Philosophy: The Classics

Philosophy: The Classics, Third Edition is a brisk and invigorating tour through the great books of western philosophy. It explores the works of Plato, Aristotle, Boethius, Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Schopenhauer, Mill, Kierkegaard, Marx and Engels, Nietzsche, Russell, Ayer, Sartre, Wittgenstein, and Rawls. In his exemplary clear style, Warburton introduces and assesses twenty-seven philosophical classics from Plato's Republic to Rawl's A Theory of Justice. The new text design and revised further reading make this the ideal starting point for anyone interested in philosophy. This new edition also includes three new chapters on Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, Russell's The Problems of Philosophy and Sartre's Existentialism and Humanism. Offering twenty-five guidebooks for the price of one, not only is this great value, it's the most comprehensive introduction to philosophers and their texts currently available.