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Philosophical Tutorials for College Preparation and General Study

David Hume,
18th century Scottish Philosopher.

Renee Descartes,
17th century French Philosopher.

Plato and Aristotle,
in Raphael's "School of Athens.

The Death of Socrates
from Plato's dialouge the Crito.

Immanuel Kant,
18th century German Philosopher.

Required Texts for an Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics

After you register for a class it will be necessary to order the books corresponding to the class you selected. There are many places to buy books, some links have been provided at the end of this page but this is certainly not an exhaustive list. It is quite possible to order used books for the class as well to reduce the cost but this can be a bit of a gamble if the book is severely damaged. Nonetheless the used books I have ordered in past have all been in very good shape so this is certainly a viable option. The most important thing is to make sure the ISBN number, or the number at the end of each book's information is the same as the books you are ordering. The tutorials should work with any edition of the texts but have been designed with these specific editions in mind so it is best to match the ISBN numbers below with the books you are buying.

Before and After Socrates, by F.M. Cornford, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 0-521-09113-6 (buy at Amazon).

Nicomachean Ethics, by Aristotle, translated by Terence Irwin, Hackett Publishing, 1999 ISBN: 0872204642 (buy at Amazon).

Utilitarianism, by John Stuart Mill, Hackett Publishing, 2nd 2001 edition ISBN: 0-87220-605-X (buy at Amazon).

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, by David Hume, edited by Eric Steinberg, Hackett Publishing, 2nd edition, 1993, ISBN: 0-872-20229-1 (buy at Amazon).

Some Thoughts on Thinking, by Jonathan Finch, University Press of America, 2002, ISBN: 0-7618-2315-8 (buy at Amazon).

A few Links to some places to buy Books that should have all the books for the classes, other sites can be used, these are merely suggestions, please be sure to match the ISBN numbers or the numbers at the end of the information for each book with the one(s) you are ordering as the study guides will work best with these exact editions. Other editions should work as well but the page numbers may differ, etc.