• ISBN13: 9780631231462
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Religion and Philosophy
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publisher Imprint: Blackwell
• Publication Date: June 11, 2003
• Pages: 380
• Original Price: INR 595.0
• Language: English
• Edition: 5th Ed.
• Item Weight: 500 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): History & Surveys / General

The World's Great Philosophers provides an introduction to and overview of some of the most profound and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy. Presents an introduction to and overview of some of the most profound and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy. Contains 40 essays, written by an outstanding international assembly of scholars. Provides cogent and accessible discussion of key philosophers from around the world. Conveys the historical panorama of philosophical thought on the nature of reality, the human condition, and basic human values.

Robert L. Arrington is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Georgia State University. He is author of Rationalism, Realism, and Relativism (1989) and Western Ethics (Blackwell, 1997). He is editor of A Companion to the Philosophers (Blackwell, 1999) and co-editor of three volumes of essays on the philosophy of Wittgenstein.