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A History of Modern European Philosophy / by James Collins Professor of Philosophy Saint Louis University.
LIBRA - Rare B791 .C58 1959 Potok copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Collins, James, 1917-1985.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, European--History.
- Philosophy, European.
- History.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Philosophers--Europe.
- Philosophers.
- Europe.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, 854 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- [Third print. with bibliographical continuation].
- Other Title:
- Modern European Philosophy
- Place of Publication:
- Milwaukee : The Bruce Publishing Company, [1959]
- Contents:
- The historical study of modern philosophy
- The Renaissance background
- Scientific outlooks and methods: Bacon, Galileo and Newton
- Hobbes
- Descartes
- Spinoza
- Leibniz
- Locke
- Berkeley
- Hume
- Kant on knowledge and metaphysics
- Kant's ethical and esthetic doctrine
- Fiche and Schelling
- Hegel
- Schopenhauer
- Comte
- John Stuart Mill
- Nietzsche
- Bergson.
- Notes:
- "Third printing with bibliographical continuation - 1959."
- "This textbook is designed primarily for students who have some acquaintance with Scholastic philosophy and who seek an introduction to the vast field of modern thought."--Preface.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapter and index.
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok July 1960 Philadelphia".
- Potok Collection copy has numerous underlines, marginal marks and ms. annotations.
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