The story of philosophy : the lives and opinions of the greater philosophers / by Will Durant

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Simon and Schuster, 1953Description: xvi, 412 pages ; 22 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 109
LOC classification:
  • B 72 D951s 1953
Contents:
Plato.- Aristotle.- Francis Bacon.- Spinoza.- Voltaire.- Immanuel Kant.- Schopenhauer.- Herbert Spencer.- Friedrich Nietzsche.- Henri Bergson.- Benedetto Croce.- Bertrand Russell.- George Santayana.- William James.- John Dewey
Summary: "The Story of Philosophy gives not only the ideas and philosophical systems of such world-famous "monarchs of the mind" as Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Kant, Voltaire, Locke, and others of similar stature, but their flesh-and-blood biographies. Not only the titans of older days but the most famous modern philosophers are here presented and illuminated -- including Bergson, Croce, Russell, and Dewey. The book also examines the philosophers' setting in their own time and place, and their influence on our modern intellectual heritage. These pages are packed with wisdom and winged with wit. Here, in one book for the layman, is a whole university course in philosophy, written in Durant's unique, lively, and concise style."--Publisher's website
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) B 72 D951s 1953 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000018764

Bibliography: pages 403-404.

Plato.- Aristotle.- Francis Bacon.- Spinoza.- Voltaire.- Immanuel Kant.- Schopenhauer.- Herbert Spencer.- Friedrich Nietzsche.- Henri Bergson.- Benedetto Croce.- Bertrand Russell.- George Santayana.- William James.- John Dewey

"The Story of Philosophy gives not only the ideas and philosophical systems of such world-famous "monarchs of the mind" as Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Kant, Voltaire, Locke, and others of similar stature, but their flesh-and-blood biographies. Not only the titans of older days but the most famous modern philosophers are here presented and illuminated -- including Bergson, Croce, Russell, and Dewey. The book also examines the philosophers' setting in their own time and place, and their influence on our modern intellectual heritage. These pages are packed with wisdom and winged with wit. Here, in one book for the layman, is a whole university course in philosophy, written in Durant's unique, lively, and concise style."--Publisher's website

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