The story of philosophy : the lives and opinions of the greater philosophers /
Will Durant.
- New York, NY : Pocket Books, 1926.
- xxx, 704 pages: 18 cm
Includes index
Preface to the second edition -- Introduction: On the uses of philosophy -- Plato: -- Context of Plato -- Socrates -- Preparation of Plato -- Ethical problem -- Political problem -- Psychological problem -- Psychological solution -- Political solution -- Ethical solution -- Criticism -- Aristotle And Greek Science: -- Historical background -- Work of Aristotle -- Foundation of logic -- Organization of science: -- Greek science before Aristotle -- Aristotle as a naturalist -- Foundation of biology -- Metaphysics and the nature of God -- Psychology and the nature of art -- Ethics and the nature of happiness -- Politics: -- Communism and conservatism -- Marriage and education -- Democracy and aristocracy -- Criticism -- Later life and death -- Francis Bacon: -- From Aristotle to the Renaissance -- Political career of Francis Bacon -- Essays -- Great reconstruction: -- Advancement of learning -- New Organon -- Utopia of science -- Criticism -- Epilogue -- Spinoza: -- Historical and biographical: -- Odyssey of the Jews -- Education of Spinoza -- Excommunication -- Retirement and death -- Treatise on religion and the state -- Improvement of the intellect -- Ethics: -- Nature and God -- Matter and mind -- Intelligence and morals -- Religion and immortality -- Political treatise -- Influence of Spinoza -- Voltaire and the French Enlightenment: -- Paris: Cedipe -- London: Letters on the English -- Cirey: the Romances -- Potsdam and Frederick -- Les Delices: the Essay on morals -- Ferney: Candide -- Encyclopedia and the philosophic dictionary -- Ecrasez `Infame -- Voltaire and Rousseau -- Denouement -- Immanuel Kant And German Idealism: -- Roads to Kant -- From Voltaire to Kant -- From Locke to Kant -- From Rousseau to Kant -- Kant himself -- Critique of pure reason: -- Transcendental esthetic -- Transcendental analytic -- Transcendental dialectic -- Critique of practical reason -- On religion and reason -- On politics and eternal peace -- Criticism and estimate -- Note on Hegel -- Schopenhauer: -- Age -- Man -- World as idea -- World as will: -- Will to live -- Will to reproduce -- World as evil -- Wisdom of life: -- Philosophy -- Genius -- Art -- Religion -- Wisdom of death -- Criticism -- Herbert Spencer: -- Comte and Darwin -- Development of Spencer -- First principles: -- Unknowable -- Evolution -- Biology: the evolution of life -- Psychology: the evolution of mind -- Sociology: the evolution of society -- Ethics: the evolution of morals -- Criticism: -- First principles -- Biology and psychology -- Sociology and ethics -- Conclusion -- Friedrich Neitzsche: -- Lineage of Nietzsche -- Youth -- Nietzsche and Wagner -- Song of Zarathustra -- Hero-morality -- Superman -- Decadence -- Aristocracy -- Criticism -- Finale -- Contemporary European Philosophers: -- Henri Bergson: -- Revolt against materialism -- Mind and brain -- Creative evolution -- Criticism -- Benedetto Croce: -- Man -- Philosophy of the spirit -- What is beauty? -- Criticism -- Bertrand Russell: -- Logician -- Reformer -- Epilogue -- Contemporary American Philosophers: -- Introduction: -- George Santayana: -- Biographical -- Scepticism and animal faith -- Reason in science -- Reason in religion -- Reason in society -- Comment -- William James: -- Personal -- Pragmatism -- Pluralism -- Comment -- John Dewey: -- Education -- Instrumentalism -- Science and politics -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Index.
Examines the history of speculative thought by focusing on such dominant personalities as Plato, Bacon, Spinoza, Kant, Schopenhauer, and Nietzsche.