Story of PhilosophySimon and Schuster, 24/07/2012 - 432 من الصفحات This brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the world's great philosophers—Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey—is "a delight" (The New York Times) and remains one of the most important books of our time. Will Durant chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and intellectual environments which influenced them, and the personal traits and adventures out of which each philosophy grew. Durant’s insight and wit never cease to dazzle; The Story of Philosophy is an essential book for anyone who wishes to understand the history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world. |
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... believe all the while that there is something vital and significant in us, could we but decipher our own souls. We want to understand; “life means for us constantly to transform into light and flame all that we are or meet with”;1 we ...
... believe all the while that there is something vital and significant in us, could we but decipher our own souls. We want to understand; “life means for us constantly to transform into light and flame all that we are or meet with”;1 we ...
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... . Try to examine her well and truly; and if she be evil, seek to turn away all men from her; but if she be what I believe she is, then follow her and serve her, and be of good cheer.” Story The Philosophy of xxx the story of philosophy.
... . Try to examine her well and truly; and if she be evil, seek to turn away all men from her; but if she be what I believe she is, then follow her and serve her, and be of good cheer.” Story The Philosophy of xxx the story of philosophy.
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... believe too much; and the general disposition of merchants to classify all men as either fools or knaves inclined them to question every creed. Gradually, too, they were developing science; mathematics grew with the increasing ...
... believe too much; and the general disposition of merchants to classify all men as either fools or knaves inclined them to question every creed. Gradually, too, they were developing science; mathematics grew with the increasing ...
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... truth might find room and play—the dialogue. Never before, we may believe, had philosophy assumed so brilliant a garb; and surely never since. Even in translation this style shines and sparkles and leaps and bubbles over. “Plato,” plato 17.
... truth might find room and play—the dialogue. Never before, we may believe, had philosophy assumed so brilliant a garb; and surely never since. Even in translation this style shines and sparkles and leaps and bubbles over. “Plato,” plato 17.
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... believe it—that when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the state change with them.”15 Music is valuable not only because it brings refinement of feeling and character, but also because it preserves and restores health ...
... believe it—that when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the state change with them.”15 Music is valuable not only because it brings refinement of feeling and character, but also because it preserves and restores health ...
المحتوى
The Treatise on Religion and the State | 208 |
The Ethics | 216 |
chapter 5 | 257 |
Letters on the English | 267 |
The Encyclopedia and the Philosophic | 298 |
chapter 6 | 329 |
On Politics and Eternal Peace | 366 |
A Note on Hegel | 379 |
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The Work of Aristotle | 68 |
The Foundation of Logic | 74 |
The Organization of Science | 80 |
Aristotle as a Naturalist | 83 |
The Foundation of Biology | 85 |
Metaphysics and the Nature of God | 89 |
Psychology and the Nature of Art | 92 |
Ethics and the Nature of Happiness | 96 |
Politics | 102 |
Later Life and Death | 120 |
The Political Career of Francis Bacon | 134 |
The Essays | 140 |
The Great Reconstruction | 151 |
Criticism | 176 |
Epilogue | 183 |
chapter 7 | 389 |
The World as Idea | 399 |
The World as Evil | 419 |
The Wisdom of Life | 430 |
The Wisdom of Death | 443 |
chapter 8 | 457 |
First Principles | 473 |
The Evolution of Life | 482 |
The Evolution of Society | 489 |
chapter 9 | 522 |
HeroMorality | 545 |
Finale | 581 |
chapter 11 | 635 |
John Dewey | 678 |
Conclusion | 691 |
Index | 697 |
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action animals appear Aristotle asked Bacon become begin believe better body called cause comes common death desire determined doubt equal eternal Ethics Europe existence experience faith feeling followed force France give given greatest Greek hand happiness hope human ideas individual intellect Kant king knowledge later laws learned less light live logic material matter means merely metaphysics mind moral nature never objects once organism pass passion peace perhaps philosophy Plato pleasure political principle reality reason religion remains rule Schopenhauer sensations sense social society Socrates soul species Spinoza theory things thought tion true truth turn understanding universal virtue Voltaire whole wisdom writes wrote young youth