Story of Philosophy

The Story of Philosophy chronicles the ideas of the great thinkers, the economic and intellectual environments which influenced them, and the personal traits and adventures out of which each philosophy grew.

Table of Contents:

1. Preface to the Second Edition
   To the Reader
   Introduction: On the Uses of Philosophy

    

2. Plato
3. Aristotle and Greek Science
4. Francis Bacon
5. Spinoza
6. Voltaire and the French Enlightenment
   - Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
7. Immanuel Kant and German Idealism
8. Schopenhauer
9. Herbert Spencer
10. Friedrich Nietzsche
11. Contemporary European Philosophers
    - Henri Bergson
    - Benedetto Croce
    - Bertrand Russell
12. Contemporary American Philosophers
    - George Santayana
    - William James
    - John Dewey

     

    Conclusion
    Glossary
    Index