What the tortoise taught us : the story of philosophy / Burton F. Porter.
2011
190 P844w 2011
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Title
What the tortoise taught us : the story of philosophy / Burton F. Porter.
Author
ISBN
9781442205512 (cloth : alk. paper)
1442205512 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442205536 (electronic)
1442205539 (electronic)
1442205512 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781442205536 (electronic)
1442205539 (electronic)
Imprint
Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2011.
Language
English
Description
ix, 205 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
190 P844w 2011
System Control No.
(OCoLC)624547130
(OCoLC)624547130
(OCoLC)624547130
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
THE BEGINNING OF REFLECTION
Glimpses of light: ancient philosophy
The unexamined life is not worth living: Socrates
BEING GOVERNED BY THE MIND: RATIONAL THOUGHT
Learning is recollection: Plato
The path of moderation: Aristotle
Accept what you cannot change: Stoics
RELIGIOUS FAITH: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Glorification of God: St. Thomas Aquinas
Love one another: Christian agape
PERSONAL IDENTITY AND HUMAN NATURE: METAPHYSICS
I think, therefore I am: Rene Descartes
Beasts, angels, and machines: Hobbes and Rousseau
HOW THINGS SEEM AND WHAT THEY ARE: EPISTEMOLOGY
Thinking makes it so: Bishop Berkeley
Seeing is believing: David Hume
THE PURPOSE OF LIVING: ETHICS
Doing the right thing: Immanuel Kant
The greatest happiness: John Stuart Mill
Investing life with meaning: Jean-Paul Sartre
CONTEMPORARY TRENDS
Fiddling with words while the world burns: linguistic philosophy
The voices of women: feminist perspectives
Current moral issues: abortion and racism.
Glimpses of light: ancient philosophy
The unexamined life is not worth living: Socrates
BEING GOVERNED BY THE MIND: RATIONAL THOUGHT
Learning is recollection: Plato
The path of moderation: Aristotle
Accept what you cannot change: Stoics
RELIGIOUS FAITH: PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION
Glorification of God: St. Thomas Aquinas
Love one another: Christian agape
PERSONAL IDENTITY AND HUMAN NATURE: METAPHYSICS
I think, therefore I am: Rene Descartes
Beasts, angels, and machines: Hobbes and Rousseau
HOW THINGS SEEM AND WHAT THEY ARE: EPISTEMOLOGY
Thinking makes it so: Bishop Berkeley
Seeing is believing: David Hume
THE PURPOSE OF LIVING: ETHICS
Doing the right thing: Immanuel Kant
The greatest happiness: John Stuart Mill
Investing life with meaning: Jean-Paul Sartre
CONTEMPORARY TRENDS
Fiddling with words while the world burns: linguistic philosophy
The voices of women: feminist perspectives
Current moral issues: abortion and racism.
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