The Philosophy Book: From the Vedas to the New Atheists, 250 Milestones in the History of Philosophy

by Gregory Bassham

Philosophy explores the deepest, most fundamental questions of reality--and this accessible and entertaining chronology presents 250 milestones of the most important theories, events, and seminal publications in the field over the last 3,500 years. The brief, engaging entries cover a range of topics and cultures, from the Hindu Vedas and Plato's theory of forms to Ockham's Razor, Pascal's Wager, Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature , existentialism,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1454918470
• ISBN13: 9781454918479
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Union Square & Co.
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.5" x 8.5"