Socrates' Children (eBook)

An Introduction to Philosophy from the 100 Greatest Philosophers: Volume II: Medieval Philosophers

Peter Kreeft (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
Word on Fire (Verlag)
9781685781781 (ISBN)

Infos

Peter Kreeft, esteemed philosophy professor and author of over eighty books, has taught college philosophy for sixty years. Throughout those decades, he yearned for a beginners philosophy text that was clear, accessible, enjoyable, and exciting (perhaps even funny). Finding none that met those criteria, he eventually decided to write it himself. In this four-volume series, Kreeft delivers, with his characteristic wit and clarity, an introduction to philosophy via the hundred greatest philosophers of all time.Socrates' Childrenexamines the big ideas of four major erasancient, medieval, modern, and contemporaryand immerses the reader in the ';great conversation,' the ongoing dialogue among the great thinkers of history, including the most influential philosopher of all: Socrates, the father of Western philosophy. Volume II: Medieval Philosophersstudies the transformation of philosophy that came about due to an unprecedented figureJesus Christand considers the philosophers of the great monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as they sought to marry the Greek philosophical tradition with divine revelation.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.2.2023
• Illustrationen: Peter Voth
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• ISBN-13: 9781685781781 / 9781685781781