
Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, Frederick Copleston's nine-volume A History Of Philosophy has journeyed far beyond the modest purpose of its author to universal acclaim as the best history of philosophy...


Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit and specialist in the history of philosophy, created his history as an introduction for Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries. The 11-volume series gives an accessible account of each philosopher's work, and explains their relationship to the work of...

'A monumental history . . . learned, lucid, patient and comprehensive.'
NEW STATESMAN
'We can only applaud at the end of each act and look forward to applauding again at the final curtain.'
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT


Progress of philosophical thinking among the Greeks, leading to a dual climax in the work of Plato and Aristotle, demanding a synthesis by the Neo-Platonists. +










A nine-volume history of philosophy which includes: Greece and Rome; Augustine to Scotus, Ockham to Suarez, Descartes to Leibniz, Hobbes to Hume, Wolff to Kant, Fichte to Nietzsche, Bentham to Russell and Maine de Biran to Sartre.
