An illustrated brief history of western philosophy : 20th anniversary edition

Résumé éditeur : "In 1998, the first edition of Anthony Kenny's comprehensive history of Western philosophy was published, to be met with immediate praise and critical acclaim. As the first book since Bertrand Russell's 1945 A History of Western Philosophy to offer a concise single-author review of the complete history of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the modern masters of the 20th century, Kenny's work fills a critical gap in the modern philosophy reading list and offers valuable guidance for the general reader of philosophy--an ideal starting point for anyone with an interest in great thinkers and the family lines of philosophical evolution. Widely considered to be one of the most thorough and accessible historical reviews in philosophy, An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy has earned an estimable and distinctive reputation, both for the compelling writing style of Anthony Kenny, one of the most respected and accomplished living philosophers, and for the rich collection of paintings, illustrations, maps, and photos included with every chapter to complement this review of 2,500 years of philosophical thought. Newly revised and expanded for a special 20th anniversary publication, the latest edition of An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy contains all of Kenny's original writings on the history of Western philosophy from ancient to modern, along with new writings on the philosophy of the mid-20th century, covering important contributions from continental philosophers and philosophers of the post-Wittgenstein anglophone tradition, including the work of many women who have too often been neglected by the historical record." An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy: 20th Anniversary Edition......Page 1 Contents......Page 7 Preface......Page 13 List of Illustrations......Page 17 Acknowledgements......Page 19 Introduction......Page 21 I: Philosophy In Its Infancy......Page 33 The Milesians......Page 35 Xenophanes......Page 37 Heraclitus......Page 38 The School of Parmenides......Page 40 Empedocles......Page 46 The Atomists......Page 49 The Athenian Empire......Page 52 The Sophists......Page 54 Socrates......Page 56 The Euthyphro......Page 58 The Crito......Page 61 The Phaedo......Page 62 Life and Works......Page 68 The Theory of Ideas......Page 70 Plato's Republic......Page 73 The Theaetetus and the Sophist......Page 82 Plato's Pupil, Alexander's Teacher......Page 89 The Foundation of Logic......Page 91 The Theory of Drama......Page 95 Moral Philosophy: Virtue and Happiness......Page 96 Moral Philosophy: Wisdom and Understanding......Page 100 Politics......Page 103 Science and Explanation......Page 104 Words and Things......Page 106 Motion and Change......Page 108 Soul, Sense, and Intellect......Page 110 Metaphysics......Page 113 The Hellenistic Era......Page 117 Epicureanism......Page 119 Stoicism......Page 121 Scepticism......Page 123 Rome and its Empire......Page 125 Jesus of Nazareth......Page 126 Christianity and Gnosticism......Page 128 Neo-Platonism......Page 131 Arianism and Orthodoxy......Page 134 The Theology of Incarnation......Page 137 The Life of Augustine......Page 139 The City of God and the Mystery of Grace......Page 142 Boethius and Philoponus......Page 145 John the Scot......Page 150 Alkindi and Avicenna......Page 153 The Feudal System......Page 155 Saint Anselm......Page 156 Abelard and Héloïse......Page 158 Abelard's Logic......Page 160 Abelard's Ethics......Page 162 Averroes......Page 163 Maimonides......Page 165 An Age of Innovation......Page 167 Saint Bonaventure......Page 170 Thirteenth-Century Logic......Page 172 Aquinas' Life and Works......Page 173 Aquinas' Natural Theology......Page 175 Matter, Form, Substance, and Accident......Page 177 Aquinas on Essence and Existence......Page 179 Aquinas' Philosophy of Mind......Page 180 Aquinas' Moral Philosophy......Page 181 The Fourteenth-Century University......Page 186 Duns Scotus......Page 187 Ockham's Logic of Language......Page 194 Ockham's Political Theory......Page 196 The Oxford Calculators......Page 199 John Wyclif......Page 200 The Renaissance......Page 203 Free-will: Rome vs. Louvain......Page 204 Renaissance Platonism......Page 207 Machiavelli......Page 208 More's Utopia......Page 211 The Reformation......Page 213 Post-Reformation Philosophy......Page 217 Bruno and Galileo......Page 219 Francis Bacon......Page 221 The Wars of Religion......Page 226 The Life of Descartes......Page 227 The Doubt and the Cogito......Page 230 The Essence of Mind......Page 232 God, Mind, and Body......Page 233 The Material World......Page 237 The Empiricism of Thomas Hobbes......Page 241 Hobbes' Political Philosophy......Page 243 The Political Theory of John Locke......Page 246 Locke on Ideas and Qualities......Page 248 Substances and Persons......Page 251 Blaise Pascal......Page 256 Spinoza and Malebranche......Page 267 Leibniz......Page 272 Berkeley......Page 277 Hume's Philosophy of Mind......Page 282 Hume on Causation......Page 286 Reid and Common Sense......Page 288 The Philosophes......Page 291 Rousseau......Page 292 Revolution and Romanticism......Page 296 Kant's Copernican Revolution......Page 299 The Transcendental Aesthetic......Page 301 The Transcendental Analytic: The Deduction of the Categories......Page 303 The Transcendental Analytic: The System of Principles......Page 306 The Transcendental Dialectic: The Paralogisms of Pure Reason......Page 309 The Transcendental Dialectic: The Antinomies of Pure Reason......Page 311 The Transcendental Dialectic: The Critique of Natural Theology......Page 314 Kant's Moral Philosophy......Page 316 Fichte......Page 320 Hegel......Page 321 Marx and the Young Hegelians......Page 325 Capitalism and its Discontents......Page 327 Jeremy Bentham......Page 330 The Utilitarianism of J. S. Mill......Page 335 Mill's Logic......Page 337 Schopenhauer......Page 341 Kierkegaard......Page 347 Nietzsche......Page 350 Charles Darwin......Page 353 John Henry Newman......Page 358 Sigmund Freud......Page 362 Frege's Logic......Page 369 Frege's Logicism......Page 371 Frege's Philosophy of Logic......Page 374 Russell's Paradox......Page 375 Russell's Theory of Descriptions......Page 377 Logical Analysis......Page 380 Henri Bergson......Page 382 Husserl's Phenomenology......Page 387 The Existentialism of Heidegger......Page 389 The Existentialism of Sartre and de Beauvoir......Page 391 Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus......Page 396 Logical Positivism......Page 399 Philosophical Investigations......Page 401 The Frankfurt School......Page 412 Jacques Derrida......Page 419 Jurgen Habermas......Page 422 XXV: Recent Analytic Philosophy......Page 428 Elizabeth Anscombe......Page 429 W. V. O. Quine......Page 430 Donald Davidson......Page 433 Peter Geach......Page 434 Peter Strawson......Page 436 American Metaphysics......Page 437 The Cartesian Revival......Page 439 Analytical Ethics......Page 441 John Rawls......Page 445 Richard Rorty......Page 446 Afterword......Page 449 Suggestions for Further Reading......Page 452 Index......Page 461 End User License Agreement......Page 471 An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy: 20th Anniversary Edition 1 Contents 7 Preface 13 List of Illustrations 17 Acknowledgements 19 Introduction 21 I: Philosophy In Its Infancy 33 The Milesians 35 Xenophanes 37 Heraclitus 38 The School of Parmenides 40 Empedocles 46 The Atomists 49 II: The Athens Of Socrates 52 The Athenian Empire 52 Anaxagoras 54 The Sophists 54 Socrates 56 The Euthyphro 58 The Crito 61 The Phaedo 62 III: The Philosophy Of Plato 68 Life and Works 68 The Theory of Ideas 70 Plato's Republic 73 The Theaetetus and the Sophist 82 IV: The System of Aristotle 89 Plato's Pupil, Alexander's Teacher 89 The Foundation of Logic 91 The Theory of Drama 95 Moral Philosophy: Virtue and Happiness 96 Moral Philosophy: Wisdom and Understanding 100 Politics 103 Science and Explanation 104 Words and Things 106 Motion and Change 108 Soul, Sense, and Intellect 110 Metaphysics 113 V: Greek Philosophy After Aristotle 117 The Hellenistic Era 117 Epicureanism 119 Stoicism 121 Scepticism 123 Rome and its Empire 125 Jesus of Nazareth 126 Christianity and Gnosticism 128 Neo-Platonism 131 VI: Early Christian Philosophy 134 Arianism and Orthodoxy 134 The Theology of Incarnation 137 The Life of Augustine 139 The City of God and the Mystery of Grace 142 Boethius and Philoponus 145 VII: Early Medieval Philosophy 150 John the Scot 150 Alkindi and Avicenna 153 The Feudal System 155 Saint Anselm 156 Abelard and Héloïse 158 Abelard's Logic 160 Abelard's Ethics 162 Averroes 163 Maimonides 165 VIII: Philosophy in the Thirteenth Century 167 An Age of Innovation 167 Saint Bonaventure 170 Thirteenth-Century Logic 172 Aquinas' Life and Works 173 Aquinas' Natural Theology 175 Matter, Form, Substance, and Accident 177 Aquinas on Essence and Existence 179 Aquinas' Philosophy of Mind 180 Aquinas' Moral Philosophy 181 IX: Oxford Philosophers 186 The Fourteenth-Century University 186 Duns Scotus 187 Ockham's Logic of Language 194 Ockham's Political Theory 196 The Oxford Calculators 199 John Wyclif 200 X: Renaissance Philosophy 203 The Renaissance 203 Free-will: Rome vs. Louvain 204 Renaissance Platonism 207 Machiavelli 208 More's Utopia 211 The Reformation 213 Post-Reformation Philosophy 217 Bruno and Galileo 219 Francis Bacon 221 XI: The Age of Descartes 226 The Wars of Religion 226 The Life of Descartes 227 The Doubt and the Cogito 230 The Essence of Mind 232 God, Mind, and Body 233 The Material World 237 XII: English Philosophy in the Seventeenth Century 241 The Empiricism of Thomas Hobbes 241 Hobbes' Political Philosophy 243 The Political Theory of John Locke 246 Locke on Ideas and Qualities 248 Substances and Persons 251 XIII: Continental Philosophy in the Age Of Louis XIV 256 Blaise Pascal 256 Spinoza and Malebranche 267 Leibniz 272 XIV: British Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century 277 Berkeley 277 Hume's Philosophy of Mind 282 Hume on Causation 286 Reid and Common Sense 288 XV: The Enlightenment 291 The Philosophes 291 Rousseau 292 Revolution and Romanticism 296 XVI: The Critical Philosophy of Kant 299 Kant's Copernican Revolution 299 The Transcendental Aesthetic 301 The Transcendental Analytic: The Deduction of the Categories 303 The Transcendental Analytic: The System of Principles 306 The Transcendental Dialectic: The Paralogisms of Pure Reason 309 The Transcendental Dialectic: The Antinomies of Pure Reason 311 The Transcendental Dialectic: The Critique of Natural Theology 314 Kant's Moral Philosophy 316 XVII: German Idealism and Materialism 320 Fichte 320 Hegel 321 Marx and the Young Hegelians 325 Capitalism and its Discontents 327 XVIII: The Utilitarians 330 Jeremy Bentham 330 The Utilitarianism of J. S. Mill 335 Mill's Logic 337 XIX: Three Nineteenth-Century Philosophers 341 Schopenhauer 341 Kierkegaard 347 Nietzsche 350 XX: Three Modern Masters 353 Charles Darwin 353 John Henry Newman 358 Sigmund Freud 362 XXI: Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics 369 Frege's Logic 369 Frege's Logicism 371 Frege's Philosophy of Logic 374 Russell's Paradox 375 Russell's Theory of Descriptions 377 Logical Analysis 380 XXII: Continental Philosophy in the Early Twentieth Century 382 Henri Bergson 382 Husserl's Phenomenology 387 The Existentialism of Heidegger 389 The Existentialism of Sartre and de Beauvoir 391 XXIII: The Philosophy of Wittgenstein 396 Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 396 Logical Positivism 399 Philosophical Investigations 401 XXIV: Recent Continental Philosophy 412 The Frankfurt School 412 Jacques Derrida 419 Jurgen Habermas 422 XXV: Recent Analytic Philosophy 428 Elizabeth Anscombe 429 W. V. O. Quine 430 Donald Davidson 433 Peter Geach 434 Peter Strawson 436 American Metaphysics 437 The Cartesian Revival 439 Analytical Ethics 441 John Rawls 445 Richard Rorty 446 Afterword 449 Suggestions for Further Reading 452 Index 461 End User License Agreement 471 Résumé éditeur : "In 1998, the first edition of Anthony Kenny's comprehensive history of Western philosophy was published, to be met with immediate praise and critical acclaim. As the first book since Bertrand Russell's 1945 A History of Western Philosophy to offer a concise single-author review of the complete history of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the modern masters of the 20th century, Kenny's work fills a critical gap in the modern philosophy reading list and offers valuable guidance for the general reader of philosophy--an ideal starting point for anyone with an interest in great thinkers and the family lines of philosophical evolution. Widely considered to be one of the most thorough and accessible historical reviews in philosophy, An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy has earned an estimable and distinctive reputation, both for the compelling writing style of Anthony Kenny, one of the most respected and accomplished living philosophers, and for the rich collection of paintings, illustrations, maps, and photos included with every chapter to complement this review of 2,500 years of philosophical thought. Newly revised and expanded for a special 20th anniversary publication, the latest edition of An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy contains all of Kenny's original writings on the history of Western philosophy from ancient to modern, along with new writings on the philosophy of the mid-20th century, covering important contributions from continental philosophers and philosophers of the post-Wittgenstein anglophone tradition, including the work of many women who have too often been neglected by the historical record." In 1998, the first edition of Anthony Kenny's comprehensive history of Western philosophy was published, to be met with immediate praise and critical acclaim. As the first book since Bertrand Russell's 1945 A History of Western Philosophy to offer a concise single-author review of the complete history of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the modern masters of the 20th century, Kenny's work fills a critical gap in the modern philosophy reading list and offers valuable guidance for the general reader of philosophy{u2014}an ideal starting point for anyone with an interest in great thinkers and the family lines of philosophical evolution. Widely considered to be one of the most thorough and accessible historical reviews in philosophy, An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy has earned an estimable and distinctive reputation, both for the compelling writing style of Anthony Kenny, one of the most respected and accomplished living philosophers, and for the rich collection of paintings, illustrations, maps, and photos included with every chapter to complement this review of 2,500 years of philosophical thought. Newly revised and expanded for a special 20th anniversary publication, the latest edition of An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy contains all of Kenny's original writings on the history of Western philosophy from ancient to modern, along with new writings on the philosophy of the mid-20th century, covering important contributions from continental philosophers and philosophers of the post-Wittgenstein anglophone tradition, including the work of many women who have too often been neglected by the historical record

Now in its third anniversary edition, world-renowned philosopher Anthony Kenny’s highly acclaimed survey of Western philosophy has been updated to provide essential coverage of contemporary Anglophone analytic and continental philosophy, and features a brand-new introduction on the history of philosophical sub-disciplines.

• 20th anniversary edition of Sir Anthony Kenny’s acclaimed survey of over 2,500 years of Western philosophical thought, featuring new chapters on Anglophone analytic and continental philosophy
• Offers the most concise and compelling story of the complete development of philosophy available
• Written by one of the most learned and pedigreed philosophers alive in Britain
• New to this edition is an array of significant female thinkers and continental figures such as Heidegger, Sartre, Beauvoir, Derrida, Foucault, Habermas, Popper, Anscombe, Austin, Geach, Foot, Quine, Davidson, Kripke, and Rawls
• Sets itself apart from competing volumes with Kenny’s distinctive voice and approachable style, making it accessible for students and curious general readers
• Now features 70 illustrations, many new to this edition

An illustrated tour through the history of Western philosophy by renowned authority Anthony Kenny, newly revised and expanded in a special 20th anniversary edition Newly revised and expanded for a special 20th anniversary publication, the latest edition of An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy contains all of Anthony Kenny's original writings on the history of Western philosophy from ancient to modern, along with new writings on the philosophy of the mid-20th century, covering important contributions from continental philosophers and philosophers of the post-Wittgenstein anglophone tradition, including the work of many women whose works have too often been neglected by the historical record. The only book of its kind, offering complete, concise coverage of the full Western philosophical tradition over 2,500 years of history A valuable resource for the general philosophy reader and the beginning philosophy student Filled with photos, illustrations, paintings, and maps to provide further dimensions to this comprehensive history Authored by one of the most respected and learned philosophers of the modern era Widely translated and a consistent best-seller in philosophy resources for the general reader