Synopses & Reviews
A complete summary of the views of the most important philosophers in Western civilization. Each major field of philosophic inquiry comprises a separate chapter for greater accessibility. Includes Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Dewey, Sartre, and many others.
Synopsis
A complete summary of the views of the most important philosophers since the beginning of Western civilization. Each major field of philosophic inquiry is treated in a separate chapter, so that each chapter can be read as a complete unit, without reference to the others. Includes Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Dewey, Sartre, and many others.
Table of Contents
Nature of the universe --Man's place in the universe --What is good and what is evil? --Nature of God --Fate versus free will --Soul and immortality --Man and the state --Man and education --Mind and matter --Ideas and thinking --Some recent approaches to philosophy.