The great philosophers
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World
Published: 1962
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Philosophers; Philosophy; History
Work titles: Grossen Philosophen
Description: [1] The foundations: The paradigmatic individuals: Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus. The seminal founders of philosophical thought: Plato, Augustine, Kant -- [2] The original thinkers: Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plotinus, Anselm, Nicholas of Cusa, Spinoza, Lao-Tzu, Nagarjuna -- [3] Xenophanes, Democritus, Empedocles, Bruno, Epicurus, Boehme, Schelling, Leibniz, Aristotle, Hegel -- [4] The disturbers: Descartes, Pascal, Lessing, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche. Philosophers in other realms: Einstein, Weber, Marx.

Volume 2 presents the great metaphysicians of West and East, the substance and character of their ideas, and their historical position in philosophy, including Anaximander, Plotinus, Spinoza, Heraclitus, Anselm, Lao-Tzu, Parmenides, Nicholas of Cusa, and Nagarjuna.
Notes: Vol. 4 has ed. statement on t.p. verso: First U.S. edition.

Vol. 3-4 published by: Harcourt Brace & Co.

"A Helen and Kurt Wolff book"--Vol. 3-4.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.