Philosophy in the Modern World
- ISBN-10
- 0199546371
- ISBN-13
- 9780199546374
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 347
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Anthony Kenny
Description
Sir Anthony Kenny tells the fascinating story of the development of philosophy from the early 19th to the late 20th century. He guides the reader through the ideas of such great thinkers as Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Marx, Wittgenstein, and Russell. This volume concludes Kenny's magisterial New History of Western Philosophy.
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