Pięćdziesięciu wielkich filozofów

by Diané Collinson, Małgorzata Wyrzykowska (Translator)

Mawia się, że cała filozofia europejska to ciąg przypisów do Platona, ale w tej książce przyjęto łagodniejsze kryteria selekcji i wybrano aż pięćdziesięciu myślicieli, którzy w największym stopniu przyczynili się do rozwoju naszej refleksji o świecie i o nas samych.

Genres: Philosophy, Reference, Nonfiction

319 pages

First published June 1, 1987

Reviews

[Daniel Jansky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good resource and guide to 50 of the major deceased Western philosophers. It follows the train of philosophy chronologically. The author does a fairly good job of remaining objective and pointing out the problems and inconsistencies in each view. Even after finishing the book I do not know what her personal philosophical position is. Good book, would recommend.

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very patchy in places, i.e. some personal lives of philosophers covered in detail (William James) and others (Gottlob Frege) barely a mention other than he taught at University of Jena. Coverage of the philosophers' works very patchy too; otherwise good for research into those persons of (personal) interest from major sources.

[Marcos · Rating 4 out of 5]

No surprises here, a straightforward description of the top philosophers. Plenty of links and further reading provided.

[Douglas Mcleod · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kathryn Plant, my favourite philosopher. The book was great and gives a reliable context to whatever thinker you are reading/studying. Very readable too.

[Sharon Lin]

I don't have much time to complete the reading of this book, so I randomly chose one to read on. The philosopher that I have chosen to read is Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832). He worked on the Principle of Utility and using this principle to reform laws and constitution. He asserted that human behaviour is driven by pain and pleasure, each person acts to secure his own happiness or pleasure. However, morally, each person also acts in a way that brings about the greatest happiness of the greatest number. He wanted a legislation that unite individual and societal interests. It isn't a long section to read. But the content is very interesting. The most interesting thing that I learn about him is that he came up with a mathematics which he called 'felicity calculus' to calculate the quantity of happiness likely to result from action. He identified 7 properties that he believed to be quantifiable: intensity, duration, certainty, propinquity, fecundity, purity and extent. I am so overwhelmed by what he did, the courage and bravery in tackling humongous ideas like happiness.

[Moses Allen · Rating 4 out of 5]

excellent reference book

[Aya · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good intro to major philiosophers, good for a beginner to philipsophy

[Craig Bolton]

Fifty Major Philosophers (Routledge Key Guides) by Diane Collinson (2006)