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The story of philosophy / Bryan Magee.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Dorling Kindersley, 2001.Description: 240 p. : ill.. (some col.), col. maps,ports.. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780789435118 pbk.
Subject(s): Summary: Bryan Magee has been one of the most successful English-language popularizers of philosophy in the 20th century; in this coffee-volume, he presents a brief but information-packed history of Western philosophy from pre-Socratic Greek philosophers like Thales and Heraclitus to postmodern French thinkers like Derrida and Foucault. Illustrations fill every page, offering not only portraits of the major philosophical thinkers but illustrations of some of their key concepts, while ample marginalia provide supplementary information for historical context.
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Originally published, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-233) and index.

Bryan Magee has been one of the most successful English-language popularizers of philosophy in the 20th century; in this coffee-volume, he presents a brief but information-packed history of Western philosophy from pre-Socratic Greek philosophers like Thales and Heraclitus to postmodern French thinkers like Derrida and Foucault. Illustrations fill every page, offering not only portraits of the major philosophical thinkers but illustrations of some of their key concepts, while ample marginalia provide supplementary information for historical context.

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