First published in 1950, The Western Philosophers presents the life of philosophical thought in the Western world. From Socrates to Spinoza, from John Locke to Nietzsche, the author gives a good introduction for anyone who is wondering what philosophy is about and provides an initiation into the subject. The author argues that philosophy is not simply the collective works of great philosophers. Philosophy is an attitude of mind; at bottom it is nothing but that irrepressible impulse towards enquiry, that itch to probe at the meaning of things, which is the spur behind science itself. This book is an essential read for students of Philosophy.
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Index
- ABELARD 13, 104–17, 121, 134, 169
- absolute 216, 223, 225, 226, 227, 229, 262, 265, 268, 269, 273
- abstraction 66, 107, 177, 178, 185, 224, 229, 230, 258
- Academus 45
- Academy 45, 46, 51, 64, 65, 67, 69, 73, 74, 75, 76, 79, 86,
- Acton, Lord 58
- Addison, Joseph 172
- Adeodatus 95, 99
- Advancement of Learning (Bacon) 135
- Æschines 18, 47
- Æsop 26
- Ajax 24
- Albert the Great 88, 123, 124, 128, 129
- Alcibiades 16, 17, 18, 46, 48
- Alciphron (Berkeley) 174, 259
- Alexandria 80
- Alexander of Aphrodisias 81
- Alexander the Great 63, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 90
- Alexander, S. W. 279
- Alfarabi 118
- Alkindi 118
- Al Mamoun 118
- Alypius 97, 98
- Ambrose, Bishop 94, 96, 99, 128
- Ameipsias 15
- Amphipolis, battle of 16
- Amyntas II 63
- Analogy of Religion (Butler) 170
- Analyst, The (Berkeley)...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Prelude
- Socrates
- Plato
- Aristotle
- Interlude
- St. Augustine
- Peter Abelard
- Interlude
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Interlude
- René Descartes
- Benedict Spinoza
- Gottfried Leibniz
- Interlude
- John Locke
- George Berkeley
- Interlude
- David Hume
- Interlude
- Immanuel Kant
- Interlude
- Georg Wilhelm Hegel
- Interlude
- Friedrich Nietzsche
- Interlude
- Henri Bergson
- Postlude
- Index
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