A new history of Western philosophy :: in four parts /

This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy -- the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduc...

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1. Verfasser: Kenny, Anthony, 1931-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Zusammenfassung:This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy -- the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduces us to the great thinkers and their ideas, starting with Plato, Aristotle, and the other founders of Western thought. In the second part of the book he takes us through a thousand yearsof medieval philosophy, and shows us the rich intellectual legacy of Christian thinkers like Augustine, Aquinas.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xvii, 1058 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 1015-1043) and index.
ISBN:9780191642906
0191642908