1st Edition

The Longman Standard History of Philosophy, VOL 1 & 2

    672 Pages
    by Routledge

    Biographical headnotes, reading introductions, study questions, and special "Prologues" and "Philosophical Overviews" help students understand and appreciate the philosophical concepts under discussion. Throughout the text, "Philosophical Bridges" discuss how earlier thinkers would influence philosophers to com, and place major movements in a contemporary context, showing students how the schools of philosophy interrelate and how various philosophies apply to the world today. In addition to this comprehensive survey of the whole of philosophical history, individual volumes for each of the major historical eras are also available for specialized courses.

    Preface -- General Introduction I -- PART A: ANCIENT PHILOSOPHERS -- General Introduction -- I: EARLY ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHERS -- Prologue -- The Milesians -- Prologue -- Thales -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Fragments -- Study Questions -- Anaximander -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Fragments -- Study Questions -- The Ionians -- Prologue -- Pythagoras -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Fragments -- Study Questions -- Heraclitus -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Fragments -- Study Questions -- The Eleatics -- Prologue -- Parmenides -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Fragments -- Study Questions -- Zeno -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Fragments -- Study Questions -- The Atomists -- Prologue -- Democritus -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Fragments -- Study Questions -- The Sophists -- Prologue -- Protagoras -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Fragments -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Early Ancient Influence -- Bibliography -- II: PLATO -- Prologue -- Plato -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Euthyphro; Abridged -- Study Questions -- Apology: Abridged -- Study Questions -- Crito: Complete -- Study Questions -- Meno: Selections -- Study Questions -- Phaedo: Selections -- Study Questions -- Republic: Books II—VII, Abridged -- Study Questions -- Parmenides: Selections -- Study Questions -- Timaeus: Selections -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Platonic Influence Bibliography -- III: ARISTOTLE -- Prologue -- Aristotle -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Categories: Selections -- Study Questions -- On Interpretation: Selections -- Study Questions -- Posterior Analytic: Selections -- Study Questions -- Physics: Book II Selections -- Study Questions -- Metaphysics: Selections from Books I, V, VIII, and XII -- Study Questions -- On the Soul: Selections from Books II and III -- Study Questions -- Nicomachean Ethics: Selections from Books I, II, VI, VII, and X -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Aristotelian Influence -- Bibliography -- 106 -- IV: HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PHILOSOPHERS -- O Prologue -- Epicureanism -- Prologue -- Epicurus -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Letter to Menoeceus: Selection -- Study Questions -- Principal Doctrines: Selection -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Epicurus -- Lucretius -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- On the Nature of Things: Book III -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Lucretius -- Stoicism -- Prologue -- Epictetus -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Encheiridion (The Manual): Selections -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Epictetus -- Skepticism -- Prologue -- Sextus Empiricus -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Outlines of Pyrrhonism: Selections from Chapter 1 -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Sextus Empiricus -- Bibliography -- PART B: MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHERS -- General Introduction -- I: EARLY MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHERS -- Prologue -- Plotinus -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Enneads -- First Ennead: Sixth Tractate: Beauty -- Fourth Ennead: Ninth Tractate: Are All Souls One? -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Plotinus -- Bibliography -- II: CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHERS -- Prologue -- Augustine -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Confessions: Selections -- Study Questions -- Against the Manichaeans: Selections -- Study Questions -- Enchiridion: Chapters-17, and -- Study Questions -- Self-Knowledge and the Threefold Nature of Mind -- Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Augustine -- Anselm -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- The Ontological Argument -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Anselm -- Thomas Aquinas -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Summa Contra Gentiles: Selections -- Study Questions -- Summa Theologica: Selections -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Aquinas -- Bibliography -- III: ISLAMIC AND JEWISH PHILOSOPHERS -- Prologue -- Avicenna (Ibn Sina) -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Essay on the Secret of Destiny -- Study Questions -- Concerning the Soul -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Avicenna -- Averroes (Muhammad Ibn*Rushd) -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Commentary on “On the Soul”: Selections -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Averroes -- Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon) -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Guide for the Perplexed: Selections -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Influence of Maimonides -- Bibliography -- IV: LATE MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHERS -- Prologue -- William of Ockham -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Summa Logicae: Selections -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: Ockham's Influence Bibliography -- PART C: MODERN PHILOSOPHERS -- General Introduction -- I: THE RATIONALISTS -- Prologue -- Rene Descartes -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Meditations on the First Philosophy In which the Existence of God and the Distinction between Mind and Body are Demonstrated -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: The Cartesian Influence -- Baruch de Spinoza -- Biographical History Philosophical Overview -- The Ethics: Selections -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: Spinoza's Influence -- Gottfried Leibniz -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Discourse on Metaphysics -- Study Questions Monadology -- Study Questions -- Letters to Clarke: Third and Fourth Letters -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: Leibniz's Influence -- Bibliography -- II: THE EMPIRICISTS -- Prologue -- Francis Bacon -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview Novum Organum: Selections -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: Bacon's Influence -- Thomas Hobbes -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview The Leviathan: Selections -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: Hobbes' Influence -- John Locke -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- An Essay Concerning Human Understanding -- Study Questions -- A Treatise Concerning the True Original Extent and End of Civil Government: Second Treatise -- Study Questions Philosophical Bridges: Locke's Influence -- George Berkeley -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous, in Opposition to Skeptics and Atheists -- Study Questions Philosophical Bridges: Berkeley's Influence -- David Hume -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding -- Study Questions -- A Treatise on Human Nature -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: Hume's Influence -- Bibliography -- III: THE ENLIGHTENMENT PHILOSOPHERS -- Prologue -- JeanPaul Sartre -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Existentialism and Humanism: Selections -- Study Questions -- Being and Nothingness -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: Sartre's Influence -- Simone de Beauvoir -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- The Second Sex: Conclusion -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: de Beauvoir's Influence -- Bibliography -- VI: HABERMAS AND THE POSTMODERNISTS -- Prologue -- Jurgen Habermas -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action: Selections Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: Habermas's Influence Michel Foucault -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Truth and Power: Selections -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: Foucault's Influence Jacques Derrida -- Biographical History -- Philosophical Overview -- Positions: Selections -- Study Questions -- Philosophical Bridges: Derrida's Influence Bibliography -- Sources.

    Biography

    Kolak, Daniel