The Great Philosophers: The Lives and Ideas of History's Greatest Thinkers

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The Great Philosophers presents lively and informative biographical portraits of 50 of the most important names in the history of human thought. Each chapter charts the personal life and intellectual breakthroughs of one essential philosopher and, crucially, focuses on a straightforward explanation of their grand idea. Accompanied by a famous image of the philosopher, everyday examples of how his or her ideas are relevant today and memorable quotations from their key works, this is the perfect introduction to the world of philosophy. The Great Philosophers explains the ideas of the following key thinkers:BuddhaConfuciusParmenidesZenoSocratesPlato AristotleAugustineAnselm Ibn RushdThomas AquinasWilliam of OckhamMachiavelliBaconHobbesDescartesPascalLocke SpinozaLeibnizBerkeley HumeRousseauKant BenthamHegelSchopenhauer J S MillKierkegaardMarx PeirceJamesNietzscheFregeHusserlRussell MooreWittgensteinHeideggerRylePopperSartre Arendtde BeauvoirQuineAyerStrawsonThomsonKripkeSinger
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The Great Philosophers presents lively and informative biographical portraits of 50 of the most important names in the history of human thought. Each chapter charts the personal life and intellectual breakthroughs of one essential philosopher and, crucially, focuses on a straightforward explanation of their grand idea. Accompanied by a famous image of the philosopher, everyday examples of how his or her ideas are relevant today and memorable quotations from their key works, this is the perfect introduction to the world of philosophy. The Great Philosophers explains the ideas of the following key thinkers:BuddhaConfuciusParmenidesZenoSocratesPlato AristotleAugustineAnselm Ibn RushdThomas AquinasWilliam of OckhamMachiavelliBaconHobbesDescartesPascalLocke SpinozaLeibnizBerkeley HumeRousseauKant BenthamHegelSchopenhauer J S MillKierkegaardMarx PeirceJamesNietzscheFregeHusserlRussell MooreWittgensteinHeideggerRylePopperSartre Arendtde BeauvoirQuineAyerStrawsonThomsonKripkeSinger
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AuthorStephen Law
PublisherQuercus Books
PlaceLondon
Year2007
ISBN9781847243980
BindingHardcover
ConditionVery Good
Dustjacket ConditionGood
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