Masterpieces of world philosophy
by Magill, Frank N., (Frank Northen) Roth, John K.
Examines and summarizes nearly 100 influential works through critical essays that focus on their themes and major points.
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- Full title :Masterpieces of world philosophy / edited by Frank N. Magill ; selection by John K. Roth ; with an introduction by John K. Roth.
Summary
Examines and summarizes nearly 100 influential works through critical essays that focus on their themes and major points.
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- Publication Date:©1990.
- Edition:1st ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication:New York, NY
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1990.
The Physical Object
- Description:xi, 684, iv pages ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0060164301, 9780060164300, 0062700510, 9780062700513
- oclc:ocm21561974
- LC Classification:B75
- Dewey Decimal:100
Table of Contents
Introduction: On reading masterpieces of philosophy in a changing world / John K. Roth -- The analects of Confucius / Confucius -- Bhagavad Gita / Unknown -- Democritus : fragments / Democritus of Abdera -- Euthyphro / Plato -- Apology / Plato -- Crito / Plato -- Phaedo / Plato -- Republic / Plato -- Metaphysics / Aristotle -- Ethica Nichomachea / Aristotle -- Politics / Aristotle -- Meng tzu / Mencius -- Chuang tzu / Chuang Chou -- Principle doctrines and letter to Menoeceus / Epicurus -- Tao te ching / Unknown -- De rerum natura / Lucretius -- Discourses ; and, Manual / Epictetus -- Outlines of pyrrhonism / Sextus Empiricus -- The city of God / Saint Augustine -- The platform scripture of the Sixth Patriarch / Hui-neng -- Crest jewel of wisdom / S'ankara -- The book of salvation / Avicenna -- Monologion ; and, Proslogion / Saint Anselm of Canterbury -- Incoherence of the incoherence / Averroës -- Summa theologica / Saint Thomas Aquinas -- William of Ockham : selections / William of Ockham -- The prince / Niccolò Machiavelli -- Novum organum / Francis Bacon -- Meditations on first philosophy / René Descartes -- Leviathan / Thomas Hobbes -- Pensées / Blaise Pascal -- Ethics / Bene…
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