A Brief History of Western Philosophy
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Spanning 2,500 years of thought, this volume provides essential coverage of the most influential thinkers of the Western world, including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Jesus, Augustine, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Berkeley, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Darwin, Freud, Frege, Russell and Wittgenstein, amongst many others. Unrivalled in its authority and range, the book is ideal for anyone with an interest in Western thought.
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