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The Great Philosophers in one volume: the widely acclaimed series on the greatest philosophers by specialists writing for the general reader. Editor(s): Monk, Ray; Raphael, Frederic. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 38. Weight in Grams: 394. Clean copy with minor shelfwear and age. 2001. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # KGS0006149
The Great Philosophers in one volume: the widely acclaimed series on the greatest philosophers by specialists writing for the general reader.
The Great Philosophers brings together in one volume and in chronological order the best from our hugely successful series: Anthony Gottlieb on Socrates; Bernard Williams on Plato; John Cottingham on Descartes; Roger Scruton on Spinoza; David Berman on Berkeley; Anthony Quinton on Hume; Terry Eagleton on Marx; Ray Monk on Russell; Jonathan Ree on Heidegger; Peter Hacker on Wittgenstein; Frederic Raphael on Popper Andrew Hodges on Turing.
About the Authors:
Frederic Raphael was born in Chicago in 1931. He was educated at Charterhouse and St. John¿s College in Cambridge where he was a major scholar in Classics. He has written nineteen novels. His other works include translations, essays and radio plays. He is a regular contributor to The Sunday Times literary and travel pages. He is married with three children. He divides his time between France and England.
Ray Monk is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Southampton. He won the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the 1991 Duff Cooper Prize for Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius and has also written biographies of Bertrand Russell and J. Robert Oppenheimer. His chief interests now lie in environmental activism and the promotion of veganism.
Title: The Great Philosophers
Publisher: Phoenix
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good