Philosophy in the West
Subtitle: Men, women, religion, science
By: Eugene F. Bales.
Publisher: Xlibris
Published: 2008
Place of publication: [Philadelphia, Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 631
ISBN-13: 9781436315531; 9781436315524
Subjects: Philosophy -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: Into the well and out of the cave: Greek philosophers in the era of the city-state (600-320 BCE); title: Fleeing to the 'Fatherland' within: Greek and Roman philosophers in the Hellenistic and Roman eras (320 BCE-476 CE); title: 'A new heaven and a new earth': The transformation of Logos into the Son of God in the first millennium of Christian philosophy; title: The celestial  adventures of the active intellect: Islamic and Jewish philosophy in the Middle Ages (630-1200 CE); title: Logicians, lovers and visionaries: Northern European philosophy in the eleventh and twelfth centuries; title: Angelic doctors dancing on the head of a pin: Christian philosophy and the encounter with Aristotle (1200-1400); title: Humanists, magicians and reformers: Renaissance philosophy (1400-1600); title: A clear and distinct tale of modernism. Part one: Desperately seeking Cartesian certainty (1600-1700); title: A clear and distinct tale of modernism. Part two: Enlightening the people and taking to the streets (1700-1800); title: Cracks in the crystal palace: Idealism and the withering away of modernism in the nineteenth century (1800-1900); title: All things new again: The turn from reason and perception toward language (1900-2000); title: Between grand narratives and conceptual fragments; title: Index.