Masterpieces of World Philosophy : Nearly 100 classics of the world's greatest philosophers analyzed and explained

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For many, philosophy is a difficult, almost unapproachable field — just understanding it seems to require more knowledge than most students and general readers could possibly have. That’s how Masterpieces of World Philosophy can help you to truly grasp the ideas of Aristotle and Aquinas, Confucius and Camus: it examines and summarizes nearly one hundred influential works through critical essays that focus on their themes and major points. Based on the award-winning, five-volume reference, World Philosophy, each essay explains the historical background of the work, the life of its author, and its influence on modern thought. Alternate views of the philosopher’s ideas are provided through reviews of important critical works, and reading lists help you find sources for additional information. With Masterpieces of World Philosophy, the ideas that have shaped our world—from the ancients to the thinkers of our own time—are at your fingertips. Dr. Frank N. Magill has been a writer and editor of distinguished reference works for the past forty years. John K. Roth is Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. In 1988, he was named Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Masterpieces of World Philosophy will help you gain a quick, clear understanding of our greatest philosophical treasures, including: The Analects of Confucius, Bhagavad Gita, Phaedo, Chuang Tzu, The Book of Salvation, Novum Organum, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, The Social Contract, Phenomenology of Spirit, Essay on Liberty, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Creative Evolution, Human Nature and Conduct, I and Thou, Being and Nothingness, The Rebel, A Theory of Justice, ...and many more. Cover Inside Flaps Back Cover Title Contents Introduction: On Reading Masterpieces of Philosophy in a Changing World - John K. Roth Analects of Confucius, The - Confucius Bhagavad Gita - Unknown Democritus: Fragments - Democritus of Abdera Euthyphro - Plato Apology - Plato Crito - Plato Phaedo - Plato Republic - Plato Metaphysics - Aristotle Ethica Nicomachea - Aristotle Politics - Aristotle Meng Tzu - Mencius Chuang Tzu - Chuang Chou Principal Doctrines and Letter to Menoeceus - Epicurus Tao Te Ching - Unknown De rerum natura - Lucretius Discourses and Manual - Epictetus Outlines of Pyrrhonism - Sextus Empiricus City of God, The - Saint Augustine Platform Scripture of the Sixth Patriarch, The - Hui-neng Crest Jewel of Wisdom - S'ankara Book of Salvation, The - Avicenna Monologion and Proslogion - Saint Anselm of Canterbury Incoherence of the Incoherence, The - Averroes Summa Theologica - Saint Thomas Aquinas William of Ockham: Selections - William of Ockham Prince, The - Niccolo Machiavelli Novum Organum - Francis Bacon Meditations on First Philosophy - Rene Descartes Leviathan - Thomas Hobbes Pensees - Blaise Pascal Ethics - Benedictus de Spinoza Essay Concerning Human Understanding, An - John Locke Of Civil Government: The Second Treatise - John Locke Theodicy - Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous - George Berkeley Treatise of Human Nature (Book I), A - David Hume Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, An - David Hume Social Contract, The - Jean Jacques Rousseau Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion - David Hume Critique of Pure Reason - Immanuel Kant Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals - Immanuel Kant Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, An - Jeremy Bentham Phenomenology of Spirit - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel World as Will and Idea, The - Arthur Schopenhauer Philosophy of History, The - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Philosophical Fragments - Soren Kierkegaard Concluding Unscientific Postscript - Soren Kierkegaard Essay on Liberty - John Stuart Mill Utilitarianism - John Stuart Mill Methods of Ethics, The - Henry Sidgwick Thus Spake Zarathustra - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil - Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche Marx: Selected Works - Karl Marx Will to Believe, The - William James World and the Individual, The - Josiah Royce Principia Ethica - George Edward Moore Life of Reason, The - George Santayana Creative Evolution - Henri Bergson Peirce: Collected Papers - Charles Sanders Peirce Pragmatism - William James Ideas: General Introduction to Pure Phenomenology - Edmund Husserl Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus - Ludwig Wittgenstein Human Nature and Conduct - John Dewey I and Thou - Martin Buber Being and Time - Martin Heidegger Quest for Certainty, The - John Dewey Process and Reality - Alfred North Whitehead Right and the Good, The - William David Ross Logic of Scientific Discovery, The - Sir Karl R. Popper Philosophy and Logical Syntax - Rudolf Carnap Language, Truth and Logic - Alfred Jules Ayer Inquiry into Meaning and Truth, An - Bertrand Russell Being and Nothingness - Jean-Paul Sartre Phenomenology of Perception - Maurice Merleau-Ponty Zen Buddhism - Daisetz T. Suzuki Rebel, The - Albert Camus Courage to Be, The - Paul Tillich Philosophical Investigations - Ludwig Wittgenstein Word and Object - W. V. O. Quine How to Do Things with Words - J. L. Austin Theory of Justice - John Rawls Title Index Author Index