In Philosophy, primary sources can include:
Philosophical texts, treatises, meditations
Personal narratives, diaries, memoirs, correspondence, letters
Speeches
Search in the Library Catalogue and enter the philosopher you want to read as an author, or the work you want to read as a title.
Examples:
Author: Beauvoir, Simone de
Title: Diary of a Philosophy Student
For prolific philosophers, try using an Advanced Search to specify both title and author.
Author: Plato Title: Republic
Author: Confucius Title: Analects
If you are looking for works in translation, limit by language, eg:
Author: Aristotle Language: English
Author: Spinoza, Benedictus de
Language: English
If you are looking for a short treatise by a specific philosopher, look for the collected works of that philosopher, eg:
Author: Wittgenstein Title: Works
- using the title word "Works" will give you English translations
Search the Library to find books and ebooks by your Philosopher.
⇒ Use limits to narrow down by language, author, format, etc. Examples:
Provides Latin texts from Antiquity to the twentieth century.
Provides Latin texts taken directly from existing editions.
Provides simultaneous searching of three databases: Library of Latin Texts Series A & B and Aristoteles Latinus Database.
Contains the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina, published between 1844 and 1855, and the four volumes of indexes published between 1862 and 1865.