The History of Philosophy
The History of Philosophy

Author: A. C. Grayling

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2019-06-20

Total Pages: 559

ISBN-13: 0241980860

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AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE, THIS LANDMARK WORK IS THE FIRST SINGLE-VOLUME HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY SHARED FOR DECADES 'A cerebrally enjoyable survey, written with great clarity and touches of wit' Sunday Times The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and teachings of some of the most creative minds known to humanity. But there has been no comprehensive history of this great intellectual journey since 1945. Intelligible for students and eye-opening for philosophy readers, A. C. Grayling covers with characteristic clarity and elegance subjects like epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, logic, and the philosophy of mind, as well as the history of debates in these areas, through the ideas of celebrated philosophers as well as less well-known influential thinkers. The History of Philosophy takes the reader on a journey from the age of the Buddha, Confucius and Socrates. Through Christianity's dominance of the European mind to the Renaissance and Enlightenment. On to Mill, Nietzsche, Sartre, then the philosophical traditions of India, China and the Persian-Arabic world. And finally, into philosophy today.

A History of Ancient Philosophy
A History of Ancient Philosophy

Author: Karsten Friis Johansen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-06-20

Total Pages: 727

ISBN-13: 1134798253

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Translated into English for the first time, A History of Ancient Philosophy charts the origins and development of ancient philosophical thought.

The Principles of History
The Principles of History

Author: Robin George Collingwood

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 0198237030

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The original text of this uncompleted work has only recently been discovered and is accompanied here by Collingwood's shorter writings on historical knowledge and inquiry. Besides containing entirely new ideas, these incredible writings discuss many of the issues which Collingwood famously raised in The Idea of History and in his Autobiography. This book also includes a lengthy editorial introduction that puts Collingwood's writings in their context and discusses the philosophical questions they initiate. --from publisher description.

A History of Ancient Philosophy I
A History of Ancient Philosophy I

Author: Giovanni Reale

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1987-01-01

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 9780887062926

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Beginning with the origins of Western philosophy, the profound creation of the Hellenic genius, Reale presents an appreciation of the Naturalists, the Sophists, Socrates, and the Minor Socratics. Special attention is paid to the Eleatics because their problems decisively mark Platonic and Aristotelian philosophy. Interpretation of the Sophists benefits from the recent reevaluation of their thought. Socrates himself would be inconceivable without the Sophists since he is one of them. Socrates is given major prominence. Plato, Aristotle, and all of Hellenistic philosophy are deeply impregnated with his words and spirit. The teachings of the Minor Socratics are interpreted as one-sided reductions of the pluralistic values of Socratic thought and as anticipations of some issues that explode later in the Hellenistic Age. There are two appendices. The first concerns Orphism and contains a series of documents indispensable for the comprehension of some aspects of pre-Socratic and Platonic thought. The second explains the key to understanding the message of the Greeks--the message of "theorein".

History of Philosophy
History of Philosophy

Author: Julian Marias

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-10-02

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 0486121933

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Thorough and lucid survey of Western philosophy from pre-Socratics to mid 20th century — major figures, currents, trends. Valuable section on contemporary philosophy — Brentano, Ortega, Heidegger, others. "Brevity and clarity of exposition..." — Ethics.

A Little History of Philosophy
A Little History of Philosophy

Author: Nigel Warburton

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2011-10-25

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 0300177542

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Presents an introduction to the ideas of major Western philosophers, including Aristotle, Augustine, John Locke, and Karl Marx.