Bibliographical Note

by Bertrand Russell

　　BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTEThe student who wishes to acquire an elementary knowledge of philosophywill find it both easier and more profitable to read some of the works ofthe great philosophers than to attempt to derive an all-round view fromhandbooks. The following are specially recommended:

　　Plato: Republic, especially Books VI and VII. Descartes: Meditations. Spinoza: Ethics. Leibniz: The Monadology. Berkeley: Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous. Hume: Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Kant: Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysic.