Philosophers : their lives and works
2019
Book
From Confucius and Plato to Karl Marx and Noam Chomsky, this book brings together more than 100 illustrated biographies of the world's great philosophers. Introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured philosopher, the biographies trace the ideas, friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired the great thinkers and influenced their work, providing revealing insights into what drove them to question the meaning of life, and come up with new ways of understanding the world and the history of ideas. Lavishly illustrated with photographs and paintings of philosophers, their homes, friends, studies, and their personal belongings, together with pages from original manuscripts, first editions, and correspondence, this book introduces the key ideas, themes, and working methods of each featured individual, setting their ideas within a wider historical and cultural context. Charting the development of ideas across the centuries in both the East and West, from ancient Chinese philosophy to the work of contemporary thinkers, Philosophers provides a compelling glimpse into the personal lives, loves, and influences of the great philosophers as they probed into life's "big ideas".
Main title:
Philosophers : their lives and works / foreword by Simon Blackburn ; [contributors Tony Allan, R.G. Grant, Diana Loxley, Kirtsy Seymour-Ure, Marcus Weeks, Iain Zaczek, content consultant: Will Buckingham].
Author:
Blackburn, Simon, 1944-, writer of forewordAllan, Tony, 1946-, contributorGrant, R. G., contributorLoxley, Diana, 1957-, contributorSeymour-Ure, Kirsty, contributorWeeks, Marcus, contributorZaczek, Iain, contributorBuckingham, Will, consultant
Edition:
First American edition.
Imprint:
New York : DK Publishing, 2019.©2019
Collation:
360 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 26 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
AncientMedievalEarly modernModern20th century - Today.
ISBN:
9781465482037 (hbk)9781465482037 (hardback)
Dewey class:
109.22
Language:
English
BRN:
791657
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | -Society | SOCIETY 109.22 PHIL | Available |