Description
Tracing the exchange of ideas among history's key philosophers, The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, Ninth Edition, provides a generous selection of excerpts from major philosophical works and makes them more easily understandable to students with lucid and engaging explanations. Extensive cross-referencing shows students how philosophers respond appreciatively or critically to the thoughts of other philosophers.The Great Conversation, Eighth Edition, is also available in two separate volumes to suit your course needs:The Great Conversation: Volume I: Pre-Socratics through Descartes, Ninth EditionThe Great Conversation: Volume II: Descartes through the Twentieth Century, Ninth Edition
Table of Contents
1. BEFORE PHILOSOPHY: MYTH IN HESIOD AND HOMER?2. PHILOSOPHY BEFORE SOCRATES?3. APPEARANCE AND REALITY IN ANCIENT INDIA?4. THE SOPHISTS: RHETORIC AND RELATIVISM IN ATHENS?5. REASON AND RELATIVISM IN CHINA?6. SOCRATES: TO KNOW ONESELF??7. THE TRIAL AND DEATH OF SOCRATES?8. PLATO: KNOWING THE REAL AND THE GOOD?9. ARISTOTLE: THE REALITY OF THE WORLD?10. CONFUCIUS, MENCIUS, AND XUNZI: VIRTUE IN ANCIENT CHINA?11. EPICUREANS, STOICS, AND SKEPTICS: HAPPINESS FOR THE MANY?12. JEWS AND CHRISTIANS: SIN, SALVATION, AND LOVE?13. AUGUSTINE: GOD AND THE SOUL?14. PHILOSOPHY IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD: THE GREAT CONVERSATION SPREADS OUT?15. ANSELM AND AQUINAS: EXISTENCE AND ESSENCE IN GOD AND THE WORLD?16. FROM MEDIEVAL TO MODERN EUROPE?17. RENÉ DESCARTES: DOUBTING OUR WAY TO CERTAINTY?
