This work brings together in one volume and in chronological order writings on the greatest philosophers by specialists, designed to be accessible to the general reader. The book covers: Anthony Gottlieb on Socrates; Bernard Williams on Plato; John Cottingham on Descartes; Roger Scruton on Spinoza; David Berman on Berkeley; Anthony Quinton on Hume; Terry Eagleton on Marx; Ray Monk on Russell; Jonathan Ree on Heidegger; Peter Hacker on Wittgenstein; Frederic Raphael on Popper; and Andrew Hodges on Turing.
This work brings together in one volume and in chronological order writings on the greatest philosophers by specialists, designed to be accessible to the general reader. The book covers: Anthony Gottlieb on Socrates; Bernard Williams on Plato; John Cottingham on Descartes; Roger Scruton on Spinoza; David Berman on Berkeley; Anthony Quinton on Hume; Terry Eagleton on Marx; Ray Monk on Russell; Jonathan Ree on Heidegger; Peter Hacker on Wittgenstein; Frederic Raphael on Popper; and Andrew Hodges on Turing.