Essays in Philosophy: From David Hume to Betrand Russell

by Houston Peterson (Editor), James Bayley (Assistant)

Here in
one informed volume
is much of the combined
wisdom of two and a half centuries.
These essays, chosen for their pertinence, vigor
and clarity, are of such lasting value that
no educated person can afford to pass them by.

The contents include:
My own life - David Hume
The normal effects of the arts and sciences - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Prefaces to the critique of pure reason - Immanuel Kant
Proverbs of hell - William Blake
Implicit and explicit reason - John Henry Newman
Theses on Feuerbach - Karl Marx
Fourth article: aphorisms and entr'actes - Friedrich Nietzsche
Evolutionary love - Charles Sanders Peirce
On a certain blindness in human beings - William James
A philosophy of life - Sigmund Freud
Foresight - Alfred North Whitehead
The unity of the human being - John Dewey
Selfishness, self-love and self-interest - Erich Fromm
Dante's innocence and luck - Jacques Maritain
Knowledge and wisdom - Bertrand Russell

Genres: Philosophy

509 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1959

Reviews

[Ravi Gupta · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a wonderful book that makes understanding the great philosophers a little convenient. Peterson has been splendid all the way. I liked the views on Russell, particularly and it was only for him that I read the book.