Philosophy: The Classics

Now in its fourth edition, Philosophy The Classics is a brisk and invigorating tour through the great books of western philosophy. In his exemplary clear style, Nigel Warburton introduces and assesses thirty-three philosophical classics from Plato's Republic to Rawls' A Theory of Justice. With a glossary and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, this is an ideal starting point for anyone interested in philosophy.

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Nigel Warburton is a freelance philosopher, podcaster and writer. He is the author of many books including Philosophy: The Basics (5th edition), Thinking from A to Z (3rd edition) and The Basics of Essay Writing. With David Edmonds, he makes the popular philosophy podcast Philosophy Bites.

Zusammenfassung
Now in its fourth edition, Philosophy: The Classics is a brisk and invigorating tour through the great books of western philosophy. In his exemplary clear style, Nigel Warburton introduces and assesses thirty-two philosophical classics from Plato's Republic to Rawls' A Theory of Justice.a The fourth edition includes new material on:Montaigne Essays Thomas Paine Rights of Man R.G. Collingwood The Principles of Art Karl Popper The Open Society and Its EnemiesThomas Kuhn The Structure of Scientific RevolutionsWith a glossary and suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, this is an ideal starting point for anyone interested in philosophy.

Inhalt

1. Plato The Republic
   2. Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics
      3. Boethius The Consolation of Philosophy
         4. Niccolò Machiavlli The Prince
            5. Montaigne The Essays
               6. René Descartes Meditations
                  7. Thomas Hobbes Leviathan
                     8. Baruch de Spinoza Ethics
                        9. John Locke An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
                           10. John Locke Second Treatise of Government
                               11. David Hume An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
                                   12. David Hume Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
                                       13. Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract
                                           14. Immanuel Kant Critique of Pure Reason
                                               15. Immanuel Kant Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals
                                                   16. Thomas Paine The Rights of Man
                                                       17. Arthur Schopenhauer The World as Will and Idea
                                                           18. G.F. Hegel Phenomenology of Spirit
                                                               19. John Stuart Mill On Liberty
                                                                   20. John Stuart Mill Utilitarianism
                                                                       21. Søren Kierkegaard Either/Or
                                                                           22. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels The German Ideology, Part One
                                                                               23. Friedrich Nietzsche Beyond Good and Evil
                                                                                   24. Friedrich Nietzsche On the Genealogy of Morality
                                                                                       25. Bertrand Russell The Problems of Philosophy
                                                                                           26. Martin Heidegger Being and Time
                                                                                               27. A.J. Ayer Language, Truth and Logic
                                                                                                   28. R. G. Collingwood The Principles of Art
                                                                                                       29. Jean-Paul Sartre Being and Nothingness, Existentialism and Humanism
                                                                                                           30. Simone de Beauvoir The Second Sex
                                                                                                               31. Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophical Investigations
                                                                                                                   32. John Rawls A Theory of Justice
                                                                                                                       33. Michel Foucault Discipline and Punish