PLATO: THE REPUBLIC / THE MEDITATIONS OF DESCARTES

Regarding Bertrand Russell (Nobel Laureate,1950) in “The Problems of Philosophy” (1912), Bibliographical Note:
The student who wishes to acquire an elementary knowledge of philosophy will find it both easier and more profitable to read some of the works of the great philosophers than to attempt to derive an all-round view from handbooks. The following are specially recommended:
Plato: Republic, especially Books VI and VII.
Descartes: Meditations.
Spinoza: Ethics.
Leibniz: The Monadology.
Berkeley: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous.
Hume: Enquiry concerning Human Understanding.
Kant: Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics.

About the Series “Elementary Knowledge of Philosophy”:

Volume 1
PLATO: THE REPUBLIC / THE MEDITATIONS OF DESCARTES
Annotated by:
THE PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY by Bertrand Russel.
Chapter I. APPEARANCE AND REALITY
Chapter II. THE EXISTENCE OR MATTER
Chapter III. THE NATURE OF MATTER
Chapter IV. IDEALISM
Chapter V. KNOWLEDGE BY ACQUAINTANCE AND KNOWLEDGE BY DESCRIPTION


Volume 2
SPINOZA: THE ETHICS / LEIBNIZ: THE MONADOLOGY. / BERKELEY: THREE DIALOGUES BETWEEN HYLAS AND PHILONOUS.
Annotated by:
THE PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY by Bertrand Russel.
Chapter VI.ON INDUCTION
Chapter VII.ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Chapter VIII.HOW A PRIORI KNOWLEDGE IS POSSIBLE
Chapter IX.THE WORLD OF UNIVERSALS
Chapter X.ON OUR KNOWLEDGE OF UNIVERSALS


Volume. 3
HUME: ENQUIRY CONCERNING HUMAN UNDERSTANDING./ KANT: PROLEGOMENA TO ANY FUTURE METAPHYSICS.
Annotated by:
THE PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY by Bertrand Russel.
Chapter XI.ON INTUITIVE KNOWLEDGE
Chapter XII.TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD
Chapter XIII.KNOWLEDGE, ERROR, AND PROBABLE OPINION
Chapter XIV.THE LIMITS OF PHILOSOPHICAL KNOWLEDGE
Chapter XV.THE VALUE OF PHILOSOPHY