6 edition of Philosophy and the Modern World found in the catalog.
Philosophy and the Modern World
Levi, Albert William
Published
February 1977
by Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx)
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Written in
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | 606 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL10192342M |
| ISBN 10 | 0226473910 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780226473918 |
Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the development of philosophy in the modern world, from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century. Alongside (and intertwined with) extraordinary scientific advances, cultural changes, and political upheavals, the last two centuries have seen some of the most intriguing and. Philosophy in the Contemporary World: Volume > 25 > Issue: 2 commentators come closer to the mark when they talk about Plato’s passages addressing the person of the tyrant in Book IX, but what is lacking in these accounts is a context that more fully explains why the tyrant is what he is, in Platonic terms. or something beyond that.
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`Philosophy in the Modern World' is the fourth of four volumes in Anthony Kenny's `A New History of Western Philosophy' recently published by Oxford University Press. For those unfamiliar with the author, Kenny is a leading contemporary scholar that has previously written noteworthy texts on Aquinas, Descartes, and Wittgenstein amongst by: 6.
Philosophy in the Modern World book. Read 7 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Here is the concluding volume of Sir Anthony Kenny's /5. Philosophy And The Modern World book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers/5.
Anthony Kenny's Philosophy in the Modern World is the fourth and final volume of his series collectively titled, "A New History of Western Philosophy." I should note at the outset that I have not read the preceding three volumes and so I cannot comment on the extent to which the present volume dovetails with the previous ones, nor can I judge its success at bringing the series to a conclusion.
Additional Physical Format: Online version: Levi, Albert William, Philosophy and the modern world. Bloomington, Indiana University Press []. Additional Physical Format: Online version: Levi, Albert William, Philosophy and the modern world.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press,© Here is the concluding volume of Sir Anthony Kenny's monumental four-volume history of philosophy, the first major single-author narrative history to appear for several decades.
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In my choice of ten books, I give two which will introduce readers to the world of modern philosophy (2 and 3), a general book on the history of philosophy (1) and seven masterpieces of philosophy Author: Guardian Staff. Philosophy in the Modern World brings to completion Kenny's magisterial New History of Western Philosophy.
The four volumes have been designed to dovetail with each other: they offer a unified overview of the entire development of philosophy, allowing readers to trace themes through the centuries, from antiquity to the present day/5().
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