The Philosophers

The Philosophers
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 497
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ISBN-10 : 9780195059274
ISBN-13 : 0195059271
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Book Synopsis The Philosophers by : Ben-Ami Scharfstein

Download or read book The Philosophers written by Ben-Ami Scharfstein and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly readable volume offers a broad introduction to modern philosophy and philosophers. Scharfstein contends that personal experience, especially that of childhood, affects philosophers' sense of reality and hence the content of their philosophies. Basing his argument on biographical studies of twenty great philosophers, from Descartes to Sartre, he provides the beginnings of a psychological history of philosophy.


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