Synopsis
From ancient Greece to nineteenth-century America, this collection traces the history of our civilization through the seminal works of its most influential thinkers. Perfect for anyone interested in understanding the progression of Western thought, this volume Plato : Apology, Crito, and Death of Socrates from PhaedoAristotle : PoeticsSt. Anselm : The Ontological Proof of St. Anselm, from ProslogiumSt. Thomas Aquinas : St. Thomas' Proofs of God's Existence, from The Summa TheologicaRené Descartes : Meditations on the First PhilosophyDavid Hume : An Inquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingImmanuel Kant : Prolegomena to Any Future MetaphysicsJohn Stuart Mill : UtilitarianismWilliam James : The Will to Believe
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