A History of Western Philosophy
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A History of Western Philosophy

From the Pre-Socratics to Postmodernism

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eBook - ePub

A History of Western Philosophy

From the Pre-Socratics to Postmodernism

About this book

C. Stephen Evans Unpacks Western Philosophy's Greatest Minds and Movements

Plato. Aristotle. Augustine. Hume. Kant. Hegel.

These names and the philosophies associated with them ring through the minds of every student and scholar of philosophy. And in their search for knowledge, every student of philosophy needs to know the history of the philosophical discourse these philosophical giants have passed down to us.

In A History of Western Philosophy, noted philosopher C. Stephen Evans brings his expertise to this daunting task as he surveys the history of Western philosophy in this textbook. From the Pre-Socratics to postmodernism—and every major figure and movement in between—Evans provides an insightful and comprehensive survey.

In A History of Western Philosophy, you'll find

  • an exploration of the major figures and themes of Western philosophy,
  • philosophical traditions starting from the time of the Pre-Socratics and ending with Nietzsche and postmodernism, and
  • reflections upon important philosophical developments from a Christian perspective.

Evans argues that a true and complete history of Western philosophy should also account for the relationship between philosophical thought and Christian belief because virtually all of the great philosophical thinkers throughout the ancient, medieval, and modern West were deeply interested in questions about God and spiritual realities. This thoughtful approach ensures readers gain not only a historical understanding of philosophy but also a deeper appreciation of how faith and reason have shaped the intellectual heritage of the West.

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General Index

(Page numbers refer to print edition.)


a posteriori, 404, 410, 412
a priori, 226, 341-42, 347, 352-53, 402-4, 406-8, 410, 412-19, 421, 423, 426, 432, 447, 453, 481, 521, 525
Abelard, Peter, 149-72
Abrahamic faiths. See Christianity; Islam; Judaism
Absolute, the. See idealism: German
abstract, 47-48, 308-10, 326, 345, 377, 397, 460-61, 463, 521
abstraction, 177, 192, 216, 461
actuality/actual, 80, 83-85, 181, 183, 190, 206, 208-9, 214, 226, 261, 294-97, 299, 408, 423, 456, 458, 481, 514, 576, 582
Adam of Exeter, 207
Adams, John, 320, 390
Aeschylus, 14, 541
aesthetics, 73, 203, 230-31, 441-43, 450-51
See also Kant, Immanuel: transcendental aesthetic; Kierkegaard, Søren: aesthetic life
afterlife. See death
Alexander of Hales, 206
allegorical interpretation of Scripture, 123, 133, 137, 169
Alston, William, 570
Ambrose, 137
American Philosophical Association (APA), 570
analytic philosophy, 2, 204, 467, 565-70, 573, 583
analytic propositions, 297, 411-13, 567
Anaxagoras, 29-31
Anaximander, 16-18
Anaximenes, 17-19
Anglican, 324, 518
See also Church of England
Anselm of Canterbury, 149-72
affections (inclinations), 163, 217-18
argument of the Monologion (degrees of excellence), 156-57
atonement, 160-62, 165
freedom and sin, 162-63
God’s attributes, 159...

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction to the Project
  4. The Beginnings of Western Philosophy
  5. Socrates and the Sophists
  6. Plato
  7. Aristotle
  8. Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods
  9. Early Christian Thought Through Augustine
  10. Early Medieval Philosophy
  11. The High Middle Ages (I)
  12. The High Middle Ages (II)
  13. Philosophy Between the Medieval and Modern Periods
  14. Descartes and the Beginning of Modern Philosophy
  15. Continental Rationalism
  16. British Empiricism
  17. The Scottish Enlightenment (I)
  18. The Scottish Enlightenment (II)
  19. Enlightenment Deism, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Mary Wollstonecraft
  20. Immanuel Kant
  21. German Idealism and Hegel
  22. Karl Marx
  23. Søren Kierkegaard
  24. John Stuart Mill and Nineteenth-Century Positivism
  25. Friedrich Nietzsche
  26. Conclusions
  27. General Index
  28. Scripture Index
  29. 606Praise for The History of Western Philosophy
  30. 608About the Author