{"product_id":"philosophic-classics-from-plato-to-derrida-9781138719101","title":"Philosophic Classics From Plato to Derrida","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhilosophic Classics: From Plato to Derrida\u003c\/em\u003e includes essential writings of the most important philosophers from almost two millennia of Western philosophy. In updating this \u003ci\u003eSeventh Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, editor Forrest E. Baird has continued to follow the same criteria established by the late-Walter Kaufmann when the \u003ci\u003ePhilosophic Classics\u003c\/i\u003e series was first established: (1) to use complete works or, where more appropriate, complete sections of works (2) in clear translations (3) of texts central to each thinker's philosophy or widely accepted as part of the canon. To make the works more accessible to students, most footnotes treating textual matters (variant readings, etc.) have been omitted and important words from antiquity have been transliterated and put in angle brackets. In addition, each thinker is introduced by a brief essay composed of three sections: (1) biographical (a glimpse of the life), (2) philosophical (a résumé of the philosopher's thought), and (3) bibliogra\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eTimeline \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocrates and Plato\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEuthyphro\u003cbr\u003eApology\u003cbr\u003eCrito\u003cbr\u003ePhaedo \u003c\/i\u003e(72c–83e, 114e–118b)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRepublic \u003c\/i\u003e(Book I, 336b–342e, 347b–e; Book II, 357a–362c, 368a–376e; Book III, 412b–417b; Book IV, 427c–445e; Book V, 449–462e, 473b–e; and Books VI–VII, 502c–521b) 59\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAristotle\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhysics \u003c\/i\u003e(Book II, complete)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetaphysics \u003c\/i\u003e(Book I, 1–4, 6, 9; and Book XII, 6–9)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Soul \u003c\/i\u003e(Book II, Chapters 1–3; and Book III, 4–5)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicomachean Ethics \u003c\/i\u003e(Books I–II; Book IV, 3; Books VI–VII; and Book X, 6–8)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART II: HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PHILOSOPHY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpicurus\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLetter to Menoeceus\u003cbr\u003ePrincipal Doctrines\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpictetus\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHandbook \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eEnchiridion\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePyrrho and Sextus Empiricus\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOutlines of Pyrrhonism \u003c\/i\u003e(Book I, 1–13)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlotinus\u003cbr\u003ePorphyry’s \u003ci\u003eLife of Plotinus \u003c\/i\u003e(selections)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnneads \u003c\/i\u003e(Ennead I, Tractate 6)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART III: CHRISTIANITY AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAugustine\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfessions \u003c\/i\u003e(Book VIII, 5, 8–12; and Book XI, 14–28)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCity of God \u003c\/i\u003e(Book XI, Chapter 26; and Book XII, Chapters 1–9)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoethius\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Consolation of Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003e(Book V, Chapter 6)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnselm (and Gaunilo)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eProslogion \u003c\/i\u003e(Preface; Chapters 1–4)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGaunilo and Anselm: Debate \u003c\/i\u003e(selections)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHildegard of Bingen\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScivias \u003c\/i\u003e(Book I, Vision 4, 16–26)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoses Maimonides\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guide for the Perplexed \u003c\/i\u003e(Part II, Introduction)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Aquinas\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSumma Theologica \u003c\/i\u003e(selections)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam of Ockham\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSumma Logicae \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eOn Universals \u003c\/i\u003ePart I, Chapters 14–16)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGiovanni Pico della Mirandola\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOration on the Dignity of Man \u003c\/i\u003e(in part)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART IV: MODERN PHILOSOPHY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Bacon\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNovum Organum \u003c\/i\u003e(Preface, Book I, Chapters 3-4, 7-8, 11-12, 14, 19, 22, 24-25, 31, 36, 38-44; Book II, Chapter 10)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRené Descartes\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeditations on the First Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCorrespondence with Princess Elizabeth \u003c\/i\u003e(selections)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas Hobbes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeviathan \u003c\/i\u003e(selections from Chapters 1–3, 6, 9, 12–15, 17–18, 21)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlaise Pascal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePensées \u003c\/i\u003e(selections)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBaruch Spinoza\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eEthics \u003c\/i\u003e(Sections I and II)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Locke\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Essay Concerning Human Understanding \u003c\/i\u003e(abridged)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGottfried Leibniz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscourse on Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Monadology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Berkeley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Hume\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean-Jacques Rousseau\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Social Contract \u003c\/i\u003e(Book I)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmanuel Kant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eProlegomena to Any Future Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGroundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn a Supposed Right to Lie From Altruistic Motives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMary Wollstonecraft\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Vindication of the Rights of Woman \u003c\/i\u003e(Chapter 6)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART V: NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eG.W.F. Hegel\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhenomenology of Spirit \u003c\/i\u003e(B, IV, A: \"Independence and Dependence of Self-Consciousness: Relations of Master and Servant\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLectures on the History of Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003e(\"The Final Result\")\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Stuart Mill\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eUtilitarianism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSøren Kierkegaard\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eFear and Trembling \u003c\/i\u003e(Problema I: \"Teleological Suspension of the Ethical\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eConcluding Unscientific Postscript \u003c\/i\u003e(Section II, Chapter 2, \"Subjective Truth, Inwardness; Truth Is Subjectivity\") \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKarl Marx\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheses on Feuerbach\u003cbr\u003eEconomic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 \u003c\/i\u003e(\"Alienated Labor\")\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eManifesto of the Communist Party \u003c\/i\u003e(Chapters 1 and 2)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy \u003c\/i\u003e(Preface)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Bakunin’s \u003c\/i\u003eStatehood and Anarchy (selections)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam James\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePragmatism \u003c\/i\u003e(Lecture II: What Pragmatism Means)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFriedrich Nietzsche\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Birth of Tragedy \u003c\/i\u003e(Chapters 1–3)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gay Science \u003c\/i\u003e(selections)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwilight of the Idols \u003c\/i\u003e(selections)\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Anti-Christ \u003c\/i\u003e(First Book, 2–7, 62)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART VI: TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY\u003cbr\u003eEdited by Hans Bynagle \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdmund Husserl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhenomenology \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eEncyclopaedia Brittanica \u003c\/i\u003earticle)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eW.E.B. Du Bois\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Souls of Black Folks \u003c\/i\u003e(Chapter 1)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBertrand Russell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Problems of Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003e(Chapters 1 \u0026amp; 15)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Heidegger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Metaphysics \u003c\/i\u003e(Chapter 1: \"The Fundamental Question of Metaphysics\") 1101\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLudwig Wittgenstein\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eTractatus Logico-Philosophicus \u003c\/i\u003e(Preface Sections 1–3.1431,4, 4.06, 4.1, 5, 5.6, 6.4–7) 1131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilosophical Investigations \u003c\/i\u003e(Paragraphs 1–47, 65–71, 241, 257–258, 305, 309) 1139\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA.J. 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