Sir Anthony Kenny here
tells the fascinating story of the birth of philosophy and its
remarkable flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world. This is the
initial volume of a four-book set in which Kenny will unfold a
magisterial new history of Western philosophy, the first major
single-author history of philosophy to appear in decades.
Ancient Philosophy spans over a thousand years and brings to life the great minds of the
past, from Thales, Pythagoras, and Parmenides, to Socrates, Epictetus,
Marcus Aurelius, and Augustine. The book's great virtue is that it is
written by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject.
Instead of an uncritical, straightforward recitation of known
facts— Plato and his cave of shadows, Aristotle's ethics, Augustine's
City of God —we see the major philosophers through the eyes of a man who
has spent a lifetime contemplating their work.
Thus we do not simply get
an overview of Aristotle, for example, but a penetrating and insightful
critique of his thought. Kenny offers an illuminating account of the
various schools of thought, from the Pre-Socratics to the Epicureans. He
examines the development of logic and reason, ancient ideas about
physics ("how things happen"), metaphysics and ethics, and the earliest
thinking about the soul and god.
Vividly written, but serious and
deep enough to offer a genuine understanding of the great philosophers,
Kenny's lucid and stimulating history will become the definitive work
for anyone interested in the people and ideas that shaped the course of
Western thought.
Sir Anthony Kenny is one of
Britain's most distinguished academic figures. He has been
Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Master of Balliol
College, Chairman of the Board of the British Library, and President of
the British Academy. He has published more than forty books on
philosophy and history.
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