History of Philosophy


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The History of Philosophy is the exposition of philosophical opinions and of systems and schools of philosophy. It includes the study of the lives of philosophers, the inquiry into the mutual connection of schools and systems of thought, and the attempt to trace the course of philosophical progress. Topics covered include Ancient Philosophy (Babylon, China, India, Egypt, Greece and Rome) Christian Era Philosophy (St. Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, William of Ockam) and Modern Philosophy (including Descartes, Spinoza, Kant and Hegel.) (Summary by Beth Thomas and the Introduction) (27 hr 18 min)

Chapters

Introduction 8:02 Read by Leni
Part 1, Ancient Philosophy: Babylonia, Assyria, Egypt, China 18:00 Read by Tyr Illouz
Ancient Philosophy: India, Persia 35:12 Read by Tyr Illouz
Greek Philosophy: Introduction and Chapter 1: Earlier Ionian School 23:17 Read by Tyr Illouz
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 2: The Pythagorean School 12:39 Read by Gregg Boethin
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 3: The Eleatic School 19:40 Read by Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 4: Later Ionian Philosophers 25:05 Read by Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 5: The Atomists 11:28 Read by Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 6: The Sophists 12:58 Read by Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 7: Socrates 20:55 Read by Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 8: The Imperfectly Socratic Schools 19:21 Read by Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 9: Plato 1:07:52 Read by mmelhart
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 10: The Platonic Schools 7:48 Read by KevinS
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 11: Aristotle, Part 1. 43:03 Read by Kazbek
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 11: Aristotle, Part 2. 43:55 Read by Kazbek
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 12: The Peripatetic School 6:08 Read by Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 13: The Stoics 31:44 Read by Kobe Dadd
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 14: The Epicureans 19:02 Read by Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapters 15-17: The Skeptics, The Eclectics and The Scientifi… 11:32 Read by Larry Wilson
Greek Philosophy: Chapter 18: The Philosophy of the Romans 17:33 Read by Leni
Greco-Oriental Philosophy: Chapter 19: Greco-Jewish Philosophy 15:14 Read by Kazbek
Greco-Oriental Philosophy: Chapter 20: Neo-Pythagoreanism and Neo-Platonism 23:11 Read by David Brent
Part 2, Patristic Philosophy: Chapters 21 and 22: Heretical Systems, The Ante-N… 15:35 Read by Leni
Patristic Philosophy: Chapter 23: The Post-Nicene Fathers 32:19 Read by Leni
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 24: First Masters of the Schools 23:03 Read by Adrian Stephens
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 25: John Scotus Erigena 29:09 Read by Adrian Stephens
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 26 and 27: Gerbert, The School of Auxerre 20:30 Read by Adrian Stephens
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 28 and 29: The Predecessors of Roscelin, Roscel… 18:18 Read by Adrian Stephens
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 30: St Anselm 16:40 Read by Adrian Stephens
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 31: William of Champeaux, the Indifferentists, e… 16:44 Read by Adrian Stephens
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 32: Abelard 17:26 Read by Kristine Bekere
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 33: The School of Chartres 17:28 Read by Kristine Bekere
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 34 and 35: The Eclectics, The Mystic School 16:15 Read by Kristine Bekere
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 36: The Pantheistic School 36:06 Read by Kazbek
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 37: The Predecessors of St Thomas 1:06:40 Read by Kazbek
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 38, Part 1: St Thomas of Aquin 50:39 Read by Florence
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 38, Part 2: St Thomas of Aquin 45:21 Read by Florence
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 39 and 40: Thomists and Anti-Thomists, Henry of… 15:21 Read by Yvonne Theodor
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 41 and 42: John Duns Scotus, Averroism in the S… 25:43 Read by Kazbek
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapter 43: The Predecessors of Ockham 16:29 Read by Kazbek
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 44 and 45: William of Ockam, Follows and Oppone… 16:54 Read by Kazbek
Scholastic Philosophy: Chapters 46 and 47: The Mystic School, Nicholas of Autre… 24:18 Read by Kazbek
Modern Philosophy: Chapters 48 and 49: Scholars of the Transition Period, The H… 13:54 Read by Arthur Taylor
Modern Philosophy: Chapters 50 and 51: Italian Philosophy of Nature, The Scient… 24:44 Read by Availle
Modern Philosophy: Chapters 52 and 53: Protestant Mysticism, Systems of Politic… 18:20 Read by Larry Wilson
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 54: Descartes 43:42 Read by David Brent
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 55: Cartesianism 9:31 Read by Larry Wilson
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 56: Spinoza 52:10 Read by Florence
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 57: English Empiricism 31:25 Read by PhyllisV
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 58: British Moralists 15:17 Read by PhyllisV
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 59: French Empiricism 13:07 Read by David Brent
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 60: The Idealistic Movement 31:18 Read by Gillian Hendrie
Modern Philosophy: Chapters 61 and 62: Pan-Phenomenalism, German Illumination 21:52 Read by Katharina Glowalla
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 63: German Philosophy - Kant 1:06:44 Read by andrelevy
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 64: German Philosophy - The Romantic Movement 28:59 Read by Cate Mackenzie
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 65: German Philosophy - Hegel 57:40 Read by Lissy Schneider
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 66: German Philosophy - Schopenhauer 20:12 Read by Lissy Schneider
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 67: The Scottish School 22:20 Read by Cate Mackenzie
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 68: French Philosophy 26:50 Read by Cate Mackenzie
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 69: English Philosophy 47:30 Read by David Brent
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 70: Italian Philosophy 10:47 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 71: American Philosophy 7:40 Read by Ciufi Galeazzi
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 72: Catholic Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century 22:33 Read by Gesine
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 73: Contemporary Philosophy 19:52 Read by Cate Mackenzie
Modern Philosophy: Chapter 74: Conclusion 17:35 Read by KevinS

Reviews

Thomist History of Philosophy


(3 stars)

A Thomist history of philosophy, and biased from that viewpoint. Philosophical systems are in error insofar as they disagree with Aquinas. In spite of this bias, it's a fairly decent history of philosophy, though it tends to throw accusations of pantheism around way too often, which is just another way of trumpeting Aquinas as the source of all philosophical truth. The sections on Greek philosophy and modern philosophy from Descartes to Hegel are the best part of the book. Parts of the medieval section are good, while others are inaccurate and highly misleading. When Frederick Copleston, in the preface to his own history of philosophy, complained of students in Catholic universities being fed unsatisfactory summaries of the great masters of philosophy, he was probably referring to this book.

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(1 star)

These audio files for the preface needs to be trimmed. Way too much dead air at the end.

Excellent


(5 stars)

I found this book very informative.