A sparkling, original tour through 2,500 years of Western thought, from Socrates to Derrida, from happiness and love in ancient Greece to truth and forgiveness in the twentieth century. Twenty-seven of today's leading philosophers each introduce and explore ideas from one of history's greatest minds.
A sparkling, original tour through 2,500 years of Western thought, from Socrates to Derrida, from happiness and love in ancient Greece to truth and forgiveness in the twentieth century. Twenty-seven of today's leading philosophers each introduce and explore ideas from one of history's greatest minds.
David Edmonds is an award-winning documentary maker for the BBC World Service. He is the author or co-author (with John Eidinow) of several books, including Wittgenstein's Poker (short-listed for the Guardian First Book Award), Bobby Fischer Goes To War (long-listed for the Samuel Johnson prize), and Rousseau's Dog (about the relationship between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume). He is currently a Research Associate at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford University and a Contributing Editor for Prospect Magazine. Nigel Warburton is a freelance philosopher, podcaster, and writer. His books include A Little History of Philosophy, Philosophy: the Basics, Thinking from A to Z, Philosophy: the Classics, The Art Question, and Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction. He runs several weblogs including virtualphilosopher.com and artandallusion.com.
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Introduction: 'Who Is Your Favourite Philosopher?' 1: Mary Margaret McCabe on Socrates and the Paradox of Inquiry 2: Angie Hobbs on Plato on Erotic Love 3: Terence Irwin on Aristotle's Ethics 4: Anthony Kenny on Aquinas' Ethics 5: Quentin Skinner on Machiavelli's The Prince 6: Sarah Bakewell on Montaigne 7: A. C. Grayling on Descartes' Cogito 8: Susan James on Spinoza on the emotions 9: John Dunn on Locke on Toleration 10: John Campbell on Berkeley's Puzzle 11: Peter Millican on Hume's Significance 12: Nicholas Phillipson on Adam Smith on What Human Beings are Like 13: Melissa Lane on Rousseau on Modern Society 14: Richard Bourke on Edmund Burke on Politics 15: A. W. Moore on Kant's Metaphysics 16: Robert Stern on Hegel on Dialectic 17: Richard Reeves on Mill on Liberty 18: Clare Carlisle on Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling 19: Aaron Ridley on Nietzsche on Art and Truth 20: Peter Singer on Henry Sidgwick's Ethics 21: Robert B. Talisse on the Pragmatists 22: Barry C. Smith on Wittgenstein 23: Hugh Mellor on Frank Ramsey on Truth 24: Mary Warnock on Sartre's Existentialism 25: Chandran Kukathas on Hayek 26: Jonathan Wolff on John Rawls 27: Robert Rowland Smith on Derrida on Forgiveness
Introduction: 'Who Is Your Favourite Philosopher?' 1: Mary Margaret McCabe on Socrates and the Paradox of Inquiry 2: Angie Hobbs on Plato on Erotic Love 3: Terence Irwin on Aristotle's Ethics 4: Anthony Kenny on Aquinas' Ethics 5: Quentin Skinner on Machiavelli's The Prince 6: Sarah Bakewell on Montaigne 7: A. C. Grayling on Descartes' Cogito 8: Susan James on Spinoza on the emotions 9: John Dunn on Locke on Toleration 10: John Campbell on Berkeley's Puzzle 11: Peter Millican on Hume's Significance 12: Nicholas Phillipson on Adam Smith on What Human Beings are Like 13: Melissa Lane on Rousseau on Modern Society 14: Richard Bourke on Edmund Burke on Politics 15: A. W. Moore on Kant's Metaphysics 16: Robert Stern on Hegel on Dialectic 17: Richard Reeves on Mill on Liberty 18: Clare Carlisle on Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling 19: Aaron Ridley on Nietzsche on Art and Truth 20: Peter Singer on Henry Sidgwick's Ethics 21: Robert B. Talisse on the Pragmatists 22: Barry C. Smith on Wittgenstein 23: Hugh Mellor on Frank Ramsey on Truth 24: Mary Warnock on Sartre's Existentialism 25: Chandran Kukathas on Hayek 26: Jonathan Wolff on John Rawls 27: Robert Rowland Smith on Derrida on Forgiveness
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