In 1998, the first edition of Anthony Kenny's comprehensive history of Western philosophy was published, to be met with immediate praise and critical acclaim. As the first book since Bertrand Russell's 1945 A History of Western Philosophy to offer a concise single-author review of the complete history of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the modern masters of the 20th century, Kenny's work fills a critical gap in the modern philosophy reading list and offers valuable guidance for the general reader of philosophy--an ideal starting point for anyone with an interest in great thinkers and the family lines of philosophical evolution. Widely considered to be one of the most thorough and accessible historical reviews in philosophy, An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy has earned an estimable and distinctive reputation, both for the compelling writing style of Anthony Kenny, one of the most respected and accomplished living philosophers, and for the rich collection of paintings, illustrations, maps, and photos included with every chapter to complement this review of 2,500 years of philosophical thought. Newly revised and expanded for a special 20th anniversary publication, the latest edition of An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy contains all of Kenny's original writings on the history of Western philosophy from ancient to modern, along with new writings on the philosophy of the mid-20th century, covering important contributions from continental philosophers and philosophers of the post-Wittgenstein anglophone tradition, including the work of many women who have too often been neglected by the historical record.
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ANTHONY KENNY has held many prestigious titles over the course of his career, including Master of Balliol College, Oxford; Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford; President of the British Academy; President of the Royal Institute of Philosophy; and Chair of the Board of the British Library. With over fifty books published in his career, his most recent works are The Enlightenment: A Very Short History (2017) and a memoir, Brief Encounters, to be published in September 2018.
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Praise for Previous Editions
"A richly detailed, critical look at philosophy, displaying both Kenny's love for philosophical engagement and for good history...Kenny's style is unpretentious, effective, and at times wonderfully informal and amiable."
Review of Metaphysics
"lucidly written with enough humour to cheer up the educated general reader even in the midst of the most arid of philosophical discussions."
Times Higher Education Supplement
"This is simply a jolly good read, with pithy historical and biographical scene-setters, authoritative accounts of how successive philosophers have contributed to the development of Western thought, and often brilliant single-sentence summaries."
Church Times
In 1998, the first edition of Anthony Kenny's comprehensive history of Western philosophy was published, to be met with immediate praise and critical acclaim. As the first book since Bertrand Russell's 1945 A History of Western Philosophy to offer a concise single-author review of the complete history of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the modern masters of the 20th century, Kenny's work fills a critical gap in the modern philosophy reading list and offers valuable guidance for the general reader of philosophyan ideal starting point for anyone with an interest in great thinkers and the family lines of philosophical evolution.
Widely considered to be one of the most thorough and accessible historical reviews in philosophy, An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy has earned an estimable and distinctive reputation, both for the compelling writing style of Anthony Kenny, one of the most respected and accomplished living philosophers, and for the rich collection of paintings, illustrations, maps, and photos included with every chapter to complement this review of 2,500 years of philosophical thought.
Newly revised and expanded for a special 20th anniversary publication, the latest edition of An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy contains all of Kenny's original writings on the history of Western philosophy from ancient to modern, along with new writings on the philosophy of the mid-20th century, covering important contributions from continental philosophers and philosophers of the post-Wittgenstein anglophone tradition, including the work of many women who have too often been neglected by the historical record.
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Preface xi
List of Illustrations xv
Acknowledgements xvii
Introduction xix
I PHILOSOPHY IN ITS INFANCY 1
The Milesians 3
Xenophanes 5
Heraclitus 6
The School of Parmenides 8
Empedocles 14
The Atomists 17
II THE ATHENS OF SOCRATES 20
The Athenian Empire 20
Anaxagoras 22
The Sophists 22
Socrates 24
The Euthyphro 26
The Crito 29
The Phaedo 30
III THE PHILOSOPHY OF PLATO 36
Life and Works 36
The Theory of Ideas 38
Plato's Republic 41
The Theaetetus and the Sophist 50
IV THE SYSTEM OF ARISTOTLE 57
Plato's Pupil, Alexander's Teacher 57
The Foundation of Logic 59
The Theory of Drama 63
Moral Philosophy: Virtue and Happiness 64
Moral Philosophy: Wisdom and Understanding 68
Politics 71
Science and Explanation 72
Words and Things 74
Motion and Change 76
Soul, Sense, and Intellect 78
Metaphysics 81
V GREEK PHILOSOPHY AFTER ARISTOTLE 85
The Hellenistic Era 85
Epicureanism 87
Stoicism 89
Scepticism 91
Rome and its Empire 93
Jesus of Nazareth 94
Christianity and Gnosticism 96
Neo-Platonism 99
VI EARLY CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY 102
Arianism and Orthodoxy 102
The Theology of Incarnation 105
The Life of Augustine 107
The City of God and the Mystery of Grace 110
Boethius and Philoponus 113
VII EARLY MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY 118
John the Scot 118
Alkindi and Avicenna 121
The Feudal System 123
Saint Anselm 124
Abelard and Héloïse 126
Abelard's Logic 128
Abelard's Ethics 130
Averroes 131
Maimonides 133
VIII PHILOSOPHY IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 135
An Age of Innovation 135
Saint Bonaventure 138
Thirteenth-Century Logic 140
Aquinas' Life and Works 141
Aquinas' Natural Theology 143
Matter, Form, Substance, and Accident 145
Aquinas on Essence and Existence 147
Aquinas' Philosophy of Mind 148
Aquinas' Moral Philosophy 149
IX OXFORD PHILOSOPHERS 154
The Fourteenth-Century University 154
Duns Scotus 155
Ockham's Logic of Language 162
Ockham's Political Theory 164
The Oxford Calculators 167
John Wyclif 168
X RENAISSANCE PHILOSOPHY 171
The Renaissance 171
Free-will: Rome vs. Louvain 172
Renaissance Platonism 175
Machiavelli 176
More's Utopia 179
The Reformation 181
Post-Reformation Philosophy 185
Bruno and Galileo 187
Francis Bacon 189
XI THE AGE OF DESCARTES 194
The Wars of Religion 194
The Life of Descartes 195
The Doubt and the Cogito 198
The Essence of Mind 200
God, Mind, and Body 201
The Material World 20
XII ENGLISH PHILOSOPHY IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 209
The Empiricism of Thomas Hobbes 209
Hobbes' Political Philosophy 211
The Poli…