From Socrates to Sartre : The Philosophic Quest

a Challenging New Look At The Great Thinkers Whose Ides Have Shaped Our Civilization from Socrates To Sartre Presents A Rousing And Readable Introduction To The Lives, And Times Of The Great Philosophers. This Thought-provoking Book Takes Us From The Inception Of Western Society In Plato’s Athens To Today When The Commanding Power Of Marxism Has Captured One Third Of The World. T. Z. Lavine, Elton Professor Of Philosophy At George Washington University, Makes Philosophy Come Alive With Astonishing Clarity To Give Us A Deeper, More Meaningful Understanding Of Ourselves And Our Times. from Socrates To Sartre Discusses Western Philosophers In Terms Of The Historical And Intellectual Environment Which Influenced Them, And It Connects Their Lasting Ideas To The Public And Private Choices We Face In America Today. from Socrates To Sartre Formed The Basis Of From The Pbs Television Series Of The Same Name. A challenging new look at the great thinkers whose ides have shaped our civilization From Socrates to Sartre presents a rousing and readable introduction to the lives, and times of the great philosophers. This thought-provoking book takes us from the inception of Western society in Plato's Athens to today when the commanding power of Marxism has captured one third of the world. T. Z. Lavine, Elton Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University, makes philosophy come alive with astonishing clarity to give us a deeper, more meaningful understanding of ourselves and our times. From Socrates to Sartre discusses Western philosophers in terms of the historical and intellectual environment which influenced them, and it connects their lasting ideas to the public and private choices we face in America today. From Socrates to Sartre formed the basis of from the PBS television series of the same name. From the Paperback edition. Contents Preface Plato Virtue Is Knowledge Shadow and Substance The Divided Line The Tripartite Soul The Ideal State Descartes Historical Transition to the Modern World Doubting to Believe God Exists The Clockwork Universe Body and Soul Hume How Do You Know? “A Well-Meanin’ Critter” Will the Sun Rise Tomorrow? Reason: “Slave Of the Passions” Hegel A Revolution In Thought The Real Is the Rational Master and Slave The Cunning of Reason The Owl Of Minerva Marx The Young Hegelian Alienated Man The Conflict Of Classes The World To Come Sartre My Existence is Absurd Nausea “Condemned To Be Free” No Exit In Search: The Contemporary Scene in Philosophy In Search Glossary Index This book presents a readable introduction to the lives and times of the great philosophers. It takes us from the inception of Western society Plato's Athens to when the power of Marxism had captured one third of the world. Lavine discusses Western philosophers in terms of the historical and intellectual environment which influenced them, and connects their lasting ideas to the public and private choices we face in America today. The book formed the basis for the PBS television series of the same name.--From publisher description A tour of philosophy through six philosophers, with an emphasis on epistemology and ethics. No one must have any private property whatsoever, except what is absolutely necessary. Do you sometimes ask, what is reality and what is mere surface appearance?