Dr. Scruton writes with an unusual clarity and fluency, and is always a pleasure to read . . . this is certainly a book which you could give to anyone who was curious about philosophy and expect them to learn a lot from it. Alan Ryan, author of Bertrand Russell: A Political Life In this classic introductory work, Scruton takes us on a fascinating tour of the subject, from founding father Descartes to the most important and famous philosopher of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein. Preface to the First Edition
vii
Preface to the Second Edition
x
Introduction
History of Philosophy and History of Ideas
3(10)
The Rise of Modern Philosophy
13(16)
PART I Rationalism
Descartes
29(11)
The Cartesian Revolution
40(9)
Spinoza
49(18)
Leibniz
67(16)
PART II Empiricism
Locke and Berkeley
83(24)
The Idea of a Moral Science
107(14)
Hume
121(18)
PART III Kant and Idealism
Kant I: The Critique of Pure Reason
139(12)
Kant II: Ethics and Aesthetics
151(18)
Hegel
169(16)
Reactions: Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche
185(18)
Part IV The Political Transformation
Political Philosophy from Hobbes to Hegel
203(16)
Marx
219(15)
Utilitarianism and After
234(15)
Part V Recent Philosophy
Frege
249(14)
Phenomenology and Existentialism
263(18)
Wittgenstein
281(14)
Bibliography
295(16)
Index
311
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