Description
Book SynopsisCopleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. The 11-volume series gives an accessible account of each philosopher's work, and explains their relationship to the work of other philosophers.
Trade ReviewA monumental history . . . learned, lucid, patient and comprehensive. * New Statesman *
We can only applaud at the end of each act and look forward to applauding again at the final curtain. * Times Literary Supplement *
Lucid and luminous ... a most remarkable achievement, of which any scholar in the world of any field would justly be proud. * Church Times *
Table of ContentsPreface PART I: FROM THE REVOLUTION TO AUGUSTE COMTE I The Traditionalist Reaction to the Revolution II The Ideologists and Maine de Biran III Eclecticism IV Social Philosophy V Auguste Comte
PART II: FROM AUGUSTE COMTE TO HENRI BERGSON VI Positivism in France VII Neo-criticism and Idealism VIII The Spiritualist Movement IX Henri Bergson (1) X Henri Bergson (2)
PART III: FROM BERGSON TO SARTRE XI Philosophy and Christian Apologetics XII Thomism in France XIII Philosophy of Science XIV Philosophy of Values, Metaphysics, Personalism XV Two Religious Thinkers XVI The Existentialism of Sartre (1) XVII The Existentialism of Sartre (2) XVIII The Phenomenology of Merleau-Ponty
A Short Bibliography Index
