early works to 1800

Contains a translation of the key Buddhist text that follows a Buddhist priest and student as they guide a deceased person into afterlife, chronicling the progress of the soul through death and rebirth in three stages.

Examines Isaac Newton's "Principia," and demonstrates how it sets out Newton's approach to science.

Plato examines the nature of justice and other topics such as imitative poetry in this philosophical work depicting a dialogue between Socrates--representing Plato--and several other thinkers.

Plato examines the nature of justice and other topics such as imitative poetry in this philosophical work depicting a dialogue between Socrates--representing Plato--and several other thinkers. Includes an introduction by translator Desmond Lee, explanatory notes, and a selected bibliography.

Presents Jonathan Edwards famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" initially preached at the church in Enfield, Connecticut, on July 8, 1741.

Presents sixth-century philosopher Sun Tzu's thoughts on war, in which he discusses the laying of plans, the actual waging of war, and the value of negotiation.

Presents the text of the controversial sermon preached by Jonathan Edwards to an Enfield, Connecticut congregation in 1741, in which he characterized man as being "held in the hand of God, over the pit of hell...".

Presents fifteenth-century Italian leader Niccolo Machiavelli's treatise on political power, statecraft, and the qualities of the ideal ruler.

Thomas Paine often declared himself a citizen of the world. This Norton Critical Edition presents Paine and his writing within the transatlantic and global context of the revolutionary ideas and actions of his time.