Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers

by S.E. Frost

Overview

A complete summary of the views of the most important philosophers since the beginning of Western civilization. Each major field of philosophic inquiry is treated in a separate chapter, so that each chapter can be read as a complete unit, without reference to the others. Includes Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Dewey, Sartre, and many others.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780385030076
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/01/1962
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	660,711
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

S. E. Frost, Jr. taught in the Department of Education, Brooklyn College, City University of New York. He received a Ph.D. from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Yale University. He spent many years in the study and teaching of the history and philosophy of education and is the author of a number of books on philosophy, religion, and education. He died in 1978.