A New History of Western Philosophy
by Anthony Kenny
New History of Western Philosophy (Collections and Selections — Complete Set)
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This book is no less than a guide to the whole of Western philosophy -- the ideas that have undergirded our civilization for two-and-a-half thousand years. Anthony Kenny tells the story of philosophy from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages and the Enlightenment into the modern world. He introduces us to the great thinkers and their ideas, starting with Plato, Aristotle, and the other founders of Western thought. In the second part of the book he takes us through a thousand yearsof show more medieval philosophy, and shows us the rich intellectual legacy of Christian thinkers like Augustine, Aquinas, show lessTags
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- A New History of Western Philosophy
- Dedication
- To the memory of Georg Henrik von Wright
- First words
- Not only ancient philosophy, but philosophy's whole history, is dominated by Plato and Aristotle.
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- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Plantinga's reinstatement of the argument, using logical techniques more modern than any available to Russell, serves as a salutary warning of the danger that awaits any historian of logic who declares a philosophical issue definitively closed.
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