A New History of Western Philosophy

Anthony Kenny

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Oxford University Press
16 October 2012

Philosophy; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Western philosophy, from c 1900 -; Christian theology; History of ideas

Series: New History of Western Philosophy

This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy--the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduces us to the great thinkers and their ideas, starting with Plato, Aristotle, and the other founders of Western thought. In the second part of the book he takes us through a thousand years of medieval philosophy, and shows us the rich intellectual legacy of Christian thinkers like Augustine, Aquinas, and Ockham. Moving into the early modern period, we explore the great works of Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Leibniz, Spinoza, Hume, and Kant, which remain essential reading today. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Hegel, Mill, Nietzsche, Freud, and Wittgenstein again transformed the way we see the world. Running though the book are certain themes which have been constant concerns of philosophy since its early beginnings: the fundamental questions of what exists and how we can know about it; the nature of humanity, the mind, truth, and meaning; the place of God in the universe; how we should live and how society should be ordered. Anthony Kenny traces the development of these themes through the centuries: we see how the questions asked and answers offered by the great philosophers of the past remain vividly alive today. Anyone interested in ideas and their history will find this a fascinating and stimulating read.

By: Anthony Kenny
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 55mm
Weight: 2g
ISBN: 9780199656493
ISBN 10: 0199656495
Series: New History of Western Philosophy
Pages: 1088
Publication Date: 16 October 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I: Ancient Philosophy 1: Beginnings: From Pythagoras to Plato 2: Schools of Thought: From Aristotle to Augustine 3: Argument and Reason: Logic 4: Knowledge and its Limits 5: How Things Happen: Physics 6: What There Is: Metaphysics 7: Soul and Mind 8: How to Live: Ethics 9: GodPart II: Medieval Philosophy 10: Philosophy and Faith: Augustine to Maimonides 11: The Schoolmen: From the Twelfth Century to the Renaissance 12: Logic and Language 13: Knowledge 14: Physics 15: Metaphysics 16: Mind and Soul 17: Ethics 18: God Part III: The Rise of Modern Philosophy 19: Sixteenth-Century Philosophy 20: Descartes to Berkeley 21: Hume to Hegel 22: Knowledge 23: Physics 24: Metaphysics 25: Mind and Soul 26: Ethics 27: Political Philosophy 28: God Part IV: Philosophy in the Modern World 29: From Bentham to Nietzsche 30: From Peirce to Strawson 31: From Freud to Derrida 32: Logic 33: Language 34: Epistemology 35: Metaphysics 36: Philosophy of Mind 37: Ethics 38: Aesthetics 39: Politics 40: God Chronology

Reviews for A New History of Western Philosophy

Review from previous edition Not only an authoritative guide to the history of philosophy, but also a compelling introduction to every major area of philosophical enquiry. Times Higher Education