One hundred philosophers : the life and work of the world's greatest thinkers

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    • King, Peter J.

書誌事項

One hundred philosophers : the life and work of the world's greatest thinkers

Peter J. King

(A Quarto book)

Barron's Educational Series, c2004

1st ed

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-185) and index

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内容説明

For some of the worldi?1/2s great thinkers, including Aristotle, Aquinas, and Hegel, philosophy is a vast system of fixed, capital-T Truth for humankind to discover, explore and comprehend. For others, even among those with philosophies as diverse as William James and Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosophy is simply a tool, or a process for ascertaining individual factual truths specific to a given time and place. It is often said that if you ask any ten philosophers to define their subject, youi?1/2re likely to get ten different answers. Here, presented for non-specialist readers, is an easy-to-understand survey of ideas put forth by 100 important philosophers, from the pre-Socratics of ancient Greece to the analytic philosophers of the present day. Each thinker is summarized in a single illustrated page, or in many instances, in a two-page spread. Each entry includes the philosopheri?1/2s birth and death dates, titles of major works, major influences, a capsule biographical sketch, and a brief summary of his or her most important ideas. In addition to philosophers in our own Western tradition, readers will find Chinese sages, including Confucius and Lao-tzu, the Indian Buddhist philosopher Ngrjuna, and thinkers representing other cultures. Just a few of the 100 important thinkers represented in this book are: Plato Aristotle Augustine of Hippo Roger Bacon Thomas Aquinas Thomas Hobbes John Locke Rene Descartes Baruch Spinoza Immanuel Kant G.W.F. Hegel Friedrich Nietzsche William James Ludwig Wittgenstein Martin Heidegger Jean-Paul Sartre Alfred Jules Ayer Willard V.O. Quine Thomas Kuhn Donald Davidson and many others The text is enhanced with more than 250 illustrations and a glossary of philosophical terms.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA75931871
  • ISBN
    • 0764127918
  • LCCN
    2003110643
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Hauppauge, NY
  • ページ数/冊数
    192 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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