The Path of Philosophy: Truth, Wonder, and Distress
by John Marmysz
Wadsworth Publishing | January 2011 | 464 Pages | ISBN: 0495509329 | PDF | 11 MB
http://www.amazon.com/The-Path-Philosophy-Wonder-Distress/dp/0495509329
The Path of Philosophy introduces you to the study of philosophy through a compelling narrative in which the world's most important philosophers appear as characters. The text traces the history of western philosophy from its beginnings in ancient Greece to contemporary developments in the modern world. Threads running through the text demonstrate how philosophy is unique and distinct from religion and science, while at the same time showing how all three disciplines are interrelated. Exceptionally well written, and unusual in its cohesiveness, the text leaves you with a vivid picture of philosophy as a unique and spiritually important field of study.
About the Author
John Marmysz holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from State University of New York at Buffalo. His primary research interests focus on issue of nihilism and its cultural manifestations. Marmysz is the author of The Nihilist's Notebook (Moralinefree Publishing, 1996), Laughing at Nothing: Humor as a Response to Nihilism (SUNY Press, 2003) and The Path of Philosophy: Truth, Wonder and Distress (Wadsworth, 2011). He is coeditor (with Scott Lukas) of Fear, Cultural Anxiety and Transformation: Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films Remade (Lexington Books, 2009). Marmysz has also written articles and reviews for various journals including Film and Philosophy, Consciousness, Literature and the Arts, Film-Philosophy, The Journal of Popular Culture and The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism.
Brief Contents
PREFACE xii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
INTRODUCTION xix
Chapter 1 Myth, Science, Philosophy, and the Presocratics 1
Chapter 2 Socrates 22
Chapter 3 Plato 42
Chapter 4 Aristotle 64
Chapter 5 The Hellenistic Philosophers 89
Chapter 6 Medieval Philosophy 111
Chapter 7 René Descartes and the Transition from Medieval to Modern Thinking 143
Chapter 8 Hume 179
Chapter 9 Kant’s Transcendental Idealism 211
Chapter 10 Hegel and the Manifestations of Geist 239
Chapter 11 Happiness, Suffering, and Pessimism in Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Mill 272
Chapter 12 Common Sense and Anglo-American Philosophy 311
Chapter 13 Existentialism and the Return to Being 355
CONCLUSION: PHILOSOPHY AND WONDROUS DISTRESS 392
GLOSSARY 401
BIBLIOGRAPHY
