Philosophers: M

Ernst Mach (1838-1916 CE)
Articles & Web pages Ernst Mach Wikipedia article. Texts & translations The Analysis of Sensations (1897) Chapter One: translated by C M Williams and Sydney Waterlow, provided by Marxists Internet Archive.
Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527 CE)
Articles & Web pages Nicolo Machiavelli Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Niccolò Machiavelli Wikipedia article. Niccolò Machiavelli Introductory article by Garth Kemerling. Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince Alwyn Botha's site devoted to The Prince, with links to texts, introductions, etc. Machiavelli Essay by Thomas Babington Macaulay (from Harvard Classics, Vol. 27), provided by Bartleby.com. Texts & translations Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio (Discourses on the First Ten Books of Titus Livius) Biblioteca Italiana (Italian text) Progetto Machiavelli: Giuseppe Bonghi (Italian text) Romanzieri.com (Italian text with commentary by Francesco Guicciardini) Constitution Society (17th-century translation by Henry Neville) Project Gutenberg (Ninian Hill Thomson translation) Online Library of Liberty (Christian E. Detmold translation) Istorie fiorentine (The Florentine Histories) Biblioteca Italiana (Italian text) eBooks@Adelaide (translator unknown) Project Gutenberg (same unknown translator) Letter to Francesco Vettori No translator acknowledged; provided by Brad DeLong. Il Principe (The Prince) Biblioteca Italiana (Italian text) Liber Liber (Italian text) Constitution Society (W. K. Marriott translation) Alwyn Botha (W. K. Marriott translation) Medieval Sourcebook (W. K. Marriott translation) Project Gutenberg (W. K. Marriott translation) eBooks@Adelaide (W. K. Marriott translation) Bartleby.com (Ninian Hill Thomson translation; Harvard Classics, Vol. 36, Part 1) Online Library of Liberty (Christian E. Detmold translation) Dell'arte della guerra (On the Art of War) Biblioteca Italiana (Italian text) Progetto Machiavelli: Giuseppe Bonghi (Italian text) LibroMania (Italian text) Constitution Society (no translator acknowledged) eBooks@Adelaide (no translator acknowledged) On Reforming the State of Florence No translator acknowledged; provided by the Constitution Society.
John H. McDowell (b.1942 CE)
Articles & Web pages John H. McDowell His (minimalist) Departmental Web page at the University of Pittsburgh. John McDowell Short Wikipedia article. John McDowell Bibliography A Selected Bibliography compiled by Eddie Yeghiayan for the University of California, Irvine. John McDowell: Mind and World Short review (in German), with further reading (some on-line) by Herbert Huber. Texts Reason and NatureLecture and Colloquium in Münster 1999 [PDF] Book edited by Marcus Willaschek, provided (with a brief introduction) by the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster — Philosophisches Seminar.
John Leslie Mackie (1917-81 CE)
Articles & Web pages J. L. Mackie Wikipedia article. Texts The Law of the Jungle: Moral Alternatives and Principles of Evolution Paper provided by the Royal Institute of Philosophy. Persons and Values Extract (originally pubished in Cooperation in Humans and Animals ed. A.M. Colman (1982); provided by the University of the West Indies.
John Macmurray (1891-1976 CE)
John Macmurray Short introduction from "The life and Thought of John Macmurray" by Jack Costello, provided by the Centre for the Study of Scottish Philosophy, University of Aberdeen. John Macmurray Fellowship "The purpose of the John Macmurray Fellowship, which was organised in 1993, is to make more widely known the writings and philosophy of John Macmurray, and to bring together for study and discussion those interested in his life and work." the site has an article, Discovering Macmurray by Philip Hunt, bibliography, and details of the Fellowship's meetings, research, publications, etc. John Macmurray Short Wikipedia article.
John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart (1866-1925 CE)
Articles & Web pages J.M.E. McTaggart Short Wikipedia article. Cambridge Philosophers: McTaggart Article by Peter Geach, provided by the Royal Institute of Philosophy. John (McTaggart Ellis) McTaggart [22 xii 04] Under construction; offers a timeline, bibliographies, including some links and a set of non-HTML Web addresses. Provided by William Sweet. Texts & translations Studies in the Hegelian Dialectic (1896) On-line book provided by J. Carl Mickelson. The Unreality of Time From Mind 17 (1908): pp 456-473; provided by Digital Text International.
Moses ben Maimon (1135-1204 CE) (Maimonides; Rambam)
Articles & Web pages Moses ben Maimon Article by Joseph Jacobs, from the Jewish Encyclopedia. Teaching of Moses Maimonides Article by William Turner, from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Maimonides/Rambam From Joseph Telushkin's Jewish Literacy, provided by the Jewish Virtual Library. Maimonides Wikipedia article. Maimonides Resource Page Page provided by Jonathan Baker, with on-line texts and links to various Maimonides resources. The Mishneh Torah Very useful introduction, with material on the texts, commentaries, a sample translation, etc.; provided by Eliezer Segal (caution: his page plays "music" at you). Maimonides Resources Page of links to various resources, provided by Columbia University's Middle East & Jewish Studies resource page. Maimonides research Institute. This should have been the premier internet site in this section, but it's ludicrously gadget-ridden, depending on Usemaps for its links, and even presenting ordinary text in image files (using a graphics-based browser it's a pain to use, being so graphics heavy and slow). Apparently those using text-based browsers (including the blind and partially sighted) mustn't know about Maimonides... Texts & translations Dalālat al-Ha'rīn (Moreh Nebukhim; Guide for the Perplexed) Internet Sacred Text Archive (translated by Michael Friedländer) extracts on circumcision (translated by Shlomo Pines, provided by the Circumcision Reference Library (no, really)) The Laws and Basic Principles of the Torah (First book of the Mishneh Torah) Translated by Immanuel M. O'Levy, provided by the Internet History Sourcebook project.
Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715 CE)
Articles & Web pages Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Nicolas Malebranche (Tad Schmaltz) Malebranche's Theory of Ideas and Vision in God (Lawrence Nolan) Nicholas Malebranche Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Nicolas Malebranche Article by James Bridge, from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Nicolas Malebranche Introductory article from L'Encyclopédie de L'Agora. Nicolas Malebranche Wikipedia article. Nicolas Malebranche Short article by J J O'Connor and E F Robertson for the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Nicholas Malebranche Introduction from Bill Uzgalis' History of Western Philosophy pages. The Philosophy of Nicolas de Malebranche Introduction from the Radical Academy. Texts & translations On God's Intervention and On Metaphysics No translator acknowledged; provided by the Radical Academy. Also avaiable at the Athenaeum reading Room. De la Recherche de la Véit&eacte; (Research into the Truth) (extracts) Book 3, Chapter 6: That we see all things in God, and Book 6, Part 2, Chapter 6: On the most dangerous error in ancient philosophy; translated by George MacDonald Ross, from his History of Modern Philosophy pages. The Union of Soul and Body (extract) No translator acknowledged; provided by York H. Gunther (California State University).
Ernst Mally (1879-1944 CE)
Mally's Deontic Logic Article by Gert-Jan Lokhorst for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ernst Mally Introduction from Ed Zalta's Metaphysics Research Lab. Ernst Mally Short introduction in German from philosophenlexikon.de.
Ruth Barcan Marcus (b.19?? CE)
Ruth Barcan Marcus Her Yale University Web page. Ruth Barcan Marcus Short Wikipedia article. Ruth Barcan Marcus Bibliography Page provided as part of the Philosophy Bibliographic Resource at the University of California, Irvine. Marcus, Kripke, and the Origin of the New Theory of Reference Paper by Quentin Smith (Western Michigan University), first published in Synthese 104 (1995), pp 179-189, & reprinted in James Fetzer & Paul Humphreys [edd] The New Theory of Reference: Kripke, Marcus and Its Origins (1998), pp 3-12. Marcus and the New Theory of Reference: a Reply to Scott Soames Paper by Quentin Smith (Western Michigan University), first published in Synthese 104 (1995), pp 217-244, & reprinted in James Fetzer & Paul Humphreys [edd] The New Theory of Reference: Kripke, Marcus and Its Origins (1998), pp 37-61.
Harriet Martineau (1802-1876 CE)
Articles & Web pages Harriet Martineau Entry from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica provided by Wikipedia. Harriet Martineau Short introduction from Spartacus Educational. Harriet Martineau Introduction, bibliograohy, and set of links provided by the History of Economic Thought Website. Harriet Martineau Page of links to various resources from the Transcendalists web site. From Gayle Graham Yates (ed.) Harriet Martineau on Women (1985): pp 1-7. Provided by Larry R. Ridener. Harriet Martineau An extended introduction by Linda M. Woolf (I think). Texts Harriet Martineau's Autobiography, Vol. 1 (1877) Provided by the Victorian Women Writers Project Library [Warning: one large file].
Damaris Masham (1659-1708 CE)
Articles & Web pages Lady Damaris Masham Article by Sarah Hutton for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Damaris Masham Article by James G. Buickerood, from The Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century British Philosophers, provided by Thoemmes Press. Lady Damaris Masham Short introduction and bibliography by David Harley. Texts Occasional Thoughts in Reference to a Vertuous or Christian Life Full Books Project Gutenberg
Alexius von Meinong (1853-1928 CE)
Articles & Web pages Alexius Meinong Short Wikipedia article. Alexius Meinong Introduction from Ed Zalta's Metaphysics Research Lab. Alexius Meinong Introduction in German by Uwe Wiedemann (I think), from philosophenlexikon.de. Lycan on Lewis and Meinong A paper of mine, orginally published in the Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society xciii, 1993. Texts & translations Proof of the General Law of Causality (extract as "The Problem of Causality") No translator acknowledged; provided by the Radical Academy.
Meng-zi (c.371-c.289 BCE) (Mengzi, Mang-tsu, Mencius)
All the links have been moved to my own Meng-zi page.
Marin Mersenne (1588-1648 CE)
Articles & Web pages Marin Mersenne Article by C.A. Dubray, from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Marin Mersenne Wikipedia article. Marin Mersenne Short article by J J O'Connor and E F Robertson for the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Luke's Marin Mersenne Page "A collection of pages about, and links to, Marin Mersenne" maintained by Luke Welsh; mostly devoted to Mersenne Primes. Texts & translations The Truth of the Sciences Selections from Book I translated by Michael S. Mahoney (Princeton University).
Julien Offroy de la Mettrie (1709-51 CE)
Julien Offray de La Mettrie Wikipedia article. La Mettrie im LSR-Projekt "ein paraphilosophisches Projekt, nicht in der Zeit aber: an der Zeit" (no, I've no idea what it means either). A German site maintained by Bernd A. Laska. Messy with a text-based browser, but usable. (Also contains material on Max Stirner & Wilhelm Reich.) Julien Offray de la Mettrie English translation of L'homme machine, Frederick the Great's Eulogy, and a bibliography; maintained by Cosma Shalizi at the University of Michigan.
Mary Midgely (b.1919 CE)
Articles & Web pages The Increasingly Official Mary Midgley Webpage Nicholas Matzke's extensive page — offers an introduction, bibliography, and links to on-line papers (mostly dad, I'm afraid [24 xii 04], to secondary literature, and to other resources. Mary Midgley Article from Wikipedia. A Meeting with Mary Midgley Interview-based article by Jo Sutcliffe, from Free Radical. Mary, Mary, quite contrary Profile by Andrew Brown from The Guardian 13th January 2001. Mary Midgley Page from the International Vegetarian Union, offering a few relevant quotations from Beast & Man, Animals and Why They Matter, and a radio talk. Texts Gene-juggling Paper provided by The Royal Institute of Philosophy. Selfish Genes and Social Darwinism Paper provided by The Royal Institute of Philosophy. Trying Out One's New Sword Provided (as a PDF file) by Iranscope News. At war over animals Article from The Tablet 17/02/2001.
Harriet Taylor Mill (1807-1858 CE)
Articles & Web pages Harriet Taylor Mill Article by Dale E. Miller for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Harriet Taylor Mill Wikipedia article. Harriet Taylor Page provided by Spartacus Educational. Harriet Taylor Mill Article from Sunshine for Women. Harriet Taylor Mill-Institut für Ökonomie und Geschlechterforschung "ein Institut der Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft Berlin (Berlin School of Economics). Die FHW Berlin ist die einzige wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Hochschuleinrichtung in Deutschland, die ein solches Institut hat." Texts Enfranchisement of Women (1851) Reprinted from the Westminster and Foreign Quarterly Review, July 1851 Women's History Workshop Sunshine for Women The Claim of Englishwomen to the Suffrage Constitutionally Considered (1867) Reprinted from the Westminster Review; provided by the Victorian Women Writers Project.
John Stuart Mill (1806-73 CE)
Articles & Web pages John Stuart Mill Article by Fred Wilson for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. John Stuart Mill Article from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. John Stuart Mill Wikipedia article. John Stuart Mill Introductory article, plus on-line texts of Utilitarianism, On Liberty, and the Autobiography, from Utlitarian Resources. John Stuart Mill Links Very full page of links, in six languages. John Stuart Mill Short introduction, bibliography, and extensive set of links, provided by the History of Economic Thought website at New School. John Stuart Mill Resource site provided by the Victorian Web, offering essays on a wide range of Mill's works and concerns. John Stuart Mill "The ultimate collection of online works, papers, and biography". Smallish anonymous site, offering abiography, a few on-line texts, links, etc. John Stuart Mill Page provided by Spartacus Educational. In deepest consequence (PDF file) Rather over-long paper of my own — in progress, so comments welcome. Texts Autobiography Utilitarianism Resources University of Texas Bartleby.com (Harvard Classics Vol. 25, Part 1) anonymous site eBooks@Adelaide Bentham Text provided by McMaster University. Considerations on Representative Government University of Texas Constitution Society eBooks@Adelaide An examination of Sir William Hamilton's philosophy and of the principal philosophical questions discussed in his writings Text from Making of America Books. On Liberty Utilitarian Resources University of Texas Bartleby.com (Harvard Classics Vol. 25, Part 2) Bartleby.com (4th ed; London: Longman, Roberts & Green, 1869) anononymous site ebooks@Adelaide Constitution Society Library of Economics and Liberty Online Library of Liberty Hypertext Library of political science and theory On Nature University of Lancaster University of Texas Principles of Political Economy with some of their Applications to Social Philosophy McMaster University Library of Economics and Liberty The Subjection of Women McMaster University University of Texas eBooks@Adelaide Constitution Society Online Library of Liberty A System of Logic: Raciocinative and Inductive Text provided by the University of Texas. Thornton on Labour and Its Claims Text provided by McMaster University. Utilitarianism Utilitarian Resources University of Texas anonymous site eBooks@Adelaide The Utility of Religion Text provided by the University of Texas.
Mo-zi (479-438 BCE) (Mo-tsu)
Articles & Web pages Mohism Article by Chris Fraser for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Mo-zi Wikipedia article. Mozi (Mo Tzu) Introduction and bibliography from Chad Hansen's Mohism pages. Mo Zi and "Universal Love" Article by Diana Lin (Indiana University Northwest). Ethics of Daoism and Mo-zi Part of Sanderson Beck's book Ancient Wisdom and Folly. Texts & translations Stephen C. Angle's Chinese Philosophical Etext Archive Mozi Mohist Canons (later Mohist texts, as reconstructed by A. C. Graham) Mozi Daqu Xiao Qu
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92 CE)
Articles & Web pages Michel de Montaigne Article by Marc Foglia for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Michel-Eyquen de Montaigne Article by Georges Bertrin, from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Michel de Montaigne Extract from Harald Höffding's Histoire de la philosophie moderne from L'Encyclopédie de L'Agora. Michel de Montaigne Wikipedia article. Texts & translations Essais Jean-Jacques Delfour (French text) Montaigne Project (French text) renascence Editions (translated by John Florio [1553-1625]) Bill Uzgalis (translated by Charles Cotton) Project Gutenberg (translated by Charles Cotton) eBooks@Adelaide (translated by Charles Cotton) Boise State University (translated by Charles Cotton) Eserver.org (translated by Charles Cotton)
Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755 CE)
Articles & Web pages Baron de Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat Article by Hilary Bok for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu Article by Antoine Degert, from the Catholic Encyclopedia. Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu Wikipedia article. Texts & translations De l'ésprit des lois (The Spirit of the Laws) McMaster University (French text of Books xx–xxiii, and PDF version of an English translation) Constitution Society (translated by Thomas Nugent, revised by J. V. Prichard) Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline (1734) ConstitutionSociety (anonymous translation, 1734) Constitution Society (translated by by David Lowenthal) Essai sur le goût (1757) Provided by Le Rayon documentaire. Persian Letters (1721) Edited, translated, & introduced by John Davidson; provided by Ronald Schechter (College of William and Mary).
George Edward Moore (1873-1958 CE)
Articles & Web pages George Edward Moore Article by Tom Baldwin for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. George Edward Moore Wikipedia article. George Edward Moore Introduction, bibliography, and oinks from Garth Kemerling's pages. G. E. Moore Introduction by Bart Schultz for The Philosophers' Magazine Philosopher of the Month, July 2003. G.E. Moore's Latest Published Views on Ethics Paper by C. D. Broad, from Mind 70 (1961): pp 435-457); provided by Digital Text International. Texts & translations Principia Ethica (1902) Transcription in progress (currently – 21 xii 04 – up to chapter II); provided by the Fair Use Repository. Papers provided by Digital Text International The Conception of Intrinsic Value (from his Philosophical Studies (1922)) The Nature of Moral Philosophy (from his Philosophical Studies (1922)) The Refutation of Idealism (from Mind 12 (1903))