Philosophy

by Warburton,Nigel

• ISBN13: 9780415239981
• ISBN10: 0415239982
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-05
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Warburton'sPhilosophy: The Classicsintroduces philosophy through its key writings and does not assume any previous knowledge of philosophy. It is a clear and concise explanation of some of the great works of Western philosophy from Plato'sRepublicto Wittgenstein'sPhilosophical Investigations. The second edition of this best-selling book includes four new chapters covering great works by Boethius, Machiavelli, Spinoza and Rawls. Philosophy: The Classicsoffers the reader an accessible introduction to these texts, identifying and clearly explaining the key themes as well as subjecting them to critical scrutiny. This is an ideal book for anyone who wants to discover philosophy since it gracefully introduces the subject to anyone who ever hesitated to approach it.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(4)
The Republic	5	(14)
Plato
Nicomachean Ethics	19	(14)
Aristotle
The Consolation of Philosophy	33	(6)
Boethius
The Prince	39	(8)
Niccolo Machiavelli
Meditations	47	(14)
Rene Descartes
Leviathan	61	(10)
Thomas Hobbes
Ethics	71	(8)
Baruch de Spinoza
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding	79	(12)
John Locke
Second Treatise of Government	91	(10)
John Locke
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding	101	(12)
David Hume
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion	113	(10)
David Hume
The Social Contract	123	(8)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Critique of Pure Reason	131	(8)
Immanuel Kant
Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals	139	(8)
Immanuel Kant
The World as Will and Idea	147	(8)
Arthur Schopenhauer
On Liberty	155	(12)
John Stuart Mill
Utilitarianism	167	(8)
John Stuart Mill
Either/Or	175	(10)
Soren Kierkegaard
The German Ideology, Part One	185	(8)
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
On the Genealogy of Morality	193	(10)
Friedrich Nietzsche
Language, Truth and Logic	203	(14)
A. J. Ayer
Being and Nothingness	217	(12)
Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosophical Investigations	229	(10)
Ludwig Wittgenstein
A Theory of Justice	239	(8)
John Rawls
Index (including key concepts)	247