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Contextualizing Premodern Philosophy
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Publication Date: 2022eBook
This volume brings together contributions from distinguished scholars in the history of philosophy, focusing on points of interaction between discrete historical contexts, religions, and cultures found within the premodern period. The contributions connect thinkers from antiquity through the Middle Ages and include philosophers from the three major monotheistic faiths--Judaism, Islam, and Christianity.
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Mill's Utilitarianism (Video duration 14 minutes)
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Nietzsche: Genius of the Modern World (Video duration 1 hour)
The 19th century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche was one of the most brilliant and dangerous minds of the 19th century. His uncompromising and often brutal ideas smashed the comfortable presuppositions and assumptions of religion, morality, and science. -
The Allegory of the Cave (Video duration 8 minutes)
The conversation between Socrates and Glaucon, as told in Plato's Republic, Chapter 7.
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The Simplistic Flaw in Ayn Rand's PhilosophyIn this article, a professional philosopher scrutinises the popular ideas of Ayn Rand, finding that they are logically fallacious to the point of unreason.
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100 Philosophers: A Guide to the World's Greatest Thinkers
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Call Number: Fennell STACKS B72 .K564 2013Publication Date: 2013 -
