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1. Plato2. Aristotle

3. Cicero4. Augustine

5. Nicolo Machiavelli6. Hugo Grotius

7. !omas Hobbes8. Benedict de Spinoza

9. David Hume10. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

11. Immanuel Kant12. !omas Malthus

13. G. W. F. Hegel14. Jeremy Bentham

15. Arthur Schopenhauer16. John Stuart Mill

17. Karl Marx18. Friedrich Nietzsche

19. Max Weber20. Jeanne Randolph

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Colophon:A compendium of the usage of good and evil in twenty texts on ethics. Each text is superimposed on itself, so that the entire book is presented on a single page. !e size of font is reduced based on the absolute length of the original text, while intensity of colour is reduced based on relative length. Translations have been used for texts wri"en in languages other than English.

Source texts:Plato, "e #epublic, translated by Benjamin Jowe"Aristotle, "e Nichomachean Ethics, translated by Samuel ButcherCicero, Treatise on the Laws, translated by Francis BarhamAugustine, "e Confessions, translated by Edward Bouverie PuseyNicolo Machiavelli, "e Prince (and other writings), translated by W. K. Marrio"Hugo Grotius, "e Rights of War and Peace, translated by A. C. Campbell!omas Hobbes, "e LeviathanBenedict de Spinoza, "e Ethics, translated by R. H. M. ElwesDavid Hume, A Treatise of Human NatureJean-Jacques Rousseau, "e Social Contract, translated by G. D. H. ColeImmanuel Kant, Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals, translated by T. K. Abbo"!omas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of PopulationG. W. F. Hegel, "e Phenomenology of Spirit, translated by J. B. BaillieJeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and LegislationArthur Schopenhauer, Essays on Human Nature, translated by T. Bailey SaundersJohn Stuart Mill, On LibertyKarl Marx, Capital, Volume 1, translated by Samuel Moore and Edward AvelingFriedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, translated by Helen ZimmernMax Weber, "e Protestant Ethic, translated by Talco" Parsons #Jeanne Randolph, "e Ethics of Luxury

All source texts are in the public domain but for the Jeanne Randolph, which has been used with kind permission of the author – thanks, Jeanne. Good $ Evil has been set in Arno, an oldstyle serif designed by Robert Slimbach. !e Toronto Arts Council was instrumental in funding the development of this book.

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