlivia
David Hartley (1705 — 1757) 22:37 Read by G Kent
David Hume (1711 — 1776) Part 1 13:45 Read by Denis Gagné
David Hume (1711 — 1776) Part 2 21:59 Read by Denis Gagné
Adam Smith (1723 — 1790) Part 1 23:38 Read by Kazbek
Adam Smith (1723 — 1790) Part 2 14:53 Read by Kazbek
Adam Smith (1723 — 1790) Part 3 23:51 Read by Kazbek
Adam Smith (1723 — 1790) Part 4 20:29 Read by Vickii
Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715 — 1771) 19:17 Read by G Kent
William Paley (1743 — 1805) 9:28 Read by ShrimpPhish
Jeremy Bentham (1748 — 1832) Part 1 30:47 Read by NickM
Jeremy Bentham (1748 — 1832) Part 2 20:04 Read by NickM
Jeremy Bentham (1748 — 1832) Part 3 19:42 Read by NickM
Richard Price (1723 — 1791) Part 1 20:12 Read by Holly Mansfield
Richard Price (1723 — 1791) Part 2 9:00 Read by Holly Mansfield
Thomas Reid (1710 — 1796) Part 1 15:29 Read by G Kent
Thomas Reid (1710 — 1796) Part 2 22:07 Read by G Kent
Immanuel Kant (1724 — 1804) Part 1 16:09 Read by Owlivia
Immanuel Kant (1724 — 1804) Part 2 42:40 Read by Owlivia
Immanuel Kant (1724 — 1804) Part 3 18:50 Read by Owlivia
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 — 1814) Part 1 14:18 Read by G Kent
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 — 1814) Part 2 19:36 Read by G Kent
Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762 — 1814) Part 3 17:55 Read by G Kent
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 — 1831) Part 1 21:02 Read by Denis Gagné
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 — 1831) Part 2 12:03 Read by Denis Gagné
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 — 1831) Part 3 27:57 Read by Denis Gagné
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 — 1860) Part 1 26:30 Read by Peter Tucker
Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 — 1860) Part 2 6:51 Read by Peter Tucker
Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798 — 1854) Part 1 23:58 Read by G Kent
Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798 — 1854) Part 2 11:34 Read by G Kent
Friedrich Eduard Beneke (1798 — 1854) Part 3 18:16 Read by G Kent
John Stuart Mill (1806 — 1873) Part 1 37:01 Read by Owlivia
John Stuart Mill (1806 — 1873) Part 2 25:47 Read by Owlivia
John Stuart Mill (1806 — 1873) Part 3 21:54 Read by Owlivia
Herbert Spencer (1820 — 1903) Part 1 30:25 Read by James Bleckley
Herbert Spencer (1820 — 1903) Part 2 25:02 Read by James Bleckley
Herbert Spencer (1820 — 1903) Part 3 15:36 Read by James Bleckley
Henry Sidgwick (1838 — 1900) Part 1 17:46 Read by dporter3744
Henry Sidgwick (1838 — 1900) Part 2 23:45 Read by NateHeard
Francis Herbert Bradley (1846 — ) Part 1 19:29 Read by G Kent
Francis Herbert Bradley (1846 — ) Part 2 26:18 Read by G Kent
Francis Herbert Bradley (1846 — ) Part 3 14:33 Read by G Kent
Thomas Hill Green (1836 — 1882) Part 1 20:04 Read by G Kent
Thomas Hill Green (1836 — 1882) Part 2 18:10 Read by G Kent
Thomas Hill Green (1836 — 1882) Part 3 16:30 Read by G Kent
James Martineau (1805 — 1900) Part 1 22:52 Read by Vickii
James Martineau (1805 — 1900) Part 2 32:22 Read by Vickii
James Martineau (1805 — 1900) Part 3 29:35 Read by Vickii