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ISBN number: 0195148932
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Page Count: 1296
Printing Date: July 18, 2002
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Classics of Philosophy, 2/e, is the most comprehensive anthology of writings in Western philosophy in print. Spanning 2500 years of thought, it is ideal for introduction to philosophy and history of philosophy courses that are structured chronologically. More than seventy works by forty-two philosophers as well as fragments from the Pre-Socratics are included, offering students and general readers alike an extensive and economical collection of the major works of the Western tradition. This anthology contains the most important writings from Thales to Rawls; seventeen of these are complete works, while the others are judiciously abridged so that little of value to the student is lost. Unabridged works include such classics as Plato's The Apology, Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, Leibniz's The Monadology, Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Kant's Foundation for the Metaphysic of Morals, Mill's Utilitarianism, Russell's A Free Man's Worship, Sartre's Existentialism and Humanism, and Rawls's 'Justice as Fairness.' A lucid introduction, including a brief biographical sketch, accompanies each of the featured philosophers.
Classics of Philosophy, 2/e, provides an extensive view of the most significant stages of growth in Western philosophy, including its birth with the Pre-Socratics as well as its contemporary developments. The second edition includes new selections by Augustine, Berkeley, Hume, Wollstonecraft, Nagel, and Foot.
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Whether as a collection of various primary texts, or as a textbook for an intro to philosophy class, making students shell out fifty-four bucks for this is a mistake. Like two other reviewers said, this text offers nothing useful but the primary texts. Since that is the case, the only question that would remain is whether it is worth fifty-four bucks for these primary texts. It is not, in the slightest. One can buy all the direct reading an "intro" student should ever do, via a handful or approx. ten dollar books, and come up with better readings, better introductions, more to read, and twenty bucks left over.
This is obviously an overpriced textbook meant to cash in on the carelessness of professors and the victimization of students. "Intro" students probably need a lot more than a lump of primary texts--and even if you don't think so, buy 2-3 smaller collections, for much less than the price of this thing--and they will have better editor/translator introductions, and probably better translations, too.
For instance, take a look at some of the cheaper books with Plato, the Presocratics, and then anything else one might throw into an "intro" class after that (maybe Hume, Nietzsche). Is the point of an "intro" class to get you to misunderstand as many philosophers as possible in a misunderstood context?
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This is a massive and invaluable book for the student of philosophy. It has over twenty complete works of classical philosophy. Including many of the great works by Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kierkegaard, Hume, Mill and many, many more. And it also includes fragments from the presocratics and careful abridgments of over forty more works from a full spectrum of philosophers, ancient to modern. All of this comes in one large yet manageable volume. So it is ideal for a student or someone who wants a single volume philosophy reference. I highly recommend it.
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I use this work as the sole text for my Survey of Philosophy course. Both the breadth and depth of the readings are impressive, and the book lends itself to any number of combinations of readings, which makes this work uniquely versatile in my experience as a philosophy professor.
I also believe that the earlier reviewer was overly harsh in his disparagement of the introductions and summaries to each philosopher's work. While some of the introductions and summaries are indeed rather weak (although even these are generally adequate), others are quite good, and it is in any case the part of the instructor to guide students through these works. A novice instructor with insufficient background in the history of philosophy would indeed find this text difficult to use.
The text is poorly edited in parts, with any number of rather glaring errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar, but these are minor when compared to the overall usefulness and versatility of this text.
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this is an incredible anthology of philosophical works. it unfortunately lacks the textbook approach needed in a classroom. the anthology includes an incredible number or work by every philosopher from Plato to Russell, including some obscure philosophers.if you want an anthology of works, a source of documents, this is not a bad bet.
however, an intro to philosophy requires understanding and interpretation beyond the philosophical texts, which this book unfortunately does not offer. its summaries are a joke. its partial works sometimes barely suffice in class. and its organization does not even deserve the name.
overall, i would not buy this work if you have the choice. i only give it three stars because it offers an incredible variety of philosophical texts, crammed up into one book.
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