The Story of Philosophy, Volume 1Simon and Schuster, 2006 - 528 pagina's This brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the world's great philosophers—Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey—is "a delight" (The New York Times) and remains one of the most important books of our time. Will Durant chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and intellectual environments which influenced them, and the personal traits and adventures out of which each philosophy grew. Durant’s insight and wit never cease to dazzle; The Story of Philosophy is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world. |
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Inhoudsopgave
chapter | 1 |
Socrates | 4 |
The Preparation of Plato | 15 |
The Ethical Problem | 20 |
The Political Problem | 24 |
The Psychological Problem | 28 |
The Psychological Solution | 30 |
The Political Solution | 41 |
The Treatise on Religion and the State | 208 |
The Ethics | 216 |
chapter 5 | 257 |
Letters on the English | 267 |
The Encyclopedia and the Philosophic | 298 |
chapter 6 | 329 |
On Politics and Eternal Peace | 366 |
A Note on Hegel | 379 |
The Ethical Solution | 49 |
Criticism | 52 |
chapter 2 | 63 |
The Work of Aristotle | 68 |
The Foundation of Logic | 74 |
The Organization of Science | 80 |
Aristotle as a Naturalist | 83 |
The Foundation of Biology | 85 |
Metaphysics and the Nature of God | 89 |
Psychology and the Nature of Art | 92 |
Ethics and the Nature of Happiness | 96 |
Politics | 102 |
Later Life and Death | 120 |
The Political Career of Francis Bacon | 134 |
The Essays | 140 |
The Great Reconstruction | 151 |
Criticism | 176 |
Epilogue | 183 |
chapter 7 | 389 |
The World as Idea | 399 |
The World as Evil | 419 |
The Wisdom of Life | 430 |
The Wisdom of Death | 443 |
chapter 8 | 457 |
First Principles | 473 |
The Evolution of Life | 482 |
The Evolution of Society | 489 |
chapter 9 | 522 |
HeroMorality | 545 |
Finale | 581 |
chapter 11 | 635 |
John Dewey | 678 |
Conclusion | 691 |
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action animals appear Aristotle asked Bacon become begin believe better body called cause comes common death desire determined doubt equal eternal Ethics Europe existence experience faith feeling followed force France give given greatest Greek hand happiness hope human ideas individual intellect Kant king knowledge later laws learned less light live logic material matter means merely metaphysics mind moral nature never objects once organism pass passion peace perhaps philosophy Plato pleasure political principle reality reason religion remains rule Schopenhauer sensations sense social society Socrates soul species Spinoza theory things thought tion true truth turn understanding universal virtue Voltaire whole wisdom writes wrote young youth