The virtue of these deceptively brief books is that they are the real thing

Evening Standard

The books should improve the cultural circulation of philosophy by their style as well as their substance

TES

A promising venture

The Times

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If you want to acquire some first-hand experience of philosophy and democracy you would do well to read this welcome series

Times Higher Educational Supplement

One can stumble into philosophy in the course of any activity - reading novels, doing maths, bringing up children, fighting wars. Such an inclusive conception of philosophy lies behind this collection edited by Ray Monk and Frederic Raphael, who are both more than philosophers

New Statesman

The Great Philosophers in one volume: the widely acclaimed series on the greatest philosophers by specialists writing for the general reader.The Great Philosophers brings together in one volume and in chronological order the best from our hugely successful series: Anthony Gottlieb on Socrates; Bernard Williams on Plato; John Cottingham on Descartes; Roger Scruton on Spinoza; David Berman on Berkeley; Anthony Quinton on Hume; Terry Eagleton on Marx; Ray Monk on Russell; Jonathan Ree on Heidegger; Peter Hacker on Wittgenstein; Frederic Raphael on Popper Andrew Hodges on Turing.
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The Great Philosophers in one volume: the widely acclaimed series on the greatest philosophers by specialists writing for the general reader.
The virtue of these deceptively brief books is that they are the real thing
The Great Philosophers in one volume: the widely acclaimed series on the greatest philosophers by specialists writing for the general reader.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780753811368
Publisert
2001
Utgiver
Vendor
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Vekt
396 gr
Høyde
197 mm
Bredde
134 mm
Dybde
38 mm
Aldersnivå
00, U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
512

Om bidragsyterne

Ray Monk is a lecturer in philosophy at Southampton University and the acclaimed biographer of Russell and Wittgenstein. Frederic Raphael took a degree in philosophy from Cambridge, and is the author of numerous novels, screenplays and translations. He was a specialist in the philosophy of the ancient world.