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Ten Great Works of Philosophy

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In its vast scope, this book presents the continuum of Western philosophy. Ranging from ancient Greece to nineteenth-century America, it traces the history of our civilization through the seminal works of its most influential thinkers. Each philosopher in this volume made intellectual history; each created a revolution in ideas; each reaffirmed man’s view of himself as a sentient being capable of creating order out of the baffling contradictions of existence. And the most powerful reflections and speculations of each are represented here.

  • Plato: Apology, Crito and the Death of Socrates, from Phado

  • Aristotle: Poetics

  • St. Ansem: The ontological Proof of St. Ansem, from Proslogium

  • St. Thomas Aquinas: St. Thomas’ Proofs of God’s Existence, from the SummaTheologica

  • René Descartes: Meditations on the First Philosophy

  • David Hume: An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding

  • Immanuel Kant: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics

  • John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism

  • William James: The Will to Believe

  • Antonia Lloyd-Jones has translated works by many of Poland's leading contemporary novelists and reportage authors, as well as crime fiction, poetry and children's books. Her translation of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by 2018 Nobel Prize laureate Olga Tokarczuk was shortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International prize. For ten years she was a mentor for the Emerging Translators' Mentorship Programme, and is a former co-chair of the UK Translators Association. View titles by Various
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    Ten Great Works of Philosophy Introductory Remarks to the Reader
    Plato: Apology; Crito and the Dath of Socrates, from Phaedo
    Aristotle: Politics
    St. Anselm and St. Thomas Aquinas: Proofs for the Existence of God: The Ontological Proof of St. Anselm, from Proslogium; St. Thomas' Proofs of God's Existence, from The Summa Theologica
    Renée Descartes: Meditations on the First Philosophy
    David Hume: An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding
    Immanuel Kant: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
    John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism
    William James: The Will to Believe

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    In its vast scope, this book presents the continuum of Western philosophy. Ranging from ancient Greece to nineteenth-century America, it traces the history of our civilization through the seminal works of its most influential thinkers. Each philosopher in this volume made intellectual history; each created a revolution in ideas; each reaffirmed man’s view of himself as a sentient being capable of creating order out of the baffling contradictions of existence. And the most powerful reflections and speculations of each are represented here.

  • Plato: Apology, Crito and the Death of Socrates, from Phado

  • Aristotle: Poetics

  • St. Ansem: The ontological Proof of St. Ansem, from Proslogium

  • St. Thomas Aquinas: St. Thomas’ Proofs of God’s Existence, from the SummaTheologica

  • René Descartes: Meditations on the First Philosophy

  • David Hume: An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding

  • Immanuel Kant: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics

  • John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism

  • William James: The Will to Believe

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    Antonia Lloyd-Jones has translated works by many of Poland's leading contemporary novelists and reportage authors, as well as crime fiction, poetry and children's books. Her translation of Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by 2018 Nobel Prize laureate Olga Tokarczuk was shortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International prize. For ten years she was a mentor for the Emerging Translators' Mentorship Programme, and is a former co-chair of the UK Translators Association. View titles by Various

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    Table of Contents

    Ten Great Works of Philosophy Introductory Remarks to the Reader
    Plato: Apology; Crito and the Dath of Socrates, from Phaedo
    Aristotle: Politics
    St. Anselm and St. Thomas Aquinas: Proofs for the Existence of God: The Ontological Proof of St. Anselm, from Proslogium; St. Thomas' Proofs of God's Existence, from The Summa Theologica
    Renée Descartes: Meditations on the First Philosophy
    David Hume: An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding
    Immanuel Kant: Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
    John Stuart Mill: Utilitarianism
    William James: The Will to Believe