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A history of western philosophy /

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Traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the twentieth century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Simon and Schuster, [1972]
Subjects:
Philosophy > History.
Philosophie > Histoire.
Philosophy.
Filosofie.
Philosophers.
History.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Ancient philosophy. The Pre-Socratics
  • Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
  • Ancient philosophy after Aristotle
  • Catholic philosophy. The fathers
  • The schoolmen
  • Modern philosophy. From the Renaissance to Hume
  • From Rousseau to the present day.
  • Book One. Ancient philosophy: The Pre-Socratics: The rise of Greek civilization
  • The Milesian School
  • Pythagoras
  • Heraclitus
  • Parmenides
  • Empedocles
  • Athens in relation to culture
  • Anaxagoras
  • The Atomists
  • Protagoras.
  • Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle: Socrates
  • The influence of Sparta
  • The sources of Plato's opinions
  • Plato's Utopia
  • The theory of ideas
  • Plato's theory of immortality
  • Plato's cosmogony
  • Knowledge and preception in Plato
  • Aristotle's Metaphysics
  • Aristotle's Ethics
  • Aristotle's Politics
  • Aristotle's Logic
  • Aristotle's Physics
  • Early Greek mathematics and astronomy.
  • Ancient philosophy after Aristotle: The Hellenistic world
  • Cynics and Sceptics
  • The Epicureans
  • Stoicism
  • The Roman Empire in relation to culture
  • Plotinus.
  • Book Two. Catholic philosophy: The fathers: The religious development of the Jews
  • Christianity during the first four centuries
  • The three doctrines of the church
  • Saint Augustine's philosophy and theology
  • The fifth and sixth centuries
  • Saint Benedict and Gregory the Great.
  • The schoolmen: The papcy in the Dark Ages
  • John the Scot
  • Ecclesiastical reform in the eleventh century
  • Mohammedan culture and philosophy
  • The twelfth century
  • The thirteenth century
  • Saint Thomas Aquinas
  • Franciscan schoolmen
  • The eclipse of the papacy
  • Book three. Modern philosophy: From the Renaissance to Hume: General characteristics
  • The Italian Renaissance
  • Machiavelli
  • Erasmus and more
  • The Reformation and Counter-Reformation
  • The rise of science
  • Francis Bacon
  • Hobbe's Leviathan
  • Descartes
  • Spinoza
  • Leibnitz
  • Philosophical liberalism
  • Locke's theory of knowledge
  • Locke's political philosophy
  • Locke's influence
  • Hume.
  • From Rousseau to the present day: The Romantic movement
  • Rousseau
  • Kant
  • Currents of thought in the nineteenth century
  • Hegel
  • Byron
  • Schopenhauer
  • Nietzsche
  • The Utilitarians
  • Karl Marx
  • Bergson
  • William James
  • John Dewey - The philosophy of logical analysis.