A Short History of Modern Philosophy: From Descartes to Wittgenstein

by Roger Scruton

Overview

In this classic introductory work, Scruton takes us on us on a fascinating tour of the subject, from founding father Descartes to the most important and famous philosopher of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134498437
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/02/2004
Series:	Routledge Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	328
File size:	559 KB

About the Author

Roger Scruton (1944 - ). Philosopher, author, journalist, composer and editor of the Salisbury Review, considered to be one of the world's leading conservative philosophers.

Table of Contents

Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

1 History of Philosophy and History of Ideas
2 The Rise of Modern Philosophy

PART I: Rationalism

3 Descartes
4 The Cartesian Revolution
5 Spinoza
6 Leibniz

PART II: Empiricism

7 Locke and Berkeley
8 The Idea of a Moral Science
9 Hume

PART III: Kant and Idealism

10 Kant I: The Crituque of Pure Reason
11 Kant II: Ethics and Aesthetics
12 Hegel
13 Reactions: Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche

PART IV: The Political Transformation

14 Political Philosophy from Hobbes to Hegel
15 Marx
16 Utilitarianism and After

PART V: Recent Philosophy

17 Frege
18 Phenomenology and Existentialism
19 Wittgenstein

Bibliography
Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

'Dr Scruton writes with an unusual clarity and fluency, and is always a pleasure to read . . . this is certainly a book which you could give to anyone who was curious about philosophy and expect them to learn a lot from it.' - Alan Ryan, author of Bertrand Russell: A Political Life

'Anyone seeking a short and intelligible introduction to the ideas and intentions of Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Hegel and Marx, among others, need look no further.' - Good Book Guide

Editorial Reviews

'Dr Scruton writes with an unusual clarity and fluency, and is always a pleasure to read . . . this is certainly a book which you could give to anyone who was curious about philosophy and expect them to learn a lot from it.' - Alan Ryan, author of Bertrand Russell: A Political Life

'Anyone seeking a short and intelligible introduction to the ideas and intentions of Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Hegel and Marx, among others, need look no further.' - Good Book Guide

'Anyone seeking a short and intelligible introduction to the ideas and intentions of Spinoza, Hume, Kant, Hegel and Marx, among others, need look no further.' - Good Book Guide

'In his work as a philosopher and aesthetician he's an exhaustive reducer to first principles, while in his books for the interested non-specialist he's as first-rate a popularizer as David Attenborough and John Keegan.' - Salon

'Dr Scruton writes with an unusual clarity and fluency, and is always a pleasure to read . . . this is certainly a book which you could give to anyone who was curious about philosophy and expect them to learn a lot from it.' - Alan Ryan, author of Bertrand Russell: A Political Life

' - A Short History of Modern Philosophy could hardly be done much better than Dr Scruton has done it.' - Gordon Graham, author of The Internet: A Philosophical Enquiry

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