philosophers

Recounts the life of the nineteenth-century German philosopher and interprets his ideas which played a revolutionary role in the development of Communism.

A biography of ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius that discusses his education, travels, teaching, philosophical thoughts, and other related topics.

Discusses the lives, ideas, and achievements of Moses, Confucius, Plato, Euclid, Jesus, Augustine, Columbus, Machiavelli, Copernicus, Bacon, Newton, Malthus, Clausewitz, Pavlov, Freud, Einstein, Sartre, and thirteen others who have helped shape our civilization.

Investigates the roots of philosophy, when it was still blended with science, and profiles five philosophers from the distant past, considering how their thinking contributed to society and civilizations.

Presents a biographical sketch of this fourth-century Greek philosopher before focusing on his trial and conviction and its legacy.

Discusses the culture and philosophy of Socrates, covering his style of teaching, life in Athens, strange behaviors, method of argument and analytic questioning, execution because of his beliefs, and influence on later leaders and philosophers.

An illustrated history of the life and teachings of Chinese philosopher, Confucius, who was born during the Zhou dynasty in 551 B.C.

Contains a collection of essays by Harold Bloom that provide critical assessments of the works and ideas of twenty great essayists and prophets, including Dryden, Samuel Jonhson, Emerson, Nietzsche, Freud, Huxley, and Camus.

In 399 B.C. in Athens, thirteen-year-old Pandora dreads her upcoming marriage to a man twice her age, but a chance meeting with the philosopher Socrates encourages her to question traditional female roles and to seek her own truth.