History of Western Philosophy (Routledge Classics)

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History of Western Philosophy (Routledge Classics)

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This book, like the others, also inspired me to dig a little further and I've acquired Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, Spinoza's Ethics, and finally Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit.

Indeed, it’s not only a masterpiece because of the coverage and learning within the pages of the book, but also because of Russell’s wit and writing style.For Russell, ideas don't exist in a vacuum, and the philosophers who expressed these ideas were as much influenced by their times as vice versa. When Russell was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950, A History of Western Philosophy was cited as one of the books that won him the award. In fact, once I had finished Russell's examination of Plato I decided to read three of Plato's dialogues, all of which I enjoyed. He takes the opportunity to address nearly every aspect of philosophy: ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, political philosophy, etc.

But where it is useful to have his bias is that you can get a glimpse into the mind of atheistic thinking. I’ve listened to a Teaching Company ‘Great Ideas In Philosophy’ course which covered all of the philosophers discussed here, and I think Russell does at least as good a job as was done there. Russell is not an expert on many of the subjects he is writing about here, so it is quite legitimate to disagree with him. Just as we have authors today writing to make the most esoteric physics accessible to the layman through intelligent precis and analogy, Russell appears to have been a populist of his time. Leia-se com calma, sempre com o filtro crítico ativo, preparado para por vezes ter de dar a volta a cabeça tentando compreender o que Russell nos quer dizer, mas acima de tudo leia-se pelo prazer de viajar pela história das ideias.Seems that civilization needs much more of this "curiosity to understand the world" which is all over the place within this book.

Na verdade, existem domínios em que esta forma de inquirir faz sentido, contudo não é passível de se poder aplicar a toda a realidade, menos ainda quando entramos na órbita da definição do ser-humano. In this, Rousseau is the predecessor of Nietzsche, who raised the notion of 'Will to Power' to unsurpassed heights. He credited Russell with drawing attention to the logical side of Leibniz's philosophy, but questioned Russell's view that there is a sharp distinction between Leibniz's "popular philosophy" and his "esoteric doctrine". Because of the partisan nature of its views, and the quick, witty style of their presentation, it has never been a staple as an academic textbook. It is a book that examines philosophical questions and it does not take an historical approach to the subject.The format followed is: a brief historical sketch to give context to a doctrine, an even briefer explanation, and then a long critical take that will put forward Russell’s opinions, usually about why it is misguided in the light of modern scientific approach. Somewhere in there is the answer to the Western half of the meaning of life, and will help solve lots of emotional and life problems. Do mesmo modo, ou talvez ainda mais agressivamente, Russell ignora completamente a Fenomenologia, apesar de no entanto nos apresentar nos dois últimos autores, toda a escola do Pragmatismo, ainda que essa sua apresentação sirva apenas para demonstrar o quão errada estava, para Russell.

Since 1945, the year of publication of this book, there has been much progress in philosophy and science and there have been major turning points in the history of ideas; so if Russell has the last word on these issues is to be doubted.In what I assume to be an attempt at avoiding obscurantism and reaching a simplicity for the layman, it seems that he has relegated subtlety for the blockish ideas of solid forms. There is a reciprocal causation: the circumstances of men's lives do much to determine their philosophy, but, conversely, their philsophy does much to determine their circumstances.



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