中文名: 哲学．历史英语原版书
英文名: Theology, philosophy and the history of ideas
资源格式: PDF
发行时间: 2009年09月28日
地区: 美国
语言: 英文
简介:
This is the remarkable story of the birth of philosophy, its flourishing in
the ancient Mediterranean world, and the development of ideas which
have shaped the course of Western thought and society.
Sir Anthony Kenny’s stimulating account begins with Pythagoras and
Thales, and ends with St Augustine, who handed on the torch of
philosophy to the Christian age. At the centre of the narrative are the
two great Wgures of Plato and Aristotle, who between them set the agenda
for philosophy for the next two millenia, and whose influence is as
profound today as ever.
The fruit of a lifetime’s scholarship and insight, Ancient Philosophy sets the
philosophers and their ideas in historical context, and explains the
signiWcance and impact of each wave of new ideas. It is the first volume
in a magisterial new series, which brings the history of philosophy alive to
anyone who wants to understand the roots of Western civilization.
Sir Anthony Kenny has been President of the British Academy, and
Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford. He has written many
acclaimed books on the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of religion,
and the history of philosophy, including both scholarly and popular
works on Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, and Wittgenstein.
