[open-humanities] Help needed finding electronic editions of public domain philosophy texts

Sam Leon sam.leon at okfn.org
Mon Feb 6 10:20:12 UTC 2012


@Philippe - that's a very useful way into Wikisource's philosophy
collections that I didn't know about - thanks for the heads up.

I will be adding many of those those works on the Google Doc this Tuesday
between 5 and 7pm (GMT).

Sam

On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Philippe Aigrain <
philippe.aigrain at sopinspace.com> wrote:

> I guess you have already explored:
> http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Category:Philosophy
> and the corresponding category in other languages.
>
> Apologies if I missed the mention in an earlier message.
>
> Philippe Aigrain
>
> Le 03/02/2012 17:48, David Clark a écrit :
> > Here are a few ideas. I've only ever read translations of the following.
> > Since I can't read the original languages, I'm sure somebody else can
> > better hunt down original language editions of these texts. (While I'm
> > on the topic, I'd like to throw in a vote for including public domain
> > translations when possible.) Most of these ideas are brushing the
> > surface of significant traditions -- many more authors could be added to
> > each of those (especially Christian and Chinese philosophy).
> >
> >     * Diogenes Laertius' /Lives of Philosophers/
> >     * Some pre-Socratics: Parmenides, Anaxagoras, Empedocles, Heraclitus
> >     * Stoics: Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca
> >     * Epicureans: Epicurus and Lucretius
> >     * A few significant Christian philosophers: Augustine, Gregory of
> >       Nyssa, William of Ockham, Martin Luther
> >     * Ancient Chinese philosophers: Confucius, Mencius, Mozi, Laozi,
> >       Zhuangzi, Xun Zi
> >     * Sigmund Freud
> >
> > David
>
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