A history of western philosophy / Bertrand Russell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy--History.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 895 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Simon and Schuster, 2007, ©1972.

Summary:

Chronicling the entire span of philosophy in the Western world, Russell's classic tome includes the work of ancient thinkers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, as well as modern geniuses such as Descartes, Kant, and Marx. It also includes intimate chapters regarding the philosophers with whom Lord Russell himself was most closely associated-- Cantor, Frege, and Whitehead, coauthor with Russell of the monumental Principia Mathematica.

Contents:

Preface by author

Introduction.

Book One. Ancient philosophy: Part I. The Pre-Socratics: Chapter I. The rise of Greek civilization

Chapter II. The Milesian School

Chapter III. Pythagoras

Chapter IV. Heraclitus

Chapter V. Parmenides

Chapter VI. Empedocles

Chapter VII. Athens in relation to culture

Chapter VIII. Anaxagoras

Chapter IX. The Atomists

Chapter X. Protagoras.

Part II. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle: Chapter Xi. Socrates

Chapter XII. The influence of Sparta

Chapter XIII. The sources of Plato's opnions

CHapter XIV. Plato's Utopia

Chapter XV. The theory of ideas

Chapter XVI. Plato's theory of immortality

Chapter XVII. Plato's cosmogony

Chapter XVIII. Knowledge and preception in Plato

Chapter XIX. Aristotle's Metaphysics

Chapter XX. Aristotle's Ethics

Chapter XXI. Aristotle's Politics

Chapter XXII. Aristotle's Logic

Chapter XXIII. Aristotle's Physics

Chapter XXIV. Early Greek mathematics and astronomy.

Part III. Ancient philosophy after Aristotle: Chapter XXV. The Hellenistic world

Chapter XXVI. Cynics and Sceptics

Chapter XXVII. The Epicureans

Chapter XXVIII. Stoicism

Chapter XXIX. The Roman Empire in relation to culture

Chapter XXX. Plotinus.

Book Two. Catholic philosophy: Introduction. Part I. The fathers: Chapter I. The religious development of th Jews

Chapter II. Christianity during the first four centuries

Chapter III. The three doctrines of the church

Chapter IV. Saint Augustine's philosophy and theology

Chapter V. The fifth and sixth centuries

Chapter VI. Saint Benedict and Gregory the Great.

Part II. The schoolmen: Chapter VII. The papcy in the Dark Ages

Chapter VIII. John the Scot

Chapter IX. Ecclesiastical reform in the eleventh century

Chapter X. Mohammedan culture and philosophy

Chapter XI. The twelfth century

Chapter XII. The thirteenth century

Chapter XIII. Saint Thomas Aquinas

Chapter XIV. Franciscan schoolmen

Chapter XV. The eclipse of the papacy.

Book three. Modern philosophy: Part I. From the Renaissance to Hume: Chapter I. General characteristics

Chapter II. The Italian Renaissance

Chapter III. Machiavelli

Chapter IV. Erasmus and more

Chapter V. The Reformation and Counter-Reformation

Chapter VI. The rise of science

Chapter VII. Francis Bacon

Chapter VIII. Hobbe's Leviathan

Chapter IX. Descartes

Chapter X. Spinoza

Chapter XI. Leibnitz

Chapter XII. Philosophical liberalism

Chapter XIII. Locke's theory of knowledge

Chapter XIV. Locke's political philosophy

Chapter XV. Locke's influence

Chapter XVII. Hume.

Part II. From Rousseau to the present day: Chapter XVIII. The Romantic movement

Chapter XIX. Rousseau

Chapter XX. Kant

Chapter XXI. Currents of thought in the nineteenth century

Chapter XXII. Hegel

Chapter XXIII. Byron

Chapter XXIV. Schopenhauer

Chapter XXV. Nietzsche

Chapter XXVI. The Utilitarians

Chapter XXVII. Karl Marx

Chapter XXVIII. Bergson

Chapter XXIX. William James

Chapter XXX. John Dewey

Chapter XXXI. The philosophy of logical analysis.

Index.

Notes:

"A Touchstone book."

"Originally designed and partly delivered as lectures at the Barnes Foundation in Pennsylvania."--Page xi

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781416554776

1416554777

OCLC:

191078360