| Description |
4 volumes ; 24 cm |
| Series |
A Helen and Kurt Wolff book |
| Contents |
[V. 1.] The Foundations: The Paradigmatic Individuals: Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus. The Seminal Founders of Philosophical Thought: Plato, Augustine, Kant. -- [v. 2.] The Original Thinkers: Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plotinus, Anselm, Nicholas of Cusa, Spinoza, Lao-Tzu, Nagarjuna. -- [v. 3.] Xenophanes, Democritus, Empedocles, Bruno, Epicurus, Boehme, Schelling, Leibniz, Aristotle, Hegel. -- [v. 4.] The disturbers : Descartes, Pascal, Lessing, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche : Philosophers in other realms, Einstein, Weber, Marx |
| Summary |
Volume 2 presents the great metaphysicians of West and East, the substance and character of their ideas, and their historical position in philosophy, including Anaximander, Plotinus, Spinoza, Heraclitus, Anselm, Lao-Tzu, Parmenides, Nicholas of Cusa, and Nagarjuna |
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[1] The foundations: The paradigmatic individuals: Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus. The seminal founders of philosophical thought: Plato, Augustine, Kant -- [2] The original thinkers: Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plotinus, Anselm, Nicholas of Cusa, Spinoza, Lao-Tzu, Nagarjuna -- [3] Xenophanes, Democritus, Empedocles, Bruno, Epicurus, Boehme, Schelling, Leibniz, Aristotle, Hegel -- [4] The disturbers: Descartes, Pascal, Lessing, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche. Philosophers in other realms: Einstein, Weber, Marx |
| Notes |
"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book"--Vol. 3-4 |
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V. 1 and 2 edited by Hannah Arendt ; translated by Ralph Manheim. V. 3 edited by Michael Ermarth and Leonard H. Ehrlich ; translated by Edith Ehrlich and Leonard H. Ehrlich ; forward by Michael Ermarth |
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Vol. 3-4 published by: Harcourt Brace & Co |
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Vol. 4 has ed. statement on t.p. verso: First U.S. edition |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Anaximander.
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Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109.
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Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.
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Heraclitus, of Ephesus.
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Jesus Christ -- Biography.
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Parmenides.
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Plato.
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Plotinus.
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Socrates.
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Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804.
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Philosophers.
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Philosophy -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.
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Ehrlich, Edith.
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Ehrlich, Leonard H.
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Ermarth, Michael.
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Manheim, Ralph, 1907-1992.
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| LC no. |
62009436 93049786 |
| ISBN |
0151369429 (v. 3) |
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0151369437 (v. 4) |
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