ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1949, Croce’s essays on political, philosophic and aesthetic subjects, selected from both his earlier and later writings possess a remarkable underlying unity. The political essays which form a major part of this volume display a criticism, either direct or implied of the mass creeds and movements that subordinate the individual to history. They combine a passionate belief in liberty with critical and historical judgment.

part |39 pages

Discourses On Philosophy

chapter 1|10 pages

My Philosophy

chapter 2|16 pages

The Moral Problem of Our Time

part |80 pages

Philosophy of Politics

chapter 4|3 pages

Unpolitical Man

chapter 5|9 pages

The State as Friend and as Enemy

chapter 6|4 pages

An Essay in Communist Philosophy

chapter 8|5 pages

The Idea of Classes as Real Entities

chapter 9|4 pages

Aristocracy and the Masses

chapter 10|5 pages

Political Truth and Popular Myths

chapter 11|4 pages

Liberalism and Democracy 1

chapter 12|12 pages

Justice and Liberty

chapter 13|2 pages

Liberty and Revolution

chapter 14|4 pages

The Theory of Liberty Once More

chapter 15|2 pages

Justice as a Legal Conception

chapter 16|3 pages

Peace and War

chapter 17|5 pages

The Idealisation of War

chapter 18|2 pages

Patriotism: A Disused Word 1

chapter 19|4 pages

Denationalisation of History

part |36 pages

Problems of Ethics and Aesthetics

chapter 21|3 pages

Art as the form of Pure Knowledge

chapter 23|5 pages

The Conflict of Duties

chapter 24|9 pages

Manual Work and Work of The Mind

part |50 pages

Philosophy of History

part |26 pages

Various Thoughts

chapter 30|2 pages

Sexuality and Spirituality

chapter 31|2 pages

Our Debt To Thought

chapter 32|1 pages

The ‘Eternal Problems’

chapter 33|2 pages

Eternal Truth

chapter 34|1 pages

‘The Final Philosophy’

chapter 35|1 pages

‘Eternal Life’

chapter 37|8 pages

Soliloquy of an Old Philosopher