Philosophy: Key Texts

by J. Baggini

Overview

Designed for complete beginners, Philosophy: Key Texts is an introduction to philosophy and gives a clear, readable overview of some of the major texts by Plato, Descartes, Hume, Sartre, Mill and Nietzsche.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333964859
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/26/2002
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	140
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.01(d)

About the Author

JULIAN BAGGINI Editor of The Philosophers' Magazine, and has written for the TES, Independent and Independent on Sunday. He is co-editor of New British Philosophy: The Interviews (2002) and co-author of The Philosopher's Toolkit (2002).

Table of Contents

Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics (c.3343-23 BC)
• Rene Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy (1641)
• David Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748)
• Bertrand Russell: The Problems of Philosophy (1912)
• JeanPaul Sartre: Existentialism and Humanism (1947)

Editorial Reviews

'...these are very useful books, both of which I would recommend as valuable contributions to introductory literature in the field of philosophy.' - Elizabeth Burns, Think

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