Source desk
Follow the argument beyond this site.
Every flagship guide exposes its own citations in context. This consolidated desk makes the main reference set easier to inspect.
How to read the list
Primary texts are used for historical wording and cases. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy and Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entries are used to map debates and further reading. A link is evidence of consultation, not an endorsement by the linked institution.
Reference desk
Consolidated references
- 01Plutarch, Life of Theseus, section 23
Primary ancient source for the maintained ship.
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- 05Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy
Primary text for the dream and deceiver arguments.
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- 14Plato, Symposium
Primary text containing several dramatic accounts of love, not one simple doctrine.
- 15Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII
Primary text on friendship.
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- 18Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Simone de Beauvoir
Useful for freedom, situation and responsibility toward others.
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