A History of Philosophy: Vol 3 Book

A History of Philosophy, Volume 3: Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy: Ockham, Francis Bacon, and the Beginning of the Modern World is the third volume in a nine-volume set. Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, Frederick Copleston s work has journeyed far beyond the modest purpose of its author to universal acclaim as the best history of philosophy in English. Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit who once tangled with A. J. Ayer in a fabled debate about the existence of God and the possibility of metaphysics, knew that seminary students were fed a woefully inadequate diet of theses and proofs, and that their familiarity with most of history s great thinkers was reduced to simplistic caricatures. Copleston set out to redress the wrong by writing a complete history of Western philosophy, one filled with incident and intellectual excitement -- and one that gives full place to each thinker, presenting his thought in a rounded manner and showing his links to those who went before and to those who came after him. Author: Frederick Copleston Format: 496 pages, paperback Publisher: Image (1993) ISBN: 9780385468459Read More