To reduce download times, stuffed copies of these texts have been prepared. Most of these links point directly to the original archive, so if they don't work, check their site first.
Philosopher | Title | Text | Stuffed |
Aristotle | Athenian Constitution | 146K | 51K |
Aristotle | Nicomachean Ethics | 478K | 156K |
Aristotle | Politics | 506K | 173K |
John Locke | Second Treatise of Government | 321K | 111K |
J.S. Mill | On Liberty | 288K | 105K |
Plato | Crito | 36K | N/A |
Plato | The Republic | 682K | 237K |
Despite the relative ease of searching philosophical texts online for certain key words, often thery were translated by different people, resulting in very different vocabularies used. However, usually only one translation makes it onto the Internet. Often, a library will provide more variety.
There, I've said my piece.