The Story of Philosophy, Band 1

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Simon and Schuster, 2006 - 528 Seiten
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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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
Index
697
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Autoren-Profil (2006)

Will Durant was born in North Adams, Massachusetts on November 5, 1885. He received an undergraduate degree at St. Peter's College in New Jersey and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University. His first book, Philosophy and the Social Problem, was published in 1917. His other works include The Story of Philosophy, The Mansions of Philosophy, and the ten-volume The Story of Civilization. By the time the seventh volume was published in 1961, his wife Ariel Durant was listed as a coauthor for her diligent assistance on the project. In 1968 they received the Pulitzer Prize for Rousseau and Revolution. The husband and wife team also wrote A Dual Autobiography in 1977. He died on November 7, 1981.

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