The dream of reason : a history of western philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance / Anthony G...
The dream of reason : a history of western philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance / Anthony G...
The dream of reason : a history of western philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance / Anthony Gottlieb.
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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G 2016/2827
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 493 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
PART ONE: The Archetypes, the Milesians -- The Harmony of the World, the Pythagoreans -- The Man Who Searched for Himself, Heraclitus -- The Truth About Nothing, Parmenides -- The Ways of Paradox, Zeno -- Love and Strife, Empedocles -- Mind and Matter, Anaxagoras -- He Who Laughs Last, Democritus -...
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Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Edition
New edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2016.
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Summary
Philosophy is a subject with a long history and a short memory. In this landmark new study of Western thought, Anthony Gottlieb looks afresh at the writings of the great thinkers, questions many pieces of conventional wisdom and explains his findings with unbridled brilliance and clarity. From the pre-Socratic philosophers such as Empedocles, whose...
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The dream of reason : a history of western philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance / Anthony Gottlieb.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-477) and index.
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G 2016/2827
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74VKVq3JpJAM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVq3JpJAM
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ISBN
0393352986 (paperback)
9780393352986 (paperback)
DDC
180
MMS ID
991024007507402626
