Social Philosophy
- Plutarch, On Garrulity, 511B-C: "And are not those who indicate by signs, without a word, what must be done,..."
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 2:1: "We were born for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows up..."
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 4:29: "If one does not recognize the contents of the universe is a stranger in it,..."
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 4:33: "So where should a man direct his endeavor? Here only -- a right mind, action..."
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 5:16: "Each creature is made in the interest of another; its course is directed to that..."
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 7:22: "It is human nature to love even those who trip and fall. This follows if..."
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book 7:55: "Every creature must do what follows from its own constitution. The rest of creation is..."
- Vitruvius, De Architectura, Book I, Chapter I, Paragraphs 1-3: "The architect should be equipped with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds..."
- Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy, Book I, Chapter II – Of the Various Kinds of Government: "Desiring, therefore, to discuss the nature of the government of Rome, and to ascertain the..."
- Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses on Livy, Book I, Chapter III – What Kind of Events Gave Rise in Rome to the Creation of Tribunes of the Plebs, Whereby that Republic was Made More Perfect: "Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are too..."
Social philosophy is the study of questions about social behavior and interpretations of society and social institutions in terms of ethical values rather than empirical relations. Social philosophers emphasize the social contexts for political, legal, moral, and cultural questions.