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The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy
Bernard Williams
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Description for The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy
Paperback. A collection of essays on the history of philosophy. It covers subjects such as the sixth century BC to the twentieth AD, from Homer to Wittgenstein by way of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sidgwick, Collingwood, and Nietzsche. Editor(s): Burnyeat, Myles. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
Before his death in 2003, Bernard Williams planned to publish a collection of historical essays, focusing primarily on the ancient world. This posthumous volume brings together a much wider selection, written over some forty years. His legacy lives on in this masterful work, the first collection ever published of Williams's essays on the history of philosophy. The subjects range from the sixth century B.C. to the twentieth A.D., from Homer to Wittgenstein by way of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sidgwick, Collingwood, and Nietzsche. Often one would be hard put to say which part is history, which philosophy. Both are ... Read more
Before his death in 2003, Bernard Williams planned to publish a collection of historical essays, focusing primarily on the ancient world. This posthumous volume brings together a much wider selection, written over some forty years. His legacy lives on in this masterful work, the first collection ever published of Williams's essays on the history of philosophy. The subjects range from the sixth century B.C. to the twentieth A.D., from Homer to Wittgenstein by way of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sidgwick, Collingwood, and Nietzsche. Often one would be hard put to say which part is history, which philosophy. Both are ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
582g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691134086
SKU
V9780691134086
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About Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge (1967-1979) and Provost of King's College. He held the Monroe Deutsch Professorship of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley (1998-2000) and was White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford (1990-2003). He was Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford until his death in 2003. Myles ... Read more
Reviews for The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy
"These discussions combine incisive authority and even a touch of technicality with Bernard Williams's characteristically urbane wit. A great intellectual wealth in which philosophy is made to show us how it thinks about philosophy."
George Steiner, Times Literary Supplement "Bernard Williams' contribution to philosophy is timeless. He has a voice that is both distinctively of our time and a reminder that ... Read more
George Steiner, Times Literary Supplement "Bernard Williams' contribution to philosophy is timeless. He has a voice that is both distinctively of our time and a reminder that ... Read more