A Short History of Modern Philosophy

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A Short History of Modern Philosophy is a concise survey of major Western philosophers from Descartes to Wittgenstein, written as an accessible introduction to modern philosophical thought.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophy book ⓘ
aimsTo provide an accessible introduction to modern philosophical thought ⓘ
author Roger Scruton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coversPhilosopher Arthur Schopenhauer ⓘ
Baruch Spinoza ⓘ
Bertrand Russell ⓘ
David Hume ⓘ
Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ
George Berkeley ⓘ
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Gottlob Frege ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
Karl Marx ⓘ
Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ
coversTopic analytic philosophy ⓘ
empiricism ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
idealism ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
endsWithPhilosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1981 ⓘ
focusesOn arguments and doctrines of major philosophers ⓘ
genre history of philosophy ⓘ
introduction to philosophy ⓘ
hasEdition second edition ⓘ
hasFormat ebook ⓘ
print ⓘ
intendedAudience general readers ⓘ
students of philosophy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Western philosophy ⓘ
modern philosophy ⓘ
notableFor clarity of exposition ⓘ
concise treatment of complex ideas ⓘ
publisher Routledge ⓘ
startsWithPhilosopher René Descartes ⓘ
structure chronological survey ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 17th century to 20th century ⓘ
modern period ⓘ

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