{"product_id":"the-history-of-philosophy","title":"The History of Philosophy","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A cerebrally enjoyable survey, written with great\nclarity and touches of wit . . . The non-western section throws up some\nfascinating revelations\u003c\/b\u003e'\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the ideas, views and\nteachings of some of the most creative minds known to humanity. But there has\nbeen no comprehensive and entertaining, single-volume history of this great\nintellectual journey since 1945.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWith his characteristic clarity and elegance A. C. Grayling takes the reader\nfrom the world-views and moralities before the age of the Buddha, Confucius and\nSocrates, through Christianity's dominance of the European mind to the\nRenaissance and Enlightenment, and on to Mill, Nietzsche, Sartre, and\nphilosophy today. And, since the story of philosophy is incomplete without\nmention of the great philosophical traditions of India, China and the\nPersian-Arabic world, he gives a comparative survey of them too.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nIntelligible for students and eye-opening for philosophy readers, he covers\nepistemology, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, logic, the philosophy of mind,\nthe philosophy of language, political philosophy and the history of debates in\nthese areas of enquiry, through the ideas of the celebrated philosophers as\nwell as less well-known influential thinkers. He also asks what we have learnt\nfrom this body of thought, and what progress is still to be made.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy for\ndecades, remarkable for its range and clarity, this is a landmark work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA.C. Grayling is Professor of Philosophy and Principal of\nthe New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe believes that philosophy should take an active, useful\nrole in society. He has written and edited many books, both scholarly and for a\ngeneral readership, and has been a regular contributor to The Times, Financial\nTimes, Observer, Independent on Sunday, Economist, Literary Review, New\nStatesman and Prospect, and is a frequent and popular contributor to radio and\ntelevision programmes, including Newsnight, Today, In Our Time, Start the Week\nand CNN news. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe is a former Fellow of the World Economic Forum at Davos,\na Vice President of the British Humanist Association, an Honorary Associate of\nthe National Secular Society, Patron of the UK Armed Forces Humanist\nassociation, Patron of Dignity in Dying, a former Booker Prize Judge, a Fellow\nof the Royal Literary Society, a member of the human rights group IHEU\nrepresented at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva; and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44238496596175,"sku":"9780241304549","price":32.7,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_ed78d2d2-e6e4-4a8b-aa0b-d698edae091f.jpg?v=1774948842","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-history-of-philosophy","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}