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Author: J. Baggini
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012-04-13
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780230296626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigned for complete beginners, Philosophy: Key Texts is an introduction to philosophy and gives a clear, readable overview of some of the major texts of Plato, Descartes, Hume, Mill and Nietzsche. As well as providing help in how to analyze these sources, the authors encourage the reader to question the arguments and positions presented.
Author: Rachel Poulton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2021-10-05
Total Pages: 127
ISBN-13: 1632281341
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you want to know your Socrates from your Sartre and your Confucius from your Kant, strap in for this whirlwind tour of the highlights of philosophy. Including accessible primers on: The early Ancient Greek philosophers and the ‘big three’: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle Key schools of philosophy and their impact on modern life Insights into the main questions philosophers have explored over the years: Who am I? What is the meaning of life? Do I have free will? Practical applications for the theories of Descartes, Kant, Wollstonecraft, Marx, Nietzsche and many more. This illuminating little book will introduce you to the key thinkers, themes and theories you need to know to understand how human ideas have sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today.
Author: Thomas L. Pangle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 451
ISBN-13: 1107006074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book introduces readers to analytical interpretation of seminal writings and thinkers in the history of political thought, including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Bible, Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Bacon, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, Marx, and Nietzsche. Chronologically arranged, each chapter in the book is devoted to the work of a single thinker. The selected texts together engage with 2000 years of debate on fundamental questions, which include: What is the purpose of political life? What is the good life, for us as individuals, and for us as a political community? What is justice? What is a right? Do human beings have rights? What kinds of human virtues are there and which regimes best promote them? The difficulty of accessing the texts included in this volume is the result not only of their subtlety but also of the dramatic change in everyday life. The authors shed light on the texts' vocabulary and complexities of thought and help students understand and weigh the various interpretations of each philosopher's thought. • Accessible interpretive essays on the greatest texts in the history of political thought, from Plato to Nietzsche. • Includes key passage plus a succinct discussion that glosses the text, examines later-day interpretations, and guides students in forming their own interpretations. • Allows students to learn from, rather than only about, each thinker, and to apply their thought to the present day.
Author: James Garvey
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2006-12-24
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780826490544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA witty and intelligent introduction to the top twenty philosophy books of all time
Author: Steven M. Cahn
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 532
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes selections from Plato, Boethius, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, David Hume, Kierkegaard, William James, Anthony Flew, accompanied by modern essays.
Author: Oliver Leaman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-09-11
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1134689055
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKey Concepts in Eastern Philosophy provides an extensive glossary of the main terms and concepts used in Eastern philosophy. The book includes definitions of philosophical ideas linked to the national traditions of: * Persia * India * Islamic world * China * Japan * Tibet including concepts from: * Zoroastrianism * Hinduism * Sufism * Islam * Confucianism * Shintoism * Taoism * Buddhism Each entry includes a guide for further reading and critical analysis, and is cross-referenced with associated concepts and is in easy-to-use A-Z format.
Author: Samuel Guttenplan
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Published: 2002-11-01
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780631234388
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis flexible introductory textbook explores several key themes in philosophy, and helps the reader learn to engage with the key arguments by introducing and analysing a selection of classic readings. Fully integrated introductory text with readings for beginning students of philosophy. Each chapter focusses on a core philosophical topic, and contains an introduction to the topic, 2 classic readings and interactive commentaries on the readings. An introductory book which doesn't merely tell the reader about the subject, but requires them to engage philosophically with the text. A pedagogical resource developed in the classroom by the authors at the University of London.
Author: J. Baggini
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-03-02
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 1403913706
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDesigned for complete beginners, Philosophy: Key Texts is an introduction to philosophy and gives a clear, readable overview of some of the major texts by Plato, Descartes, Hume, Sartre, Mill and Nietzsche.
Author: J. Baggini
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-04-30
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 1137008873
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhilosophy: Key Themes is a beginner's guide to understanding and critiquing philosophical arguments. Each chapter introduces one of the major themes in philosophy. Baggini's approach combines explanation with summary while encouraging the reader to question the arguments and positions presented.
Author: Martin O’Malley
Publisher: Herbert Utz Verlag
Published: 2017-02-07
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 3831644314
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKey Texts: Classical Anglophone Philosophy introduces a rich philosophical tradition in its original language. From Bacon to Dewey, the texts of this collection were all written in the English language over a 300-year span. Much more unites the authors, of course, but most importantly they all share that common language and the history associated with the island of Great Britain – whether subjects of its crown or not. That history is both distinctly European and distinct from the European continent even in the branches that developed apart from the British island, most notably in North America. The 16th-century English Reformation and World War 1 bracket the time frame adopted for the present collection. This was a period when British political power extended around the globe. The ideas developed by this collection’s Anglophone philosophers had perhaps even wider reach and impact.
