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S'està carregant… The Examined Life: Readings from Western Philosophers from Plato to Kant (edició 2000)de Stanley Rosen (Editor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. This book is a collection of works from various authors that demonstrate major themes in philosophy. The book is split into six main parts with each part concentrating on a main theme of philosophy. These parts are as follows; Part One: Social and Political Philosophy Part Two: Philosophy of Religion Part Three: Philosophy of Art and Culture Part Four: Metaphysics Part Five: Epistemology Part Six: Philosophy of Science. Each part contains an introduction by a doctorate toting professor meant to increase your understanding and provide a framework to the general ideas. For instance, in Part Two, we are introduced by William Desmond, and the first work is a selection from the Confessions of St. Augustine of Hippo. With thirty-six selections of philosophers from Plato to Nietzsche to Kant to Kierkegaard, you are bound to find a pretty good introduction to Western Philosophy between these pages. My only real complaint is that the book takes a great many works from Plato, which only shows how influential Plato was in the Western Canon. Of the thirty-six works, five of them are from Plato. Now that I am counting though, Aristotle has four of the thirty-six, so... In any case, this was a good introduction. It also has a guide to overarching themes, so if you are into that then check this one out I guess. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
Over 35 excerpts from philosophers from Aristotle to Hume, arranged by discipline: social and political philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of art and aesthetics, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of science. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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For those of us who have read and studied the (nearly) complete works of all of these philosophers, though, this book feels a bit hollow. Philosophy is full of nuance, the exploration of detail, and the evolution of ideas. You simply can't capture the ideas of a philosopher with only a few readings of their works. Many of these philosophers changed their ideas over time - or expounded on them at such length throughout their careers as to completely alter our understanding of them - and I'm left too aware of how much this book leaves out, and how the philosophies are pared down to such a degree as to almost misrepresent them.
But this is the challenge of all general histories of philosophy. This book does better than most. Any disappointments are mine for buying a general history when I didn't really need one. ( )