The Philosophy Teaching Library
@thephillibrary.bsky.social
A Collection of Introductory Primary Texts
📚 User-Friendly, Accessible Readings
🌎 Open Educational Resource
✏️ Founded by Wes Siscoe & Paul Blaschko
🔗 https://philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/
📚 User-Friendly, Accessible Readings
🌎 Open Educational Resource
✏️ Founded by Wes Siscoe & Paul Blaschko
🔗 https://philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/
*New Promo Video*
In the coming months, we will be adding videos to our website that walk students and instructors through the resources we offer along with the benefits of reading great philosophical texts. Link below!
In the coming months, we will be adding videos to our website that walk students and instructors through the resources we offer along with the benefits of reading great philosophical texts. Link below!
October 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
*New Promo Video*
In the coming months, we will be adding videos to our website that walk students and instructors through the resources we offer along with the benefits of reading great philosophical texts. Link below!
In the coming months, we will be adding videos to our website that walk students and instructors through the resources we offer along with the benefits of reading great philosophical texts. Link below!
*New Article*
Why Be Good? The City and the Soul
Plato’s Republic, Book 2
Why Be Good? The City and the Soul
Plato’s Republic, Book 2
October 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
*New Article*
Why Be Good? The City and the Soul
Plato’s Republic, Book 2
Why Be Good? The City and the Soul
Plato’s Republic, Book 2
*New Article*
What Can I Know? Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Preface A and B
What Can I Know? Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Preface A and B
October 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
*New Article*
What Can I Know? Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Preface A and B
What Can I Know? Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Preface A and B
ICYMI: New article on Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France by @tristanjrogers1.bsky.social! (link and abstract in comments)
September 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
ICYMI: New article on Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France by @tristanjrogers1.bsky.social! (link and abstract in comments)
*New Article* from Cal Poly professor Dr. Todd Long
You Are Who You Remember
John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book 2, Chapter 27
You Are Who You Remember
John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book 2, Chapter 27
September 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
*New Article* from Cal Poly professor Dr. Todd Long
You Are Who You Remember
John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book 2, Chapter 27
You Are Who You Remember
John Locke's An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book 2, Chapter 27
*New Article*
The People’s Property and the Common Good
Cicero's On the Republic, Book I
The People’s Property and the Common Good
Cicero's On the Republic, Book I
September 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
*New Article*
The People’s Property and the Common Good
Cicero's On the Republic, Book I
The People’s Property and the Common Good
Cicero's On the Republic, Book I
More money, more problems.
The Institute for Humane Studies has awarded the Philosophy Teaching Library $10,000 to add articles on foundational texts in the classical liberal tradition. Now we just have to find some authors.
The Institute for Humane Studies has awarded the Philosophy Teaching Library $10,000 to add articles on foundational texts in the classical liberal tradition. Now we just have to find some authors.
August 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
More money, more problems.
The Institute for Humane Studies has awarded the Philosophy Teaching Library $10,000 to add articles on foundational texts in the classical liberal tradition. Now we just have to find some authors.
The Institute for Humane Studies has awarded the Philosophy Teaching Library $10,000 to add articles on foundational texts in the classical liberal tradition. Now we just have to find some authors.
*New Article*
Change from Within: Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (link in comments)
Change from Within: Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (link in comments)
August 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
*New Article*
Change from Within: Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (link in comments)
Change from Within: Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (link in comments)
ICYMI: New article on immortality in Plato’s Phaedo by Dr. Athanasia Giasoumi! (link and abstract in comments)
August 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
ICYMI: New article on immortality in Plato’s Phaedo by Dr. Athanasia Giasoumi! (link and abstract in comments)
*New Article*
Knowing Your Own Mind
Descartes’ Meditations, Meditation 2 (link below)
Knowing Your Own Mind
Descartes’ Meditations, Meditation 2 (link below)
April 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
*New Article*
Knowing Your Own Mind
Descartes’ Meditations, Meditation 2 (link below)
Knowing Your Own Mind
Descartes’ Meditations, Meditation 2 (link below)
April 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
ICYMI: New article on the Allegory of the Cave by Cleveland State professor Dr. Michael Wiitala!
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/alle...
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/alle...
April 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
ICYMI: New article on the Allegory of the Cave by Cleveland State professor Dr. Michael Wiitala!
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/alle...
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/alle...
*New Article*
Pleasure, Happiness and the Moral Life: Mill’s Utilitarianism, Chapter 2
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/plea...
Pleasure, Happiness and the Moral Life: Mill’s Utilitarianism, Chapter 2
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/plea...
March 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
*New Article*
Pleasure, Happiness and the Moral Life: Mill’s Utilitarianism, Chapter 2
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/plea...
Pleasure, Happiness and the Moral Life: Mill’s Utilitarianism, Chapter 2
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/plea...
ICYMI:
New article on Epictetus’s Enchiridion from Scott Aikin!
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/stoi...
New article on Epictetus’s Enchiridion from Scott Aikin!
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/stoi...
March 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
ICYMI:
New article on Epictetus’s Enchiridion from Scott Aikin!
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/stoi...
New article on Epictetus’s Enchiridion from Scott Aikin!
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/stoi...
*New article*
The Good Life and How to Live It: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book I
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/the-...
The Good Life and How to Live It: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book I
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/the-...
February 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
*New article*
The Good Life and How to Live It: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book I
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/the-...
The Good Life and How to Live It: Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book I
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/the-...
We're at it again. $4,000 won from @apaphilosophy.bsky.social to advertise and publicize the Philosophy Teaching Library
Should be able to get exactly one ad on X for this
Should be able to get exactly one ad on X for this
February 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We're at it again. $4,000 won from @apaphilosophy.bsky.social to advertise and publicize the Philosophy Teaching Library
Should be able to get exactly one ad on X for this
Should be able to get exactly one ad on X for this
*New Article*
Stoic Life, Perfection, and Invincibility – Epictetus’s Enchiridion
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/stoi...
Stoic Life, Perfection, and Invincibility – Epictetus’s Enchiridion
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/stoi...
February 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
*New Article*
Stoic Life, Perfection, and Invincibility – Epictetus’s Enchiridion
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/stoi...
Stoic Life, Perfection, and Invincibility – Epictetus’s Enchiridion
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/stoi...
ICYMI: New article on Aquinas’s Five Ways! Brought to us by Samford University’s very own Dr. Emily McCarty
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/five...
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/five...
January 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
ICYMI: New article on Aquinas’s Five Ways! Brought to us by Samford University’s very own Dr. Emily McCarty
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/five...
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/five...
With those funds, we hired Dan Goers of Creatography to fashion a logo - one that would both capture the classical feel of the content the Library covers but with a bold, fresh design. From there, as they say, the rest is history.
January 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
With those funds, we hired Dan Goers of Creatography to fashion a logo - one that would both capture the classical feel of the content the Library covers but with a bold, fresh design. From there, as they say, the rest is history.
How the Library (Logo) Came to Be
In the fall of 2023, the Library was awarded a grant from the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social's Berry Fund for Public Philosophy. We want to bring philosophy not just to students and instructors, but to the general public.
In the fall of 2023, the Library was awarded a grant from the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social's Berry Fund for Public Philosophy. We want to bring philosophy not just to students and instructors, but to the general public.
January 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
How the Library (Logo) Came to Be
In the fall of 2023, the Library was awarded a grant from the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social's Berry Fund for Public Philosophy. We want to bring philosophy not just to students and instructors, but to the general public.
In the fall of 2023, the Library was awarded a grant from the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social's Berry Fund for Public Philosophy. We want to bring philosophy not just to students and instructors, but to the general public.
*New Article*
Five Ways to God
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/five...
Does God exist? The philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas answers this question in the affirmative, giving not one, not two, but FIVE arguments for God’s existence. Do they work? Only you can decide.
Five Ways to God
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/five...
Does God exist? The philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas answers this question in the affirmative, giving not one, not two, but FIVE arguments for God’s existence. Do they work? Only you can decide.
January 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
*New Article*
Five Ways to God
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/five...
Does God exist? The philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas answers this question in the affirmative, giving not one, not two, but FIVE arguments for God’s existence. Do they work? Only you can decide.
Five Ways to God
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/five...
Does God exist? The philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas answers this question in the affirmative, giving not one, not two, but FIVE arguments for God’s existence. Do they work? Only you can decide.
*New Article*
The Allegory of the Cave
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/art.../alleg...
Pursuing the truth might be uncomfortable, but Plato’s famous allegory challenges us to examine our beliefs and find out whether we have been living in the dark for all this time. Ready to leave the cave behind?
The Allegory of the Cave
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/art.../alleg...
Pursuing the truth might be uncomfortable, but Plato’s famous allegory challenges us to examine our beliefs and find out whether we have been living in the dark for all this time. Ready to leave the cave behind?
January 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
*New Article*
The Allegory of the Cave
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/art.../alleg...
Pursuing the truth might be uncomfortable, but Plato’s famous allegory challenges us to examine our beliefs and find out whether we have been living in the dark for all this time. Ready to leave the cave behind?
The Allegory of the Cave
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/art.../alleg...
Pursuing the truth might be uncomfortable, but Plato’s famous allegory challenges us to examine our beliefs and find out whether we have been living in the dark for all this time. Ready to leave the cave behind?
ICYMI: New Article on Leibniz’s theory of Pre-Established Harmony
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/pre-...
A big thanks to Dr. @tobiasflattery.bsky.social of
@wakeforest.bsky.social!
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/pre-...
A big thanks to Dr. @tobiasflattery.bsky.social of
@wakeforest.bsky.social!
December 18, 2024 at 8:15 PM
ICYMI: New Article on Leibniz’s theory of Pre-Established Harmony
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/pre-...
A big thanks to Dr. @tobiasflattery.bsky.social of
@wakeforest.bsky.social!
philolibrary.crc.nd.edu/article/pre-...
A big thanks to Dr. @tobiasflattery.bsky.social of
@wakeforest.bsky.social!