Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English

by Jonathan Rée

Book Overview

An ambitious new history of philosophy in English that broadens the canon to include many lesser-known figures

Ludwig Wittgenstein once wrote that "philosophy should be written like poetry." But philosophy has often been presented more prosaically as a long trudge through canonical authors and great works. But what, Jonathan R e asks, if we instead saw the history of philosophy as a haphazard series of unmapped forest paths, a mass...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300247362
• ISBN13: 9780300247367
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 768 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"