An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy (eBook)

Sir Anthony Kenny was formerly Pro-Vice-Chancellor at Oxford University, Master of Balliol College, Oxford and Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford. He was also President of the British Academy, Chairman of the Board of the British Library and a Trustee of Wittgenstein's copyrights. He is the author or editor of more than 40 books, including Wittgenstein (Revised Edition, 2006), Frege: An Introduction to the Founder of Modern Analytic Philosophy (2000) and The Legacy of Wittgenstein (1984), all published by Blackwell.

Preface.

List Of Illustrations.

Acknowledgements.

1. Philosophy in its Infancy.

2. The Athens of Socrates.

3. The Philosophy of Plato.

4. The System of Aristotle.

5. Greek Philosophy after Aristotle.

6. Early Christian Philosophy.

7. Early Medieval Philosophy.

8. Philosophy in the Thirteenth Century.

9. Oxford Philosophers.

10. Renaissance Philosophy.

11. The Age of Descartes.

12. English Philosophy in the Seventeenth-Century.

13. Continental Philosophy in the Age of Louis XIV.

14. British Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century.

15. The Enlightenment.

16. The Critical Philosophy of Kant.

17. German Idealism and Materialism.

18. The Utilitarians.

19. Three Nineteenth-Century Philosophers.

20. Three Modern Masters.

21. Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics.

22. The Philosophy of Wittgenstein.

Afterword.

Suggestions for Further Reading.

Index.

Praise for the previous edition:

"The 22 chapters of this history are lucidly written and
with enough humour in them to cheer up the educated general reader
even in the midst of the most arid of philosophical
discussions." Times Higher Education Supplement

"This is simply a jolly good read, with pithy historical and
biographical scene-setters, authoritative accounts of how
successive philosophers have contributed to the development of
Western thought, and often brilliant single-sentence summaries."
Church Times

"A richly detailed, critical look at philosophy, displaying both
Kenny's love for philosophical engagement and for good
history...Kenny's style is unpretentious, effective, and at times
wonderfully informal and amiable." Review of Metaphysics