The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy
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Beginning with the death of Socrates in 399 BC, and following the story through the centuries to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein, Bryan Magee's conversations with fifteen contemporary writers and philosophers provide an accessible and exciting account of Western philosophy and its greatest thinkers. The contributors include A. J. Ayer, Bernard Williams, Martha Nussbaum, Peter Singer, and John Searle, so that the book is not only an
introduction to the philosophers of the past, but gives an invaluable insight into the view and personalities of some of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.
Author: Bryan Magee (Fellow in Philosophy, Yale, USA, Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford, Visiting Professor, Fellow in Philosophy, Yale, USA, Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford, Visiting Professor, King's College London)
Format: Paperback, 352 pages, 129mm x 196mm, 384 g
Published: 2000, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom
Genre: History of Ideas & Popular Philosophy
Description
Beginning with the death of Socrates in 399 BC, and following the story through the centuries to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein, Bryan Magee's conversations with fifteen contemporary writers and philosophers provide an accessible and exciting account of Western philosophy and its greatest thinkers. The contributors include A. J. Ayer, Bernard Williams, Martha Nussbaum, Peter Singer, and John Searle, so that the book is not only an
introduction to the philosophers of the past, but gives an invaluable insight into the view and personalities of some of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.
The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy