Great Conversation: a Historical Introduction to Philosophy - Hardcover

Melchert, Norman

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0767400127 ISBN 13: 9780767400121

Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

This historically organized introductory text presents the development of philosophy as an ongoing conversation about humankind's deepest and most persistent concerns. Melchert links the exchange of ideas between history's key philosophers, demonstrating that while constructing an argument or making a claim, one philosopher almost always has others in mind.

Split format available: The Great Conversation is also available in two separate volumes: Volume I covers Hesiod through Descartes (Chapters 1-13); Volume II includes "Moving from Medieval to Modern" (Chapter 12), with coverage of Descartes through Heidegger (Chapters 13-24).

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"The Great Conversation, Fifth Edition, is unquestionably the best philosophy textbook I have ever read. My students love the book. Melchert writes with utter clarity and his examples are superb. His careful choice of primary sources and brilliant use of them in his prose is nothing short of genius. "The Great Conversation, Fifth Edition, is unquestionably the best philosophy textbook I have ever read. My students love the book. Melchert writes with utter clarity and his examples are superb. His careful choice of primary sources and brilliant use of them in his prose is nothing short of genius. I generally cringe at the wooden writing style of textbooks, and find some philosophy texts particularly deadly. Melchert's text shatters all of my textbook nightmares."--Thomas Bell, Brevard College "The Great Conversation, Fifth Edition, is unquestionably the best philosophy textbook I have ever read. My students love the book. Melchert writes with utter clarity and his examples are superb. His careful choice of primary sources and brilliant use of them in his prose is nothing short of genius. I generally cringe at the wooden writing style of textbooks, and find some philosophy texts particularly deadly. Melchert's text shatters all of my textbook nightmares."--Thomas Bell, Brevard College

Edition details

• Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Co ,U.S.
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0767400127
• ISBN 13: 9780767400121
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 736