{"product_id":"philosophy-6094","title":"Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom philosophy's founding fathers - Thales Socrates Plato... to great minds of the post-modern era - Satre Ayer Feyerabend... this concise new guide presents 100 of the world's most influential thinkers. Arranged from the ancient world to the present day each philosopher's key ideas notable works and pronouncements are encapsulated in a series of succinct biographies accompanied by illustrations at-a-glance fact panels and thought-provoking quotations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosophy: A Beginner's Guide uncovers the fundamental concepts of this fascinating discipline explaining the diverging schools of thought and revealing the universal aim of philosophy throughout the ages - to push back the boundaries of human knowledge in order to understand the fundamental nature of human existence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE ANCIENT WORLD: \nThales (c.635-c.543 BCE); \nBuddha (c.563-483 BCE); \nConfucius (c.55-479 BCE); \nSocrates (470-399 BCE); \nPlato (427-347 BCE); \nAristotle (384-322 BCE). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MIDDLE AGES: \nAvicenna (Ibn Sina) (980-1037); \nPeter Lombard (c1100-1160); \nAverroes (Ibn Rushd) 1126-1198); \nThomas Aquinas (1225-1274); \nWilliam of Ockham (1285- 1349). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE EARLY MODERN ERA: \nMachiavelli (1469-1527); \nHobbes (1588-1679); \nDescartes (1596-1650); \nLocke (1632-1704); \nVoltaire (1694-1778). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MODERN ERA: \nFichte (1762-1814); \nG W F Hegel (1770-1831); \nSchopenhauer (1788-1860); \nMarx (1818-1883); \nEngels (1820-1895); \nNietzsche (1844-1900); \nDewy (1859-1952); \nMax Weber (1864-1920); \nGasset (1883-1955); \nHeidegger (1889-1976). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE POST-MODERN ERA: \nMarcuse (1898-1979); \nKarl Popper (1902-1994); \nSartre (1905-1980); \nArendt (1906-1975); \nde Beauvoir (1908-1986); \nA J Ayer (1910-1989); \nFeyerabend (1924-1994); \nRorty (1931-2007). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd many more... \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791260512435,"sku":"9781849164832","price":416.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478127749781849164832.jpg?v=1762855033","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/philosophy-6094","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}