History of Western Philosophy: Collectors EditionNow in a special gift edition, and featuring a brand new foreword by Anthony Gottlieb, this is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the works of significant philosophers throughout the ages and a definitive must-have title that deserves a revered place on every bookshelf. |
Contents
PART | |
LIST OF PLATES | |
INTRODUCTION | |
BOOK ONE Ancient Philosophy | |
Protagoras II Socrates Plato and Aristotle | |
Socrates | |
The Influence of Sparta | |
The Sources of Platos Opinions | |
St Augustines Philosophy and Theology | |
The Fifth and Sixth Centuries | |
Johnthe Scot | |
Mohammedan Culture and Philosophy | |
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13 | |
Eclipse of the Papacy | |
General | |
Platos Utopia | |
The Theory ofIdeas 16 Platos Theory ofImmortality 17 Platos Cosmogony 18 Knowledge and Perception in Plato | |
Aristotles Metaphysics 20 AristotlesEthics 21 Aristotles Politics 22 Aristotles Logic 23 Aristotles Physics | |
Ancient Philosophyafter Aristotle 25 The HellenisticWorld 26 Cynics andSceptics 27 The Epicureans 28 Stoicism | |
The Roman Empire in Relation to Culture | |
Plotinus | |
BOOK TWO CatholicPhilosophy | |
INTRODUCTION PART I The Fathers | |
The Religious Development of the Jews | |
Christianity During the First Four Centuries | |
Three Doctors of the Church | |
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