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These Terms of Use govern your access to and use of The Great Library of Philosophy (the “Site”). By accessing or using the Site, you agree to comply with these Terms and with applicable laws.
If you do not agree with these Terms, please do not use the Site. These Terms should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Editorial Policy, which explain additional aspects of how the Site operates.
Educational and Informational Purpose
The Great Library of Philosophy is an independent educational and reference project covering philosophy, including philosophers, philosophical concepts, arguments, schools of thought, works, and the history of philosophical ideas.
The information provided on the Site is intended for general educational and informational purposes. It is not professional advice and should not be treated as a substitute for qualified legal, medical, psychological, financial, academic, or other professional advice.
Articles are intended to introduce and explain philosophical subjects. Readers conducting academic or specialized research should consult primary texts, scholarly publications, academic reference works, and other appropriate sources.
Content and Accuracy
We make reasonable efforts to research and maintain the accuracy of information published on the Site. Our approach to research, sourcing, interpretation, updates, and corrections is described in our Editorial Policy.
Philosophy includes genuine scholarly disagreement, competing interpretations, disputed historical claims, and evolving scholarship. Consequently, the Site may contain interpretations or summaries that reflect particular scholarly approaches rather than universally accepted conclusions.
Although we work to identify and correct errors, we do not guarantee that every article will always be complete, current, or entirely free from factual or typographical errors.
If you identify a significant factual error, incorrect attribution, broken source, or other editorial problem, please report it through the contact page.
Intellectual Property
Unless otherwise stated, original text, original design elements, graphics, page layouts, and code created specifically for The Great Library of Philosophy are protected by applicable intellectual-property laws.
Copyright in third-party material remains with its respective copyright holder. Historical philosophical works that are in the public domain remain subject to the rights and conditions applicable to the original work and any separate rights that may exist in a particular edition, translation, reproduction, or digital presentation.
Trademarks, logos, names, and other protected material belonging to third parties remain the property of their respective owners. Their appearance on this Site does not imply ownership, sponsorship, or endorsement by The Great Library of Philosophy.
Permitted Use
You may use the Site for personal, educational, research, and other lawful purposes, subject to these Terms.
- You may read, access, and share links to pages on the Site.
- You may quote reasonable short excerpts from original Site content for purposes such as criticism, commentary, teaching, research, or scholarship, where permitted by applicable law, provided that the source is clearly attributed.
- You may reference or link to our articles without requesting permission solely for creating the link.
- You may not reproduce or republish substantial portions of the Site's original content as your own.
- You may not systematically scrape, mirror, reproduce, or redistribute substantial portions of the Site for commercial or competing purposes without appropriate permission or a legal basis to do so.
- You may not remove or alter copyright notices, attribution, or other rights information attached to protected material.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to restrict rights that you may have under applicable copyright law, including applicable exceptions, limitations, fair dealing, fair use, quotation rights, or other legally protected uses.
Prohibited Activities
You must not use the Site in a way that violates applicable law, interferes with the operation or security of the Site, or attempts to gain unauthorized access to systems or information.
- Do not attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Site, its hosting infrastructure, accounts, or related systems.
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- Do not attempt to overload, disrupt, or interfere with the normal operation of the Site.
- Do not use automated methods to extract substantial amounts of Site content in a manner that violates applicable law, technical restrictions, or these Terms.
- Do not use the Site to engage in unlawful, fraudulent, or abusive activity.
External Links and Third-Party Resources
The Site may contain links to external websites, including academic institutions, libraries, archives, publishers, booksellers, reference works, and other resources.
External links are provided to help readers explore subjects beyond this Site. We do not control the content, availability, security, privacy practices, or terms of external websites.
The presence of a link does not necessarily constitute an endorsement, affiliation, or guarantee of the external website or its content. Readers should review the terms and privacy policies of third-party websites before using their services or providing them with personal information.
Site Availability and Changes
We aim to keep the Site available and functional, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access. Pages may occasionally be unavailable because of maintenance, technical problems, hosting issues, network failures, or circumstances outside our control.
We may modify, update, reorganize, suspend, or discontinue parts of the Site at any time. This may include changing page content, navigation, features, URLs, or other aspects of the Site.
Messages and User Submissions
If you voluntarily send us feedback, corrections, suggestions, or other communications, you remain responsible for the information you provide.
Please do not send confidential information, passwords, financial information, government identification numbers, or other sensitive information unless there is a specific and appropriate reason to do so.
Information submitted to us is handled according to our Privacy Policy.
Disclaimer of Warranties
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Site and its content are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, without warranties or representations of any kind, whether express or implied.
This includes, to the extent permitted by law, warranties concerning accuracy, completeness, availability, reliability, suitability for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude a warranty, right, or protection that cannot lawfully be excluded under applicable law.
Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, The Great Library of Philosophy and the site's author will not be responsible for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or similar losses arising from or related to your use of, or inability to use, the Site.
This limitation applies subject to any rights, remedies, liabilities, or obligations that cannot legally be excluded or limited under applicable law.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to exclude or limit liability where doing so would be unlawful.
Editorial Independence
The Great Library of Philosophy is an independent educational project. It is not an official publication of any philosopher, university, publisher, academic encyclopedia, archive, political organization, religious organization, or other institution mentioned on the Site.
References to philosophers, books, institutions, publishers, websites, or other organizations are provided for educational, historical, or research purposes and should not be interpreted as an endorsement or affiliation unless explicitly stated.
Our approach to research, sourcing, corrections, and editorial independence is described further in our Editorial Policy.
Privacy
Your use of the Site may involve the collection or processing of limited technical or usage information, including through analytics services. The types of information collected and how that information is handled are described in our Privacy Policy.
By using the Site, you acknowledge that you have had an opportunity to review that policy.
Changes to These Terms
We may revise these Terms of Use when the Site, its services, or the circumstances in which it operates change.
The Last updated date displayed at the beginning of this page indicates when the Terms were most recently revised.
When you continue to use the Site after revised Terms have been published, the updated Terms will govern your subsequent use of the Site to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Governing Law
These Terms are intended to be interpreted in accordance with the laws applicable to The Great Library of Philosophy and its operation, including applicable laws of India, subject to any mandatory legal protections or requirements that apply to you in your place of residence.
Nothing in these Terms is intended to remove or restrict any mandatory rights or protections that cannot lawfully be waived or excluded.
Questions concerning the legal application of these Terms to a particular dispute should be addressed to a qualified legal professional.
Severability
If any provision of these Terms is determined to be unlawful, invalid, or unenforceable, that provision will be interpreted or limited to the extent necessary where legally possible, and the remaining provisions will continue to apply.
Contact
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