Philosophy: The Classic Readings

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Philosophy: The Classic Readings provides a comprehensive, single-volume collection of the greatest works of philosophy from ancient to modern times.Draws on both Eastern and Western philosophical traditionsArranged chronologically within parts on Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, and Political PhilosophyFeatures original readings from more than a hundred of the world's great philosophers - from Lao Tzu, Confucius, the Buddha, Plato, Zamkara, Aquinas, al-Ghaz
li, Kant, and Kierkegaard, to Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Sartre, Arendt, and Quine and many othersProvides an extensive Timeline of Philosophy for situating historical figures and lines of thought

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David E. Cooper is Professor of Philosophy (Emeritus) at Durham University. His many books include World Philosophies: An Historical Introduction (Blackwell, 1996, 2002); Existentialism: A Reconstruction (Blackwell, 1990, 1999); and The Measure of Things: Humanism, Humility and Mystery (2002).Peter S. Fosl is Professor of Philosophy at Transylvania University. Recipient of the 2006 Acorn Award for Kentuckys outstanding university professor of the year, Fosl is co-author with Julian Baggini of The Ethics Toolkit (Blackwell, 2007) and The Philosopher's Toolkit (Blackwell, 2003).He is also co-editor of the Dictionary of Literary Biography volumes on British Philosophers (2002).