Describes the origins of philosophy, discusses the work of Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and examines basic philosophical concepts.
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Describes the origins of philosophy, discusses the work of Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, and examines basic philosophical concepts.
Advantages: Well written, informative, thorough and entertaining Disadvantages: Could be heavy if you don't like Political philosophy
...Like Zizeck's Desert of the Real, or Putnam's Truth Reason and History this is one of those books that is a must-have if you intend to study the topic which the book covers. If you go into Waterstones there will always be several copies of these around, and you know they will be on your reading list.
This book is very interesting becuase it covers the most important roots of political philosophy as we have come to understand it today. Even the cover depicting ancient Greek wrestling thoughtfully reminds the reader that this book is going to be a contest between different philosophies -and fortunately, it is not a one-sided contest.
The scope of the book is impressive. Similarly to the PLATO to NATO courses on offer at universities, Wolff considers the most important progressions in political thought from Plato to John Rawls...
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...of Western Philosophy: Summary
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** BOOK I. ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY (pages: 1-299) **
**** Part I. The Pre-Socratics ****
In this part, Bertrand Russell brings the readers along with him to take a look to the rise of Greek civilization. He examines the fundamental aspects of the Milesian School and the Atomists. He also initializes the influence of Athens to Greek culture at the time. In this part the readers will meet the most important pre-Socratics philosophers, i.e.: Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, and Protagoras.
We will introduce as well by Bertrand Russell to the mystical element in Greekphilosophy, especially on Orphism. According to Russell (p.16) Orpheus is a dim but interesting figure. Some hold that he was an actual man, others that he was a god...
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Advantages: Topically arranged, accessible Disadvantages: Leaves out a few key ideas/thinkers in each area
...I have always been a fan of the Made Simple series, having from secondary school to the present relied on them for basic overviews and introductions to material I might not otherwise study yet wanted to know in broad strokes. Philosophy is one of the fields in which my education continued in some depth (particularly in regards to those fields that relate closely to theology), and yet for over 20 years, this text, 'Philosophy Made Simple', has remained on my shelf as a well-used ready reference.
The book is a collaboration between two authors, Richard Popkin and Avrum Stroll; they each wrote roughly half the book. The book is arranged topically, according to the following topics:
Ethics (Stroll)
Political Philosophy (Stroll)
Metaphysics (Popkin)
Philosophy of Religion (Popkin)
Theory of Knowledge (Popkin)
Logic (Stroll...
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