A short anthology of philosophers of the sixteenth and seventeenth century, covering philosophical writings from Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Featuring writings by: Martin Luther, Francis Bacon, Rene Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, Baruch Spinoza, Amerigo Vespucci, and more.
A short anthology of philosophers of the sixteenth and seventeenth century, covering philosophical writings from Europe in the sixteenth and sevent...
Offering a sample of the surviving works of philosophers of the Hellenistic Age such as Lucretius, Epicurus, and Philo of Alexandria, this text shows the influence of Greek philosophy on the formative years of Christianity, as well as the early Christians' distrust of these ideas.
Offering a sample of the surviving works of philosophers of the Hellenistic Age such as Lucretius, Epicurus, and Philo of Alexandria, this text shows ...
Widely praised for its accessibility and its concentration on the metaphysical issues that are most central to the history of Greek philosophy, Greek Philosophy: Thales to Aristotle offers a valuable introduction to the works of the Presocratics, Plato, and Aristotle. For the Third Edition, Professor Allen has provided new translations of Socrates' speech in the Symposium and of the first five chapters of Aristotle's Categories, as well as new selections bearing on Aristotle's Theory of Infinity, Continuity, and Discreteness. The book also contains a general...
Widely praised for its accessibility and its concentration on the metaphysical issues that are most central to the history of Greek philosophy, Gre...