{"product_id":"the-great-ideas-of-philosophy-2nd-edition","title":"The Great Ideas of Philosophy  2nd Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eHumanity left childhood and entered the troubled but productive world when it started to criticize its own certainties and weigh the worthiness of its most secure beliefs. Thus began that \"Long Debate\" on the nature of truth  the scale of real values  the life one should aspire to live  the character of justice  the sources of law  the terms of civic and political lifethe good  the better  the best. The debate continues  and one remains aloof to it at a very heavy price  for \"the unexamined life is not worth living.\" This course of 60 lectures gives the student a sure guide and interpreter as the major themes within the Long Debate are presented and considered. The persistent themes are understood as problems: The problem of knowledge  arising from concerns as to how or whether we come to know anything  and are justified in our belief that this knowledge is valid and sound The problem of conduct  arising from the recognition that our actions  too  require some sort of justification in light of our moral and ethical sensibilitiesor lack of them The problem of governance  which includes an understanding of sources of law and its binding nature. The great speculators of history have exhausted themselves on these problems and have bequeathed to us a storehouse of insights  some so utterly persuasive as to have shaped thought itself. In these coherent and beautifully articulated lectures you will hear Plato and Aristotle  the Stoics and Epicureans  the Scholastic philosophers and the leaders of Renaissance thought. In addition  you will learn about the architects of the Age of Newton and the Enlightenment that followed in its wakeall this  as well as Romanticism and Continental thought  Nietzsche and Darwin  Freud and William James. This course is a veritable banquet of enriching reflection on mental life and the acts of humanity that proceed from it: the plans and purposes  the values and beliefs  the possibilities and vulnerabilities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44976609001525,"sku":"ByrdShop_1565859812","price":33.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781565859814.jpg?v=1770696170","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-great-ideas-of-philosophy-2nd-edition","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}