Philosophy: A Historical Survey with Essential Readings

by Samuel Enoch Stumpf, James Fieser (Contributor)

In a provocative and engaging style, A Historical Survey with Essential Readings consists of two main the chapters, which contain the primary contributions of Western civilization's most influential philosophers, and the anthology of chronologically organized classic readings from Western philosophy. The first half of this book presents a sustained narrative of the great philosophers of Western civilization from ancient Greece until today. In the second half we offer a snapshot of the most famous discussions by many of the philosophers discussed in the first half. These readings are presented chronologically and parallel the order presented in the first half of the book.

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Genres: Philosophy

992 pages, Hardcover

First published January 31, 2014

About the author

He was born to Hungarian immigrants Louis and Elizabeth Jergens Stumpf. Samuel Enoch Stumpf was Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Emeritus Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University prior to his death in 1998, at the age of eighty.

He earned a B.S. in Business and Finance from the University of California at Los Angeles, a B.D. in Theology from Andover Newton Theological School, and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Chicago. He joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 1948 and served as Chair of the Philosophy Department from 1952 to 1967.

After a five-year term as President of Cornell College, Professor Stumpf returned to Vanderbilt, where he remained until his retirement in 1984. Professor Stumpf's publications include Democratic Manifesto (1954), Morality and the Law (1966), and four McGraw-Hill textbooks: Socrates to Sartre: A History of Philosophy (1966; 6th ed., posthumous, 1999); Philosophical Readings: Selected Problems (1971; 4th ed., 1994); Philosophy: History and Problems (1971; 5th ed., 1994); and Elements of Philosophy: An Introduction (1979; 3rd ed., 1993).

Reviews

[Lucky · Rating 4 out of 5]

没读过西方哲学史的不太建议用这本入门，而熟读西方哲学史的也不需要再来看这本了。

[VICKY · Rating 4 out of 5]

按照时间线介绍了哲学的发展和相应哲学家的生平和思想，是入门的一块板砖，但要理解每个哲学家的逻辑构想还是要在之后去看他们的原著，否则对词意会很难把握，对他们的思想很难想顺，不过入门还是不错的，有时间，当时背景介绍和哲学发展的一些逻辑。

[Robert · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5

[Nicktimebreak · Rating 5 out of 5]

花了月余时间看完，对一些地方做了摘抄。这是我看的第二本关于西方哲学史的书，第一本是张志伟的《西方哲学十五讲》，相较而言，本书多了当代哲学的相关内容，在讲解具体的哲学思想时会更多一些哲学家的语录引用，整体的思想概括性会弱一点，但每一节的总结部分对书本内容的概括还是做的挺好的。两本书都值得阅读，算是进一步踏入哲学的门槛吧。