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John Stuart Mill was one of the most influential liberal thinkers of his time. He was a writer, philosopher, and economist of the nineteenth century whose works ranged from politics to women's suffrage. In his most famous work, On Liberty, Mill discusses limiting the power that society can wield over the individual. ..

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A New Way to Pay Old Debts is a social comedy that features the villainous character Sir Giles Overreach, a cruel and calculating man who deliberately reduces his nephew, Frank Wellborn, to poverty. The plot revolves around duping Overreach to restore Wellborn's claim and to arrange the marriage of Overreach's daughter to her beloved ...

John Stuart Mill's most famous work, Utilitarianism, aims to defend utilitarianism in ethics. It is one of the most influential works of its kind...

Le Tartuffe is one of Molière's most famous plays, but he received much criticism for it because of its depiction of the Catholic Church. The main character, Tartuffe, is a scheming hypocrite who pretends to be extremely religious in order to con Orgon out of his money...

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In Representative Government, John Stuart Mill, a nineteenth-century political economist and philosopher, calls for Parliamentary and voting reforms. ..

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Drawn from his Lectures and Manual, Epictetus's Golden Sayings stress the importance of self-reliance, the brotherhood of Man, and the power to endure...

Written by John Milton, Comus tells the story of two brothers and their sister who lose their way in a forest. The sister is tricked by Comus, the god of festivity, but is then rescued by the Attendant Spirit. ..

Published in 1644, during the English Civil War, Areopagitica was Milton's passionate argument for Parliament to repeal the Licensing Ordinance of June 14, 1643, which stated that no book was to be published unless it was approved by an authorized officer. He identified censorship with the Papal Inquisition and argued that people should be allowed to decide for themselves whether or not a book is good or evil...

In this play by Euripides, Andromache, has been the concubine of Neopotolemus for ten years and has borne his son, Molossus. The wife of Neoptolemus, Hermione, is childless and believes Andromache to be the cause of her barrenness. Resentment inspires Hermione to plot the murder of Andromache and her son. The two are spared when Orestes, who has killed Neoptolemus, arrives and carries Hermione away...

The Spirit of Laws is the masterpiece of French political philosopher Montesquieu, the founder of comparative politics. He analyzed a variety of political institutions, dividing them into three categories: republics, monarchies, and despotisms. In addition, he advocated a separation of legislative, executive, and judicial powers, following the English model. This work would later influence the English Declaration of the Rights of Man and the United States Constitution...

A tale of madness, murder, and despair centers on Heracles, who journeys to the Underworld to fetch his dog Cerberus. Upon his return, he finds that his wife and children are in danger of being murdered by Lycus, who has overthrown the king. Heracles rescues his family and kills Lycus, but then his mind breaks and he is driven to murder his loved ones. Once he recovers from his madness and realizes what he’s done, he falls into despair. ..