History of Philosophy


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(3.7 stars; 23 reviews)

The History of Philosophy is the exposition of philosophical opinions and of systems and schools of philosophy. It includes the study of the lives of philosophers, the inquiry into the mutual connection of schools and systems of thought, and the attempt to trace the course of philosophical progress. Topics covered include Ancient Philosophy (Babylon, China, India, Egypt, Greece and Rome) Christian Era Philosophy (St. Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, William of Ockam) and Modern Philosophy (including Descartes, Spinoza, Kant and Hegel.) (Summary by Beth Thomas and the Introduction) (27 hr 18 min)

Chapitres

Introduction 8:02 Lu par Leni
Part 1, Ancient Philosophy: Babylonia, Assyria, Egypt, China 18:00 Lu par Tyr Illouz
Ancient Philosophy: India, Persia 35:12 Lu par Tyr Illouz
Greek Philosophy: Introduction and Chapter 1: Earlier Ionian School 23:17 Lu par Tyr Illouz
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 2: The Pythagorean School 12:39 Lu par Gregg Boethin
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 3: The Eleatic School 19:40 Lu par Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 4: Later Ionian Philosophers 25:05 Lu par Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 5: The Atomists 11:28 Lu par Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 6: The Sophists 12:58 Lu par Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 7: Socrates 20:55 Lu par Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 8: The Imperfectly Socratic Schools 19:21 Lu par Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 9: Plato 1:07:52 Lu par mmelhart
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 10: The Platonic Schools 7:48 Lu par KevinS
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 11: Aristotle, Part 1. 43:03 Lu par Kazbek
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 11: Aristotle, Part 2. 43:55 Lu par Kazbek
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 12: The Peripatetic School 6:08 Lu par Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 13: The Stoics 31:44 Lu par Kobe Dadd
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 14: The Epicureans 19:02 Lu par Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapters 15-17: The Skeptics, The Eclectics and The Scientifi… 11:32 Lu par Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 18: The Philosophy of the Romans 17:33 Lu par Leni
Greco-Oriental Philosophy: Chapter 19: Greco-Jewish Philosophy 15:14 Lu par Kazbek
Greco-Oriental Philosophy: Chapter 20: Neo-Pythagoreanism and Neo-Platonism 23:11 Lu par David Brent
Part 2, Patristic Philosophy: Chapters 21 and 22: Heretical Systems, The Ante-N… 15:35 Lu par Leni
Patristic Philosophy: Chapter 23: The Post-Nicene Fathers 32:19 Lu par Leni
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 24: First Masters of the Schools 23:03 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 25: John Scotus Erigena 29:09 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 26 and 27: Gerbert, The School of Auxerre 20:30 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 28 and 29: The Predecessors of Roscelin, Roscel… 18:18 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 30: St Anselm 16:40 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 31: William of Champeaux, the Indifferentists, e… 16:44 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 32: Abelard 17:26 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 33: The School of Chartres 17:28 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 34 and 35: The Eclectics, The Mystic School 16:15 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 36: The Pantheistic School 36:06 Lu par Kazbek
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 37: The Predecessors of St Thomas 1:06:40 Lu par Kazbek
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 38, Part 1: St Thomas of Aquin 50:39 Lu par Florence
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 38, Part 2: St Thomas of Aquin 45:21 Lu par Florence
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 39 and 40: Thomists and Anti-Thomists, Henry of… 15:21 Lu par Yvonne Theodor
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 41 and 42: John Duns Scotus, Averroism in the S… 25:43 Lu par Kazbek
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 43: The Predecessors of Ockham 16:29 Lu par Kazbek
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 44 and 45: William of Ockam, Follows and Oppone… 16:54 Lu par Kazbek
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 46 and 47: The Mystic School, Nicholas of Autre… 24:18 Lu par Kazbek
Modern Philosophy: Chapters 48 and 49: Scholars of the Transition Period, The H… 13:54 Lu par Arthur Taylor
Modern Philosophy: Chapters 50 and 51: Italian Philosophy of Nature, The Scient… 24:44 Lu par Availle
Modern Philosophy: Chapters 52 and 53: Protestant Mysticism, Systems of Politic… 18:20 Lu par Larry Wilson
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 54: Descartes 43:42 Lu par David Brent
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 55: Cartesianism 9:31 Lu par Larry Wilson
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 56: Spinoza 52:10 Lu par Florence
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 57: English Empiricism 31:25 Lu par PhyllisV
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 58: British Moralists 15:17 Lu par PhyllisV
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 59: French Empiricism 13:07 Lu par David Brent
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 60: The Idealistic Movement 31:18 Lu par Gillian Hendrie
Modern Philosophy: Chapters 61 and 62: Pan-Phenomenalism, German Illumination 21:52 Lu par Katharina Glowalla
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 63: German Philosophy - Kant 1:06:44 Lu par andrelevy
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 64: German Philosophy - The Romantic Movement 28:59 Lu par Cate Mackenzie
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 65: German Philosophy - Hegel 57:40 Lu par Lissy Schneider
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 66: German Philosophy - Schopenhauer 20:12 Lu par Lissy Schneider
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 67: The Scottish School 22:20 Lu par Cate Mackenzie
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 68: French Philosophy 26:50 Lu par Cate Mackenzie
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 69: English Philosophy 47:30 Lu par David Brent
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 70: Italian Philosophy 10:47 Lu par Ciufi Galeazzi
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 71: American Philosophy 7:40 Lu par Ciufi Galeazzi
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 72: Catholic Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century 22:33 Lu par Gesine
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 73: Contemporary Philosophy 19:52 Lu par Cate Mackenzie
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 74: Conclusion 17:35 Lu par KevinS

Critiques

Thomist History of Philosophy


(3 stars)

A Thomist history of philosophy, and biased from that viewpoint. Philosophical systems are in error insofar as they disagree with Aquinas. In spite of this bias, it's a fairly decent history of philosophy, though it tends to throw accusations of pantheism around way too often, which is just another way of trumpeting Aquinas as the source of all philosophical truth. The sections on Greek philosophy and modern philosophy from Descartes to Hegel are the best part of the book. Parts of the medieval section are good, while others are inaccurate and highly misleading. When Frederick Copleston, in the preface to his own history of philosophy, complained of students in Catholic universities being fed unsatisfactory summaries of the great masters of philosophy, he was probably referring to this book.

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(1 stars)

These audio files for the preface needs to be trimmed. Way too much dead air at the end.

Excellent


(5 stars)

I found this book very informative.