2,500 years of great thinkers from Socrates to the existentialists and beyond
This gloriously illustrated and accessible book enables readers to embark on an adventure in philosophy. The chapters cover "The Greeks and Their World, " "Christianity and Philosophy, " "The Beginnings of Modern Science, " "The Great Rationalists, " "The Great Empiricists, " "Revolutionary French Thinkers, " "A Golden Century of German Philosophy, " "Democracy and Philosophy, " and "20th-Century Philosophy." The text is profusely illustrated with numerous full-color reproductions of artwork and photographs of historical sites; sidebars introduce additional people and ideas and "Key Works" of the philosophers are listed in light-blue boxes.
