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New History of Philosophy From Thales to Ockham

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ISBN-10: 0155078488

ISBN-13: 9780155078482

Edition: 2nd 2000 (Revised)

Authors: Wallace I. Matson

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This two volume series introduces the fascinating story of philosophy in a lucid, readable style students enjoy reading. Incorporating the most current scholarship, Matson integrates philosophy into the scientific, political, religious, and social context of different periods. The two volumes can be used as a core text or as a supplement to primary source readings.
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Book details

List price: $55.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 8/9/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

The Rise of Science and Philosophy
Beginnings
The Milesians
Pythagoras and Xenophanes
Heraclitus
The Eleatics
Empedocles
Anaxagoras
Leucippus and Democritus
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
Intellectual Life in Athens
Socrates
The Life of Plato
The Theory of Ideas
Plato's Politics
Plato on the Human Good
Life of Aristotle
Aristotle's Philosophy of Nature
Aristotle on the Structure of Science
Aristotle's Ethics
Aristotle's Politics
Greek Philosophy After Aristotle
The Hellenistic Era
Stoicism
Epicurus
Greek Skeptical Philosophies
Plotinus and Neo-Platonism
Philosophy in the Christian Era
The Christian Revolution
St. Augustine
The Dark Ages
Early Scholastic Philosophy
The Aristotelian Revival
St. Thomas Aquinas
The Later Scholastics