Ancient Philosophy: A New History Of Western Philosophy, Volume I
by Anthony Kenny /
2007 / English / PDF
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Sir Anthony Kenny here tells the fascinating story of the birth of
philosophy and its remarkable flourishing in the ancient
Mediterranean world. This is the initial volume of a four-book set
in which Kenny will unfold a magisterial new history of Western
philosophy, the first major single-author history of philosophy to
appear in decades.
Sir Anthony Kenny here tells the fascinating story of the birth of
philosophy and its remarkable flourishing in the ancient
Mediterranean world. This is the initial volume of a four-book set
in which Kenny will unfold a magisterial new history of Western
philosophy, the first major single-author history of philosophy to
appear in decades.Ancient Philosophy
Ancient Philosophy spans over a thousand years and brings
to life the great minds of the past, from Thales, Pythagoras, and
Parmenides, to Socrates, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and Augustine.
The book's great virtue is that it is written by one of the world's
leading authorities on the subject. Instead of an uncritical,
straightforward recitation of known facts--Plato and his cave of
shadows, Aristotle's ethics, Augustine's City of God--we see the
major philosophers through the eyes of a man who has spent a
lifetime contemplating their work. Thus we do not simply get an
overview of Aristotle, for example, but a penetrating and
insightful critique of his thought. Kenny offers an illuminating
account of the various schools of thought, from the Pre-Socratics
to the Epicureans. He examines the development of logic and reason,
ancient ideas about physics ("how things happen"), metaphysics and
ethics, and the earliest thinking about the soul and god.
spans over a thousand years and brings
to life the great minds of the past, from Thales, Pythagoras, and
Parmenides, to Socrates, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, and Augustine.
The book's great virtue is that it is written by one of the world's
leading authorities on the subject. Instead of an uncritical,
straightforward recitation of known facts--Plato and his cave of
shadows, Aristotle's ethics, Augustine's City of God--we see the
major philosophers through the eyes of a man who has spent a
lifetime contemplating their work. Thus we do not simply get an
overview of Aristotle, for example, but a penetrating and
insightful critique of his thought. Kenny offers an illuminating
account of the various schools of thought, from the Pre-Socratics
to the Epicureans. He examines the development of logic and reason,
ancient ideas about physics ("how things happen"), metaphysics and
ethics, and the earliest thinking about the soul and god.
Vividly written, but serious and deep enough to offer a genuine
understanding of the great philosophers, Kenny's lucid and
stimulating history will become the definitive work for anyone
interested in the people and ideas that shaped the course of
Western thought.
Vividly written, but serious and deep enough to offer a genuine
understanding of the great philosophers, Kenny's lucid and
stimulating history will become the definitive work for anyone
interested in the people and ideas that shaped the course of
Western thought.