World Philosophers and Their Works

by John K. Roth (Editor), Christina J. Moose (Editor), Rowena Wildin (Editor)

Examines the lives, works, and influence of ancient and contemporary world philosophers from Pythagoras and Jalal al-Din Rumi to Elie Wiesel and Alison M. Jaggar, and analyzes the authorship and historical context of ancient works.

2045 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2000

About the author

John King Roth is an American-based author, editor, and the Edward J. Sexton Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College (CMC) in Claremont, California. Roth taught at CMC from 1966 through 2006, where he was the founding director of the Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights, which is now the Mgrublian Center for Human Rights. Best known for his contributions to Holocaust and genocide studies, he is the author or editor of more than fifty books. In 1988, he was named the U.S. National Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Reviews

[Brenton · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a three volume reference that is surprisingly good while managing to maintain a technical edge. I was surprised by some of the omissions, and I haven't read all the entries. But I was pleased by the chapters I read. Thankfully the work includes ancient and contemporary Christian thinkers. I used the library copies, but the work can be found reasonably priced for a significant reference work.

[Mia Maria Abboud · Rating 5 out of 5]

this is a humungous book, it is huge. did I read all of its contents? no, of course not. i didnt have enough time before school year had ultimately ended because I checked it out like three days before I had to return it.

anyways, from what I did read, I really enjoyed it. The book gives an overview of many philosophers lives, but it does not go into detail about some of their written works, which they do recommend within the book that you can go and look up yourself, which I think is a little nice thing.

there was a lot of diversity in the book as well, and I really enjoyed that especially as a Christian there was a lot of Christian philosophers who I was able to learn more about which I thought was really cool.