A History of Western Philosophy
37 hrs. 52 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Bertrand Russell
Author
Bertrand Russell
Narrator
Alexander Chernov
Narrator
Alexander Chernov
Description
The most famous, fundamental work by B. Russell—an all-encompassing study of the development of Western European philosophical thought!
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) was a Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, a mathematician, a public figure, and one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century. He is the author of such famous works as “The Problems of Philosophy,” “Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits,” “The ABC of Relativity,” “Marriage and Morals,” and “A History of Western Philosophy.”
“A History of Western Philosophy” is Russell’s most well-known, fundamental work. In it, he traces the development of philosophical views from the emergence of Greek civilization up to the 1920s of the twentieth century.
Contents:
BOOK ONE. ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
PART ONE. THE PRESOCRATICS
Chapter I. THE ORIGIN OF GREEK CIVILIZATION
Chapter II. THE MILESIAN SCHOOL
Chapter III. PYTHAGORAS
Chapter IV. HERACLITUS
Chapter V. PARMENIDES
Chapter VI. EMPEDOCLES
Chapter VII. ATHENS IN RELATION TO CULTURE
Chapter VIII. ANAXAGORAS
Chapter IX. THE ATOMISTS
Chapter X. PROTAGORAS
PART TWO. SOCRATES, PLATO, AND ARISTOTLE
Chapter XI. SOCRATES
Chapter XII. THE INFLUENCE OF SPARTA
Chapter XIII. SOURCES OF PLATO’S VIEWS
Chapter XIV. PLATO’S UTOPIA
Chapter XV. THE THEORY OF IDEAS
Chapter XVI. PLATO’S THEORY OF IMMORTALITY
Chapter XVII. PLATO’S COSMOGONY
Chapter XVIII. KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION IN PLATO
Chapter XIX. ARISTOTLE’S METAPHYSICS
Chapter XX. ARISTOTLE’S ETHICS
Chapter XXI. ARISTOTLE’S POLITICS
Chapter XXII. ARISTOTLE’S LOGIC
Chapter XXIII. ARISTOTLE’S PHYSICS
Chapter XXIV. EARLY GREEK MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY
PART THREE. ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY AFTER ARISTOTLE
Chapter XXV. THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
Chapter XXVI. THE CYNICS AND SKEPTICS
Chapter XXVII. EPICUREANS
Chapter XXVIII. STOICISM
Chapter XXIX. THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND ITS ATTITUDE TOWARD CULTURE
Chapter XXX. PLOTINUS
BOOK TWO. CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHY
PART ONE. THE CHURCH FATHERS
Chapter I. THE RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEWS
Chapter II. CHRISTIANITY IN THE FIRST FOUR CENTURIES
Chapter III. THREE DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH
Chapter IV. THE PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY OF ST. AUGUSTINE
Chapter V. THE FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES
Chapter VI. ST. BENEDICT AND POPE GREGORY THE GREAT
PART TWO. THE SCHOLASTICS
Chapter VII. PAPACY IN THE AGE OF DARKNESS
Chapter VIII. JOHN SCOTUS
Chapter IX. THE CHURCH REFORM OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY
Chapter X. MUSLIM CULTURE AND PHILOSOPHY
Chapter XI. TWELFTH CENTURY
Chapter XII. THIRTEENTH CENTURY
Chapter XIII. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
Chapter XIV. FRANCISCAN SCHOLASTICS
Chapter XV. DECLINE OF THE PAPACY
BOOK THREE. PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN TIMES
PART ONE. FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO HUME
Chapter I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Chapter II. THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Chapter III. MACHIAVELLI
Chapter IV. ERASMUS AND MORE
Chapter V. THE REFORMATION AND COUNTER-REFORMATION
Chapter VI. DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE
Chapter VII. FRANCIS BACON
Chapter VIII. HOBBES’S “LEVIATHAN”
Chapter IX. DESCARTES
Chapter X. SPINOZA
Chapter XI. LEIBNIZ
Chapter XII. PHILOSOPHICAL LIBERALISM
Chapter XIII. LOCKE’S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
Chapter XIV. LOCKE’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Chapter XV. THE INFLUENCE OF LOCKE
Chapter XVI. BERKELEY
Chapter XVII. HUME
PART TWO. FROM RUSSIA TO OUR OWN DAYS
Chapter XVIII. THE MOVEMENT OF ROMANTICISM
Chapter XIX. RUSSIA
Chapter XX. KANT
Chapter XXI. TRENDS OF THOUGHT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Chapter XXII. HEGEL
Chapter XXIII. BYRON
Chapter XXIV. SCHOPENHAUER
Chapter XXV. NIETZSCHE
Chapter XXVI. THE UTILITARIANS[392]
Chapter XXVII. KARL MARX
Chapter XXVIII. BERGSON
Chapter XXIX. WILLIAM JAMES
Chapter XXX. JOHN DEWEY
Chapter XXXI. PHILOSOPHY OF LOGICAL ANALYSIS
Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) was a Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, a mathematician, a public figure, and one of the greatest philosophers of the 20th century. He is the author of such famous works as “The Problems of Philosophy,” “Human Knowledge: Its Scope and Limits,” “The ABC of Relativity,” “Marriage and Morals,” and “A History of Western Philosophy.”
“A History of Western Philosophy” is Russell’s most well-known, fundamental work. In it, he traces the development of philosophical views from the emergence of Greek civilization up to the 1920s of the twentieth century.
Contents:
BOOK ONE. ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
PART ONE. THE PRESOCRATICS
Chapter I. THE ORIGIN OF GREEK CIVILIZATION
Chapter II. THE MILESIAN SCHOOL
Chapter III. PYTHAGORAS
Chapter IV. HERACLITUS
Chapter V. PARMENIDES
Chapter VI. EMPEDOCLES
Chapter VII. ATHENS IN RELATION TO CULTURE
Chapter VIII. ANAXAGORAS
Chapter IX. THE ATOMISTS
Chapter X. PROTAGORAS
PART TWO. SOCRATES, PLATO, AND ARISTOTLE
Chapter XI. SOCRATES
Chapter XII. THE INFLUENCE OF SPARTA
Chapter XIII. SOURCES OF PLATO’S VIEWS
Chapter XIV. PLATO’S UTOPIA
Chapter XV. THE THEORY OF IDEAS
Chapter XVI. PLATO’S THEORY OF IMMORTALITY
Chapter XVII. PLATO’S COSMOGONY
Chapter XVIII. KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION IN PLATO
Chapter XIX. ARISTOTLE’S METAPHYSICS
Chapter XX. ARISTOTLE’S ETHICS
Chapter XXI. ARISTOTLE’S POLITICS
Chapter XXII. ARISTOTLE’S LOGIC
Chapter XXIII. ARISTOTLE’S PHYSICS
Chapter XXIV. EARLY GREEK MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY
PART THREE. ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY AFTER ARISTOTLE
Chapter XXV. THE HELLENISTIC WORLD
Chapter XXVI. THE CYNICS AND SKEPTICS
Chapter XXVII. EPICUREANS
Chapter XXVIII. STOICISM
Chapter XXIX. THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND ITS ATTITUDE TOWARD CULTURE
Chapter XXX. PLOTINUS
BOOK TWO. CATHOLIC PHILOSOPHY
PART ONE. THE CHURCH FATHERS
Chapter I. THE RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF THE JEWS
Chapter II. CHRISTIANITY IN THE FIRST FOUR CENTURIES
Chapter III. THREE DOCTORS OF THE CHURCH
Chapter IV. THE PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY OF ST. AUGUSTINE
Chapter V. THE FIFTH AND SIXTH CENTURIES
Chapter VI. ST. BENEDICT AND POPE GREGORY THE GREAT
PART TWO. THE SCHOLASTICS
Chapter VII. PAPACY IN THE AGE OF DARKNESS
Chapter VIII. JOHN SCOTUS
Chapter IX. THE CHURCH REFORM OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY
Chapter X. MUSLIM CULTURE AND PHILOSOPHY
Chapter XI. TWELFTH CENTURY
Chapter XII. THIRTEENTH CENTURY
Chapter XIII. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
Chapter XIV. FRANCISCAN SCHOLASTICS
Chapter XV. DECLINE OF THE PAPACY
BOOK THREE. PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN TIMES
PART ONE. FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO HUME
Chapter I. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Chapter II. THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE
Chapter III. MACHIAVELLI
Chapter IV. ERASMUS AND MORE
Chapter V. THE REFORMATION AND COUNTER-REFORMATION
Chapter VI. DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE
Chapter VII. FRANCIS BACON
Chapter VIII. HOBBES’S “LEVIATHAN”
Chapter IX. DESCARTES
Chapter X. SPINOZA
Chapter XI. LEIBNIZ
Chapter XII. PHILOSOPHICAL LIBERALISM
Chapter XIII. LOCKE’S THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
Chapter XIV. LOCKE’S POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Chapter XV. THE INFLUENCE OF LOCKE
Chapter XVI. BERKELEY
Chapter XVII. HUME
PART TWO. FROM RUSSIA TO OUR OWN DAYS
Chapter XVIII. THE MOVEMENT OF ROMANTICISM
Chapter XIX. RUSSIA
Chapter XX. KANT
Chapter XXI. TRENDS OF THOUGHT IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Chapter XXII. HEGEL
Chapter XXIII. BYRON
Chapter XXIV. SCHOPENHAUER
Chapter XXV. NIETZSCHE
Chapter XXVI. THE UTILITARIANS[392]
Chapter XXVII. KARL MARX
Chapter XXVIII. BERGSON
Chapter XXIX. WILLIAM JAMES
Chapter XXX. JOHN DEWEY
Chapter XXXI. PHILOSOPHY OF LOGICAL ANALYSIS
