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Title: A Brief History of Western Philosophy by Anthony John Patrick Kenny ISBN: 0-631-20132-7 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: very good
Comment: Personally, I find the size of this book just about right. It is long enough to contain all the critical information but short enough to be appeal to general reader.
Rating: 5
Summary: Very good history of philosophy
Comment: I find this history of philosophy very fun and interesting to read. Without forgetting the importance of ideas Kenny also gives a background in the corresponding culture and society.
Jesus and Freud are unusual but very interesting choices and especially the part about Freud I find very good.
Given the importance of the ideas of Hume for twentieth century philosophy it is a little bit strange to give Hume 6.5 pages and Kant 21 pages. But Kant is an important but difficult philosopher and perhaps one should be grateful for every help one can get when it comes to understanding him.
As a student of theoretical philosophy in the analytical tradition four things makes me very happy:
1. Stoic logic is mentioned and explained.
2. Not just the Monadology of Leibniz are treated but also Leibniz as a great logic mind. Maybe one day Leibniz will be remembered more as a great logic mind that inspired Russell and others, than as the builder of the sometimes strange and weird feeling system of monads.
3. The logic and logical analysis of Frege and Russell are given one chapter.
4. Twentieth century philosophy is exemplified not with Sartre or Heidegger as with some Norwegian history's of philosophy, but with Wittgenstein.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Very Good Work
Comment: Anthony Kenny is, in my opinion, a first-rank philosopher. He is also a very good writer. He writes in a nice conversational way, yet has a remarkable skill at knowing, and sufficently explaining, those areas that will give the average reader a bit of difficulty. I bought this book yesterday and have made my way through quite a bit. Kenny's background gives him a particular competence at writing a history of philosophy (he first studied Aristotelian-scholastic philosophy at the Gregorianum in Rome, then analytical-linguistic philosopy at Oxford University). I already have a degree in philosophy (w/ honours), and I only wish it had been at the feet of a master like Kenny (btw, he is now Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford U., formerly Master of Balliol). We are in Dr. Kenny's debt for anything he writes, especially with this latest work.
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Title: The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell ISBN: 0671201581 Publisher: Touchstone Books List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Passion of the Western Mind by Richard Tarnas ISBN: 0345368096 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 16 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy by Bryan Magee ISBN: 019289322X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers by S.E. Frost ISBN: 038503007X Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 01 September, 1962 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Scripture & Discernment: Decision Making in the Church by Luke Timothy Johnson ISBN: 0687012384 Publisher: Abingdon Press Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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