Philosophy : The Great Thinkers

This book brings together the world's greatest philosophers in one comprehensive and easy to use volume. Designed to be dipped into again and again, this book will please people with both a casual and more serious interest in philosophy. Anselm, St. -- Aquinas, St. Thomas -- Aristotle -- Arnauld, Antoine -- Augustine, St. -- Aurelius, Marcus -- Austin, John Langshaw -- Avicenna -- Ayer, Alfred Jules -- Bacon, Francis -- Beauvoir, Simone de -- Bentham, Jeremy -- Bergson, Henri Louis -- Berkeley, George -- Boethius -- Camus, Albert -- Carnap, Rudolph -- Chomsky, Noam -- Cicero, Marcus Tullius -- Comte, Auguste -- Copernicus, Nicolaus -- Darwin, Charles Robert -- Democritus -- Dennett, Daniel -- Derrida, Jacques -- Descartes, Rene -- Dewey, John -- Diderot, denis -- Diogenes of Sinope -- Duns Scotus, John -- Durkheim, Emile -- Einstein, Albert -- Empiricus, Sextus -- Engels, Friedrich -- Epicurus -- Erasmus, Desiderius -- Feyerabend, Paul -- Foucault, Michel -- Frege, Gottlob -- Freud, Sigmund -- Galilei, Galileo -- Godel, Kurt -- Hegel, George Wilhelm Friedrich -- Heidegger, Martin -- Heraclitus -- Hobbes, Thomas -- HUme, David -- Husserl, Edmund -- James, William -- Jung, Carl Gustav -- Kant, Immanuel -- Keynes, John Maynard -- Kierkegaard, Soren -- Kripke, Saul -- Kuhn, Thomas -- Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von -- Lenin, Vladimir Illych -- Levi-Strauss, Claude -- Locke, John -- Mach. Ernst -- Machiavelli, Niccolo -- Malebranche, Nicolas -- Marx, Karl -- Merleau-Ponty, Mauric -- Mill, John Stuart -- Montaigne, Michel de -- Moore, George Edward -- More, Sir Thomas -- Newton, Isaac -- Nietzche, Friedrich -- Nozick, Robert -- Paine, Thomas -- Parmenides of Elea -- Pascal, Blaise -- Peirce, Charles Sanders -- Philo of Alexandria -- Plato -- Plotinus -- Popper, Karl -- Pythagoras of Samors Quine, Willard -- van Orman -- Rawls, John -- Reid, Thomas -- Rorty, Richard -- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques -- Russell, Bertrand -- Ryle, Gilbert -- Sartre, Jean-Paul -- Saussure, Ferdinand de -- SChelling, Frederick Wilhelm -- Schiller, Johann Christoph -- Schlick, Moritz -- Schopenhauer, Arthur -- Searle, John -- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus -- Sidgwick, Henry -- Singer, Peter -- Skinner, Burrhus Frederic -- Smith, Adam -- Socrates -- Spinoza, Benedict de -- Tarski, Alfred -- Thales of miletus -- Turing, Alan -- Voltaire -- Vygotsky, Lev Semenovich -- Whitehead, Alfred North -- William of Occam -- Wittgenstein, Ludwig -- Wollstonecraft, Mary -- Xenophanes of Colophon -- Zeno of Elea. Who am I? What is justice? What does it mean to live a good life? Many of the fundamental questions of philosophy are questions that we begin to ask ourselves as young adults when we look at the world around us, at ourselves, and try to make sense of things. This engaging and accessible book invites the reader to explore the questions and arguments of philosophy through the work of one hundred of the greatest thinkers within the Western intellectual tradition. Covering philosophical, scientific, political and religious thought over a period of 2500 years, Philosophy will serve as an excellent guide for those interested in knowing about individual thinkers--such as Plato, Aristotle, Rousseau and Nietzsche, to name just a few--and the questions and observations that inspired them to write. By presenting individual thinkers, details of their lives and the concerns and circumstances that motivated them, this book makes philosophy come to life as a relevant and meaningful approach to thinking about the contemporary world. A lucid and engaging book full of thought-provoking quotations, as well as clear explanations and definitions, Philosophy is sure to encourage students and laymen alike to investigate further. 'It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.'- Aristotle This illustrated guide showcases the major philosophers of the western tradition. Concise and informative, it provides an ideal introduction to their lives, ideas and the effect those ideas have had on the wider world. Both easy-to-use and a stimulating read, this book is an ideal reference for anybody interested in philosophy, and especially for those who want a clear, entertaining exposition of the ideas that shape the way we think. Key features: • A-Z format, covering the ideas of many of history's most influential thinkers, from Aristotle and Cicero to controversial contemporary philosophers such as Peter Singer and Jacques Derrida • At-a-glance summaries of the major works of each philosopher featured • Fully illustrated Philosophy: The Great Thinkers showcases the major philosophers of the western tradition. Written with the general reader in mind, it provides an ideal introduction to their ideas and the effects those ideas have had on the wider world