An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy

An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy

Sir Anthony Kenny

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This illustrated edition of Sir Anthony Kenny’s acclaimed survey of Western philosophy offers the most concise and compelling story of the complete development of philosophy available. Spanning 2,500 years of thought, An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy provides essential coverage of the most influential philosophers of the Western world, among them Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Jesus, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Berkeley, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Darwin, Freud, Frege, Russell, and Wittgenstein. Replete with over 60 illustrations – ranging from Dufresnoy’s The Death of Socrates, through to the title page of Thomas More’s Utopia, portraits of Hobbes and Rousseau, photographs of Charles Darwin and Bertrand Russell, Freud’s own sketch of the Ego and the Id, and Wittgenstein’s Austrian military identity card – this lucid and masterful work is ideal for anyone with an interest in Western thought.

Categories:
Society, Politics & Philosophy – General & Miscellaneous Philosophy

Year:
2006

Edition:
2

Publisher:
Wiley-Blackwell

Language:
english

Pages:
400 / 418

ISBN 10:
1405141808

ISBN 13:
9781405141802

File:
PDF, 3.41 MB