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A History of Western Philosophy A History of Western Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 41,115 ratings — published 1945
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A History of Philosophy, Vol. 1: Greece and Rome, From the Pre-Socratics to Plotinus A History of Philosophy, Vol. 1: Greece and Rome, From the Pre-Socratics to Plotinus (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 1,986 ratings — published 1946
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Sophie’s World Sophie’s World (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 277,665 ratings — published 1991
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The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 17,811 ratings — published 1926
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A History of Philosophy, Volume 2: Medieval Philosophy, from Augustine to Duns Scotus A History of Philosophy, Volume 2: Medieval Philosophy, from Augustine to Duns Scotus (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 1,128 ratings — published 1950
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A New History of Western Philosophy A New History of Western Philosophy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 496 ratings — published 2007
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A History of Philosophy, Vol. 4: Modern Philosophy, from Descartes to Leibnitz A History of Philosophy, Vol. 4: Modern Philosophy, from Descartes to Leibnitz (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 502 ratings — published 1946
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A History of Philosophy, Vol. 6: Modern Philosophy, from the French Enlightenment to Kant A History of Philosophy, Vol. 6: Modern Philosophy, from the French Enlightenment to Kant (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 359 ratings — published 1960
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A History of Philosophy, Vol 9: Modern Philosophy, from the French Revolution to Sartre, Camus, and Levi-Strauss A History of Philosophy, Vol 9: Modern Philosophy, from the French Revolution to Sartre, Camus, and Levi-Strauss (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as history-of-philosophy)
avg rating 4.22 — 243 ratings — published 1975
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A History of Philosophy, Vol. 8: Modern Philosophy, Empiricism, Idealism, and Pragmatism in Britain and America A History of Philosophy, Vol. 8: Modern Philosophy, Empiricism, Idealism, and Pragmatism in Britain and America (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 271 ratings — published 1966
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A History of Philosophy, Vol. 5: Modern Philosophy, The British Philosophers from Hobbes to Hume A History of Philosophy, Vol. 5: Modern Philosophy, The British Philosophers from Hobbes to Hume (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 366 ratings — published 1959
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The History of Philosophy The History of Philosophy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 1,647 ratings — published 2019
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Ancient Philosophy Ancient Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 570 ratings — published 2004
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The Rise of Modern Philosophy (New History of Western Philosophy, vol. 3) The Rise of Modern Philosophy (New History of Western Philosophy, vol. 3)
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avg rating 3.82 — 268 ratings — published 2006
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Classical Philosophy (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #1) Classical Philosophy (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 553 ratings — published 2014
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Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 2,006 ratings — published 2000
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Medieval Philosophy (New History of Western Philosophy, vol. 2) Medieval Philosophy (New History of Western Philosophy, vol. 2)
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avg rating 3.80 — 277 ratings — published 2005
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A Little History of Philosophy (Little Histories) A Little History of Philosophy (Little Histories)
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avg rating 4.12 — 15,364 ratings — published 2011
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Philosophy in the Modern World (New History of Western Philosophy, vol. 4) Philosophy in the Modern World (New History of Western Philosophy, vol. 4)
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avg rating 3.84 — 187 ratings — published 2007
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Philosophy in the Islamic World (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #3) Philosophy in the Islamic World (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #3)
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avg rating 4.31 — 232 ratings — published 2015
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A History of Philosophy 10: Russian Philosophy A History of Philosophy 10: Russian Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.34 — 58 ratings — published 1986
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The Republic The Republic (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 222,094 ratings — published -400
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The Story of Philosophy: A Concise Introduction to the World's Greatest Thinkers and Their Ideas The Story of Philosophy: A Concise Introduction to the World's Greatest Thinkers and Their Ideas (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 9 times as history-of-philosophy)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,572 ratings — published 1998
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A History of Western Philosophy, Volume 1: The Classical Mind A History of Western Philosophy, Volume 1: The Classical Mind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 185 ratings — published 1969
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Phenomenology of Spirit Phenomenology of Spirit (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 20,181 ratings — published 1807
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Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 22,295 ratings — published 1785
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Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #2) Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds (A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps #2)
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avg rating 4.35 — 245 ratings — published 2015
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A History of Western Philosophy, Volume 4: Kant and the Nineteenth Century (Revised) A History of Western Philosophy, Volume 4: Kant and the Nineteenth Century (Revised)
by (shelved 7 times as history-of-philosophy)
avg rating 4.22 — 81 ratings — published 1975
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A Brief History of Western Philosophy A Brief History of Western Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 349 ratings — published 1998
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Critique of Pure Reason Critique of Pure Reason (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 41,387 ratings — published 1781
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The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo) The Trial and Death of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo)
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avg rating 4.12 — 45,150 ratings — published -400
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Early Greek Philosophy Early Greek Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 2,529 ratings — published 1987
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A Short History of Chinese Philosophy A Short History of Chinese Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 673 ratings — published 1948
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A History of Western Philosophy: From the Pre-Socratics to Postmodernism A History of Western Philosophy: From the Pre-Socratics to Postmodernism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.24 — 103 ratings — published 2018
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The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 2,052 ratings — published 1991
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The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 1,812 ratings — published 2013
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The Metaphysical Club : A Story of Ideas in America The Metaphysical Club : A Story of Ideas in America (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 5,322 ratings — published 2001
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Meditations Meditations (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 329,252 ratings — published 180
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The Problems of Philosophy The Problems of Philosophy (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 18,313 ratings — published 1912
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 22,123 ratings — published 1748
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The Nicomachean Ethics The Nicomachean Ethics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 58,251 ratings — published -350
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Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 3,278 ratings — published 1979
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Plato: Complete Works Plato: Complete Works (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 11,983 ratings — published -347
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German Idealism: The Struggle against Subjectivism, 1781-1801 German Idealism: The Struggle against Subjectivism, 1781-1801 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.53 — 133 ratings — published 2002
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What is Analytic Philosophy? What is Analytic Philosophy? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 68 ratings — published 2008
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The Presocratic Philosophers The Presocratic Philosophers (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 895 ratings — published 1957
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German Philosophy 1760-1860: The Legacy of Idealism German Philosophy 1760-1860: The Legacy of Idealism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 330 ratings — published 2002
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How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy How the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.68 — 2,924 ratings — published 2018
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John   McDowell
“What I have described as a blind spot is not a mere oversight on Sellars's part. I think it reflects Sellars's attempt to combine two insights: first, that meaning and intentionality come into view only in a context that is normatively organized, and, second, that reality as it is contemplated by the sciences of nature is norm-free. The trouble is that Sellars thinks the norm-free reality disclosed by the natural sciences is the only location for genuine relations to actualities. That is what leads to the idea that placing the mind in nature requires abstracting from aboutness.

Now Aquinas, writing before the rise of modern science, is immune to the attractions of that norm-free conception of nature. And we should not be too quick to regard this as wholly a deficiency in his thinking. (Of course in all kinds of ways it is a deficiency.) There is a live possibility that, at least in one respect, Thomistic philosophy of mind is superior to Sellarsian philosophy of mind, just because Aquinas lacks the distinctively modern conception of nature that underlies Sellars's thinking. Sellars allows his philosophy to be shaped by a conception that is characteristic of his own time, and so misses an opportunity to learn something from the past.”
John Henry McDowell, Having the World in View: Essays on Kant, Hegel, and Sellars

Bertrand Russell
“With subjectivism in philosophy, anarchism in politics goes hand in hand.
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