Stanley Rosen (1) (1929–2014)
Autore di The Philosopher's Handbook: Essential Readings from Plato to Kant
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Sull'Autore
Stanley Rosen (1929-2014) was the Borden Parker Bowne Professor and University Professor Emeritus at Boston University. He is the author of many books, including Nihilism: A Philosophical Essay, The Limits of Analysis, and Plato's Republic: A Study, among others.
Opere di Stanley Rosen
G.W.F.Hegel 1 copia
Opere correlate
Poetry Magazine Vol. 86 No. 3, June 1955 — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Rosen, Stanley
- Data di nascita
- 1929-07-29
- Data di morte
- 2014-05-05
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Waren, Ohio, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
State College, Pennsylvania, USA - Istruzione
- University of Chicago (BA|1949|Ph.D|1955)
- Attività lavorative
- Professor
Philosopher - Organizzazioni
- Boston University
Pennsylvania State University
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- Opere
- 24
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 1,018
- Popolarità
- #25,309
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 7
- ISBN
- 67
- Lingue
- 2
- Preferito da
- 1
For those of us who have read and studied the (nearly) complete works of all of these philosophers, though, this book feels a bit hollow. Philosophy is full of nuance, the exploration of detail, and the evolution of ideas. You simply can't capture the ideas of a philosopher with only a few readings of their works. Many of these philosophers changed their ideas over time - or expounded on them at such length throughout their careers as to completely alter our understanding of them - and I'm left too aware of how much this book leaves out, and how the philosophies are pared down to such a degree as to almost misrepresent them.
But this is the challenge of all general histories of philosophy. This book does better than most. Any disappointments are mine for buying a general history when I didn't really need one.… (altro)