Primary Sources in Print and Online
Primary sources--such as original documents, letters, diaries, interviews, works of art, and oral histories, can often be found collected in print volumes. University Libraries has a wide array of print primary sources in its collection. Below is a sample of some of the resources that you can find but remember, this is only a sample, so use Start Your Research to find more or Ask a Librarian for help!
Kant: the Metaphysics of Morals
The Metaphysics of Morals is Kant's final major work in moral philosophy. In it, he presents the basic concepts and principles of right and virtue and the system of duties of human beings as such.
Call Number: B2785.E5 G7413 1996
Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks
For over a century, the Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard (1813-55) has been at the center of a number of important discussions, concerning not only philosophy and theology, but also, more recently, fields such as social thought, psychology, and contemporary aesthetics, especially literary theory.
Call Number: Ebook
On Liberty and the Subjection of Women by
A prodigiously brilliant thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age, the political and social radical John Stuart Mill was the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century. Each essay first published separately: On liberty, in 1859; The subjection of women, in 1869.
Call Number: JC585 .M6 1873Publication Date: 1873
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects
Written by Mary Wollstonecraft, this book is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. In it, Wollstonecraft responds to those educational and political theorists of the 18th century who did not believe women should have an education. Also available in print: Tisch Book Stacks HQ1596 .W6 1967
Call Number: Available as an Ebook In Early American Imprints DatabaseThe War Diaries of Jean-Paul Sartre Presents a series of notes on philosophy, literature, politics, history and autobiography that anticipate the themes of Sartre's later masterpieces.
Call Number: Alkek In-House Storage, Floor 4 PQ2637.A82 Z46313 1985
