An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy

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This illustrated edition of Sir Anthony Kennys acclaimed survey ofWestern philosophy offers the most concise and compelling story ofthe complete development of philosophy available. Spanning 2 500 years of thought An Illustrated Brief History ofWestern Philosophy provides essential coverage of the mostinfluential philosophers of the Western world among them Socrates Plato Aristotle Jesus Augustine Aquinas Machiavelli Descartes Hobbes Spinoza Berkeley Hume Rousseau Kant Hegel Marx Mill Nietzsche Darwin Freud Frege Russell andWittgenstein. Replete with over 60 illustrations - ranging from Dufresnoys TheDeath of Socrates through to the title page of Thomas MoresUtopia portraits of Hobbes and Rousseau photographs of CharlesDarwin and Bertrand Russell Freuds own sketch of the Ego and theId and Wittgensteins Austrian military identity card - this lucidand masterful work is ideal for anyone with an interest in Westernthought.