| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 361 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Aquinas / Timothy Renick -- 2. Aristotle / Russell Dancy -- 3. Augustine / Vernon J. Bourke -- 4. Berkeley / Lisa J. Downing -- 5. The Buddha / Peter Harvey -- 6. Confucius / David L. Hall -- 7. Derrida / John C. Coker -- 8. Descartes / Georges Dicker -- 9. Dewey / James Gouinlock -- 10. Foucault / Ladelle McWhorter -- 11. Frege / Hans-Johann Glock -- 12. Hegel / Tom Rockmore -- 13. Heidegger / Thomas Sheehan -- 14. Hobbes / David Gauthier -- 15. Hume / James M. Humber -- 16. Husserl / J.N. Mohanty -- 17. James / Michael H. DeArmey -- 18. Kant / G. Felicitas Munzel -- 19. Kierkegaard / George J. Stack -- 20. Laozi (Lao Tzu) / Chad Hansen -- 21. Leibniz / Nicholas Jolley -- 22. Locke / E.J. Lowe -- 23. Marx / Allen W. Wood -- 24. Mencius / Kwong-Loi Shun -- 25. Mozi (Mo Tzu) / Chad Hansen -- 26. Nagarjuna / Bina Gupta -- 27. Nietzsche / Richard Schacht -- 28. Plato / C.D.C. Reeve -- 29. Quine / Roger F. Gibson -- 30. Ramanuja / Indira Carr -- 31. Rorty / Kai Nielsen -- 32. Russell / Peter Hylton -- 33. Sankara / Brian Carr -- 34. Sartre / William R. Schroeder -- 35. Socrates / John Beversluis -- 36. Spinoza / Genevieve Lloyd -- 37. Wittgenstein / P.M.S. Hacker -- 38. Xunzi (Hsun Tzu) / John Knoblock -- 39. Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) / Chad Hansen -- 40. Zhu Xi (Chu Hsi) / Jonathan R. Herman |
| Summary |
The World's Great Philosophers provides an introduction to and overview of some of the most profound and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy.:.; Presents an introduction to and overview of some of the most profound and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy.; Contains 40 essays, written by an outstanding international assembly of scholars.; Provides cogent and accessible discussion of key philosophers from around the world.; Conveys the historical panorama of philosophical thought on the nature of reality, the human condition, and basic human values |
| Notes |
"Most of the essays contained in this book were originally published in A companion to the philosophers (Oxford: Blackwell, 1999). Several have been revised, and three ... are new"--Preface |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Philosophers.
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Philosophy.
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Philosophy
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philosophers.
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philosophy.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General.
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Philosophers
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Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Arrington, Robert L., 1938-2015.
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| ISBN |
9780470693704 |
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0470693703 |
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9780470692950 |
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0470692952 |
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1281309699 |
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9781281309693 |
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9780631231455 |
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0631231455 |
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9780631231462 |
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0631231463 |
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