A History Of Philosophy, Vol. 2: Medieval Philosophy - From Augustine To Duns Scotus
by Frederick Copleston /
1993 / English / PDF
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Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development
of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, Frederick Copleston's
nine-volume
Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development
of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, Frederick Copleston's
nine-volumeA History Of Philosophy
A History Of Philosophy has journeyed far beyond
the modest purpose of its author to universal acclaim as the best
history of philosophy in English.
has journeyed far beyond
the modest purpose of its author to universal acclaim as the best
history of philosophy in English.
Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit of immense erudition who once tangled
with A.J. Ayer in a fabled debate about the existence of God and
the possibility of metaphysics, knew that seminary students were
fed a woefully inadequate diet of theses and proofs, and that their
familiarity with most of history's great thinkers was reduced to
simplistic caricatures. Copleston set out to redress the
wrong by writing a complete history of Western Philosophy, one
crackling with incident and intellectual excitement - and one that
gives full place to each thinker, presenting his thought in a
beautifully rounded manner and showing his links to those who went
before and to those who came after him.
Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit of immense erudition who once tangled
with A.J. Ayer in a fabled debate about the existence of God and
the possibility of metaphysics, knew that seminary students were
fed a woefully inadequate diet of theses and proofs, and that their
familiarity with most of history's great thinkers was reduced to
simplistic caricatures. Copleston set out to redress the
wrong by writing a complete history of Western Philosophy, one
crackling with incident and intellectual excitement - and one that
gives full place to each thinker, presenting his thought in a
beautifully rounded manner and showing his links to those who went
before and to those who came after him.