On to Mill, Nietzsche, Sartre, then the philosophical traditions of India, China and the Persian-Arabic world.Īnd finally, into philosophy today. Grayling takes the reader from the world-views and moralities before the age of the Buddha, Confucius and Socrates, through Christianity's. Grayling takes the reader from the worldviews and moralities before the age of the Buddha, Confucius and Socrates through Christianity's capture of the European mind, from the Renaissance and Enlightenment on to Mill, Nietzsche, Sartre and, finally, philosophy today. Through Christianity's dominance of the European mind to the Renaissance and Enlightenment. With his characteristic clarity and elegance A. With characteristic clarity and elegance, A.C. The History of Philosophy takes the reader on a journey from the age of the Buddha, Confucius and Socrates. Grayling covers with characteristic clarity and elegance subjects like epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, logic, and the philosophy of mind, as well as the history of debates in these areas, through the ideas of celebrated philosophers as well as less well-known influential thinkers. Intelligible for students and eye-opening for philosophy readers, A. He covers not only Western philosophy but Indian. But there has been no comprehensive history of this great intellectual journey since 1945. Grayling offers a remarkably comprehensive history of philosophy from ancient Greece to the present.

The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and teachings of some of the most creative minds known to humanity.

'A cerebrally enjoyable survey, written with great clarity and touches of wit' Sunday Times It is a credit to Graylings abilities that he has penned such a perspicuous book on some very difficult subjects-giving the a reader a. Grayling' 'The History of Philosophy is an excellent overview of great philosophical thought by an insightful practitioner of the field. AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE, THIS LANDMARK WORK IS THE FIRST SINGLE-VOLUME HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY SHARED FOR DECADES 'If there is any such person in Britain as The Thinking Man, it is A.

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