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Knowledge, Meaning & Political Thought
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Independent digital catalogue
YERVU Philosophy & Ethics Library
The YERVU Philosophy & Ethics Library offers a collection of 97 public-domain books by 114 authors. Works are organized into categories including Knowledge, Meaning & Political Thought, Thought, Character & Human Nature, and Physics in Theory and Practice. This library aims to make these works available for reading and study.
97 public-domain works114 represented authorsSource-attributed catalogue records
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Thought, Character & Human Nature
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Physics in Theory and Practice: Texts & Context
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
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Knowledge Meaning Political Thought Context: Works & Persp
A focused group of public-domain works connected by subject, literary setting and recurring questions.
Philosophy & Ethics — Editor’s Selection
A closer look
Collection Spotlight
One work and three nearby readings from the current catalogue.
Selected from the current catalogue
A Beginner's History of Philosop...
This work offers one entry point into the authors, subjects and source types represented in the current catalogue.
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The ethics of Hercules — Context...
In Knowled...
The game of life and how to play...
In Thought...
Our Changing Morality: A Symposi...
In Knowled...
A Vision of the Future, Based on...
In Knowled...
Philosophumena; or, The refutati...
In Knowled...
The History of Philosophy in Isl...
In Knowled...
The Philosophy and Theology of A...
In Knowled...
Philosophumena; or, The refutati...
In Knowled...
Routes through the collection
Reading Paths
Four routes into the collection for readers approaching the catalogue with different questions.
Begin with Knowledge, Meaning & Political ThoughtOpen a focused route to works connected with Knowledge, Meaning & Political Thought.Explore Thought, Character & Human NatureCompare authors, source types and recurring questions within Thought, Character & Human Nature.Read through Physics in Theory and Practice: Texts & ContextMove from introductory records to related works in Physics in Theory and Practice: Texts & Context.Browse Knowledge Meaning Political Thought Context: Works & PerspUse this theme as a starting point for nearby catalogue records in Knowledge Meaning Political Thought Context: Works & Persp.
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Catalogue stewardship
Nathaniel Fitzgerald
Senior Catalogue Editor
Maintains catalogue records for the philosophy and ethics collection. Records source attribution for each book. Organizes metadata and assigns categories. Prepares editorial context and reviews submitted corrections.
