The story of philosophy / James Garvey & Jeremy Stangroom.

By: Garvey, James, 1967-
Contributor(s): Stangroom, Jeremy [author]
Language: English Publisher: London : Quercus, 2013Description: 419 pages : illustrations; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781780877532Subject(s): Philosophy -- History | MetaphysicsDDC classification: 109 LOC classification: B72 | .G337 2012
Contents:
Introduction. The Beginning of Philosophy: The Greek Miracle; The First Philosophers; The Love of Wisdom; Purpose. Hellenes & Romans: Cynics, Stoics and Sceptics; Atomists and Epicureans. Religion: Faith and Reason; The Scholastics. Knowledge: Renaissance and Enlightenment; Reason; Experience. Modern Matters: Politics; Idealism; Right and Wrong. Current Concerns: Nihilism and Existentialism; Continental Philosophy; Analysis; Mind and Matter. Postscript: The Future. Further Reading. Index. Acknowledgements.
Summary: The Story of Philosophy is a brand new and highly ambitious survey of the thinkers and ideas that have perplexed humanity from time immemorial. Accessible writing, brilliant scholarship and over 150 colour illustrations combine to form a richly informative and highly entertaining work of narrative history. Starting with the most important figures in the Greek era, including Thales of Miletus - often referred to as the first philosopher - Pythagoras and Plato, the story continues with the great religious thinkers of medieval Europe such as Augustine, Aquinas and Maimonides, key players of the Enlightenment such as Descartes, Hobbes and Voltaire, their successors in the Romantic era such as Marx and Nietzsche, and concluding with a survey of 20th and 21st century philosophy.
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"A history of Western thought"--Cover.

Includes bibliographic references (p. 376-377) and index.

Introduction. The Beginning of Philosophy: The Greek Miracle; The First Philosophers; The Love of Wisdom; Purpose. Hellenes & Romans: Cynics, Stoics and Sceptics; Atomists and Epicureans. Religion: Faith and Reason; The Scholastics. Knowledge: Renaissance and Enlightenment; Reason; Experience. Modern Matters: Politics; Idealism; Right and Wrong. Current Concerns: Nihilism and Existentialism; Continental Philosophy; Analysis; Mind and Matter. Postscript: The Future. Further Reading. Index. Acknowledgements.

The Story of Philosophy is a brand new and highly ambitious survey of the thinkers and ideas that have perplexed humanity from time immemorial. Accessible writing, brilliant scholarship and over 150 colour illustrations combine to form a richly informative and highly entertaining work of narrative history. Starting with the most important figures in the Greek era, including Thales of Miletus - often referred to as the first philosopher - Pythagoras and Plato, the story continues with the great religious thinkers of medieval Europe such as Augustine, Aquinas and Maimonides, key players of the Enlightenment such as Descartes, Hobbes and Voltaire, their successors in the Romantic era such as Marx and Nietzsche, and concluding with a survey of 20th and 21st century philosophy.

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