The Great Philosophers

The Great Philosophers
ISBN-10
1848585152
ISBN-13
9781848585157
Series
The Great Philosophers
Category
Philosophy
Language
English
Published
2005-09-26
Publisher
Arcturus Publishing
Authors
James Garvey, Jeremy Stangroom

Description

Philosophy has been under way for more than two thousand years. The Great Philosophers traces the biggest and most influential thoughts in philosophy's long stride through history, beginning with the Ancient Greeks and Early Romans, the first philosophical thinkers in the West, to whom much is owed. How their concerns became the concerns of t...

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