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The Philosophers introduces some of the most brilliant minds in history and shows the enduring fascination of their ideas, which shaped our civilization. An illustrious team of authors offer concise and illuminating tours through the lives and thought of the twenty-eight greatest Western philosophers, from Socrates to Sartre. Each chapter is illustrated with a portrait of its subject, guidance is given to further reading, and a chronological table fills in the historical context. This is the ideal way for any reader to learn about these famous thinkers.
The Philosophers introduces some of the most brilliant minds in history and shows the enduring fascination of their ideas, which shaped our civilization. An illustrious team of authors offer concise and illuminating tours through the lives and thought of the twenty-eight greatest Western philosophers, from Socrates to Sartre. Each chapter is illustrated with a portrait of its subject, guidance is given to further reading, and a chronological table fills in the historical context. This is the ideal way for any reader to learn about these famous thinkers.
Ted Honderich: Introduction
1: C. C. W. Taylor: Socrates
2: David Bostock: Plato
3: David Charles: Aristotle
4: C. A. Kirwan: Augustine
5: Alexander Broadie: Aquinas
6: Bernard Gert: Hobbes
7: John Cottingham: Descartes
8: T. L. S. Sprigge: Spinoza
9: Roger Woolhouse: Locke
10: R. C. Sleigh: Leibniz
11: Geoffrey Warnock: Berkeley
12: Justin Broackes: Hume
13: Henry E. Allison: Kant
14: T. L. S. Sprigge: Schopenhauer
15: Peter Singer: Hegel
16: Ross Harrison: Bentham
17: Alastair Hannay: Kierkegaard
18: Allen Wood: Marx
19: John Skorupski: Mill
20: Richard Schacht: Nietzsche
21: Christopher Hookway: Peirce
22: T. L. S. Sprigge: James
23: Anthony Kenny: Frege
24: Michael Inwood: Husserl
25: Mark Sainsbury: Russell
26: Peter Hacker: Wittgenstein
27: Michael Inwood: Heidegger
28: Thomas Baldwin: Sartre
Guide to Further Reading
A. R. Lacey: Chronological Table
Index
Ted Honderich is Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College London.
`Because of their brevity, the sketches are briskly and crisply
done, but manage to preserve a high level of accuracy and
completeness. Their usefulness lies in the ready information which
they offer to the quick or curious inquirer. This is a valuable
little tome; there is no better short reference work of its kind
available.'
Sunday Times
`This is a very nice collection which will give a good introduction
to philosophy by describing the lives and works of individual
philosophers.'
Contemporary Review, Feb 2000
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