Modern

Materials either from or about the Enlightenment through the 19th century.

Resources in this category:

Charles Darwin
http://www.literature.org/authors/darwin-charles/

Full text versions of "The Origin of Species," "The Voyage of the Beagle," and "The Descent of Man."

D. Anthony Storm's Commentary On Kierkegaard
http://sorenkierkegaard.org/

"This web site is primarily devoted to developing an online commentary on the writings of the nineteenth century existentialist philosopher Søren Aabye Kierkegaard. Also provided are an introduction to Kierkegaard's method of authorship (including a secondary essay) and a Primer on Kierkegaardian Motifs, which serves as an introduction to his thought. Other resources include a brief biography of his life, a chronology, a bibliography, images, and links."

Descartes' Meditations
http://www.wright.edu/cola/descartes/

This resource from the Wright State University Philosophy Department has Descartes' original metaphysical meditations in Latin, French, and English.

Kant on the Web: Kant's Writings on the Web
http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/K1texts.html

A collection of digital versions of some of the German philosopher's writings, both in German and translated into English. Includes "Critique of Practical Reason," "Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics," "Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone," "Metaphysics of Morals," and secondary writings.

The Leeds Hume Project
http://etext.leeds.ac.uk/hume/

A site created by Dr. Peter Millican, David Hume scholar at the University of Leeds. The site contains a complete online version of Hume's "Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding," an introduction to the "Enquiry," a critical survey of the literature on Hume and the "Enquiry," and a small collection of secondary literature on Hume.

The Nietzsche Channel
http://www.geocities.com/thenietzschechannel/ntexteng.htm

This beautiful site, available in English and German, offers a comprehensive publication history, images of original texts, numerous photographs, electronic versions of Nietzshe's texts, information about Nietzsche's music including sheet music, and a nice timeline/biography.

Pensees by Blaise Pascal
http://infomotions.com/etexts/philosophy/1600-1699/pascal-pe...

The "Pensees" of Pascal, translated by W.F. Trotter.

The Perspectives of Nietzsche
http://www.pitt.edu/~wbcurry/nietzsche.html

A selection of Nietzsche's Aphorisms including his views on Christianity, the will to power, philosophy, values and morals, eternal recurrence, Apollo and Dionysus, man, and the ubermensch.

The Spinoza Study
http://home.earthlink.net/~tneff/index.html

This site includes indexed versions with hypertext of the following works of Benedict de Spinoza: "The Ethics, Demonstrated in Geometrical Order," "On the Improvement of the Understanding," and "The Theological-Political Treatise, Correspondence." A split-frame mode of presentation allows viewing of two different areas of documents at the same time.