Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Philosophy in its Infancy. 2. The Athens of Socrates. 3. The Philosophy of Plato. 4. The System of Aristotle. 5. Greek Philosophy after Aristotle. 6. Early Christian Philosophy. 7. Early Medieval Philosophy. 8. Philosophy in the Thirteenth Century. 9. Oxford Philosophers. 10. Renaissance Philosophy. 11. The Age of Descartes. 12. English Philosophy in the Seventeenth-Century. 13. Continental Philosophy in the Age of Louis XIV. 14. British Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century. 15. The Enlightenment. 16. The Critical Philosophy of Kant. 17. German Idealism and Materialism. 18. The Utilitarians. 19. Three Nineteenth-Century Philosophers. 20. Three Modern Masters. 21. Logic and the Foundations of Mathematics. 22. The Philosophy of Wittgenstein. Afterword. Suggestions for Further Reading. Index.
Sir Anthony Kenny is Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford. For many years he was a philosophy tutor at Balliol College, of which he became master. A former President of the British Academy, he was until recently Chairman of the Board of the British Library. He has written a number of influential books on the history of philosophy, and is editor of The Wittgenstein Reader, (Blackwell, 1994).
"The author not only has a remarkable grasp of the broad sweep of
philosophical ideas, but is also an authority in his own right. The
fluency and elegance of the writing, and the sensitivity to
cultural and historical context, together with the eminence of the
author, will ensure a wide international readership." John
Cottingham, University of Reading
"The 22 chapters of this history are lucidly written and with
enough humour in them to cheer up the educated general reader even
in the midst of the most arid of philosophical discussions."
Shabbir Akhtar, Times Higher Education Supplement
"The book's great merit is its lucidity and approachability, and it
probably does convey some of the excitement which Kenny claims
belongs to the subject." David Hamlyn, Times Literary
Supplement
"This is simply a jolly good read, with pithy historical and
biographical scene-setters, authoritative accounts of how
successive philosophers have contributed to the development of
Western thought, and often brilliant single-sentence summaries."
Church Times
"A Brief History of Western Philosophy is a stimulating, impressive
work by one of Britain's leading philosophers. It is valuable both
as an introduction to the history of ideas as well as a record of a
distinguished philosopher's mature reflections...It is a richly
detailed, critical look at philosophy, displaying both Kenny's love
for philosophical engagement and for good history...Kenny's style
is unpretentious, effective, and at times wonderfully informal and
amiable." Charles Talifierro, the Review of Metaphysics
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