From Socrates To Sartre

  from socrates to sartre: From Socrates to Sartre T. Z. Lavine, 1984 This book presents a readable introduction to the lives and times of the great philosophers. It takes us from the inception of Western society Plato's Athens to when the power of Marxism had captured one third of the world. Lavine discusses Western philosophers in terms of the historical and intellectual environment which influenced them, and connects their lasting ideas to the public and private choices we face in America today. The book formed the basis for the PBS television series of the same name.--From publisher description.
  from socrates to sartre: Socrates Meets Sartre Peter Kreeft, 2005-01-01 Christian philosopher Kreeft (philosophy, Boston College) uses an imaginary dialogue between Socrates and Sartre to challenge the fundamental concepts of existentialist philosophy. The conversational style and non-technical language he employs serves to make the concepts discussed accessible to both students and general readers. Kreeft is also the
  from socrates to sartre: Socrates to Sartre Samuel Enoch Stumpf, 2000-05
  from socrates to sartre: Starting with Sartre Gail Linsenbard, 2010-06-03
  from socrates to sartre: The Little Book of Philosophy Rachel Poulton, 2021-10-05 If you want to know your Socrates from your Sartre and your Confucius from your Kant, strap in for this whirlwind tour of the highlights of philosophy. Including accessible primers on: The early Ancient Greek philosophers and the ‘big three’: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle Key schools of philosophy and their impact on modern life Insights into the main questions philosophers have explored over the years: Who am I? What is the meaning of life? Do I have free will? Practical applications for the theories of Descartes, Kant, Wollstonecraft, Marx, Nietzsche and many more. This illuminating little book will introduce you to the key thinkers, themes and theories you need to know to understand how human ideas have sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today.
  from socrates to sartre: Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture William Irwin, David Kyle Johnson, 2011-11-18 What can South Park tell us about Socrates and the nature of evil? How does The Office help us to understand Sartre and existentialist ethics? Can Battlestar Galactica shed light on the existence of God? Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture uses popular culture to illustrate important philosophical concepts and the work of the major philosophers With examples from film, television, and music including South Park, The Matrix , X-Men, Batman, Harry Potter, Metallica and Lost, even the most abstract and complex philosophical ideas become easier to grasp Features key essays from across the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series, as well as helpful editorial material and a glossary of philosophical terms From metaphysics to epistemology; from ethics to the meaning of life, this unique introduction makes philosophy as engaging as popular culture itself Supplementary website available with teaching guides, sample materials and links to further resources at www.pop-philosophy.org
  from socrates to sartre: I Think, Therefore I Am Lesley Levene, 2010-10-07 I Think, Therefore I Am is the ideal way to take the fear out of philosophy. Written in an accessible and entertaining style, I Think, Therefore I Am explains how and why philosophy began, and how the ways in which we live, learn, argue, vote and even spend our money have their origins in philosophical thought.
  from socrates to sartre: Sophie's World Jostein Gaarder, 1994 The protagonists are Sophie Amundsen, a 14-year-old girl, and Alberto Knox, her philosophy teacher. The novel chronicles their metaphysical relationship as they study Western philosophy from its beginnings to the present. A bestseller in Norway.
  from socrates to sartre: Talking with Sartre John Gerassi, 2009 What would it be like to be privy to the mind of one of the twentieth century’s greatest thinkers? John Gerassi had just this opportunity; as a child, his mother and father were very close friends with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, and the couple became for him like surrogate parents. Authorized by Sartre to write his biography, Gerassi conducted a long series of interviews between 1970 and 1974, which he has now edited to produce this revelatory and breathtaking portrait of one of the world’s most famous intellectuals. Through the interviews, with both their informalities and their tensions, Sartre’s greater complexities emerge. In particular, we see Sartre wrestling with the apparent contradiction between his views on freedom and the influence of social conditions on our choices and actions. We also gain insight into his perspectives on the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the disintegration of colonialism. These conversations add an intimate dimension to Sartre’s more abstract ideas. With remarkable rigor and intensity, they also provide a clear lens through which to view the major conflagrations of the past century.
  from socrates to sartre: Socrates Meets Descartes Peter Kreeft, 2011-03-23 This is the 5th volume in the series of popular volumes by Peter Kreeft, in which the Father of Philosophy, Socrates, cross-examines various other important philosophers and thinkers (in previous books he examined Marx, Sarte, Machiavelli, and Socrates himself.) Kreeft states that Socrates and Descartes are perhaps the two most important philosophers who have ever lived, because they are the two who made the most difference to all philosophy after them. These two fathers of philosophy stand at the beginning of the two basic philosophical options: the classical and the modern. Kreeft focuses on seven features that unite these two major philosophers and distinguish them from all others. So this dialog between Socrates and Descartes is a dialog between the fundamental stages in the history of philosophy, the history of consciousness, and the history of Western culture. Like his other works in this popular series, this book is profound and witty reading that makes for an entertaining and insightful exploration of modern philosophy. It will appeal to both the common reader as well as to those more philosophically inclined.
  from socrates to sartre: The Story of Philosophy Will Durant, 2022-02-16 Pulitzer Prize–winning author Will Durant chronicles the lives and ideas of several key philosophical thinkers throughout history in this informative yet eminently readable text. An essential read for anyone fascinated by the development of Western philosophy.
  from socrates to sartre: A Brief History of Philosophy Derek Johnston, 2006-08-09 Offering an introduction to the subject of philosophy, this book is suitable for teenagers and students coming to philosophy for the first time, and also for those who doesn't know where to start. It examines 18 key thinkers, from Socrates to Derrida, exploring their ideas in relation to each other and to their historical and cultural contexts.
  from socrates to sartre: Not Saved Peter Sloterdijk, 2017-05-23 One can rightly say of Peter Sloterdijk that each of his essays and lectures is also an unwritten book. That is why the texts presented here, which sketch a philosophical physiognomy of Martin Heidegger, should also be characterized as a collected renunciation of exhaustiveness. In order to situate Heidegger's thought in the history of ideas and problems, Peter Sloterdijk approaches Heidegger's work with questions such as: If Western philosophy emerged from the spirit of the polis, what are we to make of the philosophical suitability of a man who never made a secret of his stubborn attachment to rural life? Is there a provincial truth of which the cosmopolitan city knows nothing? Is there a truth in country roads and cabins that would be able to undermine the universities with their standardized languages and globally influential discourses? From where does this odd professor speak, when from his professorial chair in Freiburg he claims to inquire into what lies beyond the history of Western metaphysics? Sloterdijk also considers several other crucial twentieth-century thinkers who provide some needed contrast for the philosophical physiognomy of Martin Heidegger. A consideration of Niklas Luhmann as a kind of contemporary version of the Devil's Advocate, a provocative critical interpretation of Theodor Adorno's philosophy that focuses on its theological underpinnings and which also includes reflections on the philosophical significance of hyperbole, and a short sketch of the pessimistic thought of Emil Cioran all round out and deepen Sloterdijk's attempts to think with, against, and beyond Heidegger. Finally, in essays such as Domestication of Being and the Rules for the Human Park, which incited an international controversy around the time of its publication and has been translated afresh for this volume, Sloterdijk develops some of his most intriguing and important ideas on anthropogenesis, humanism, technology, and genetic engineering.
  from socrates to sartre: Sloterdijk Now Stuart Elden, 2012 This book represents the first major engagement with Sloterdijk's thought in the English language, and will provoke new debates across the humanities. The collection ranges across the full breadth of Sloterdijk's work, covering such key topics as cynicism, ressentiment, posthumanism and the role of the public intellectual.
  from socrates to sartre: Sartre Bernard-Henri Lévy, 2003
  from socrates to sartre: Philosophical Fragments, or a Fragment of Philosophy/Johannes Climacus, or De omnibus dubitandum est. (Two books in one volume) Søren Kierkegaard, 2013-04-21 This volume contains a new translation, with a historical introduction by the translators, of two works written under the pseudonym Johannes Climacus. Through Climacus, Kierkegaard contrasts the paradoxes of Christianity with Greek and modern philosophical thinking. In Philosophical Fragments he begins with Greek Platonic philosophy, exploring the implications of venturing beyond the Socratic understanding of truth acquired through recollection to the Christian experience of acquiring truth through grace. Published in 1844 and not originally planned to appear under the pseudonym Climacus, the book varies in tone and substance from the other works so attributed, but it is dialectically related to them, as well as to the other pseudonymous writings. The central issue of Johannes Climacus is doubt. Probably written between November 1842 and April 1843 but unfinished and published only posthumously, this book was described by Kierkegaard as an attack on modern speculative philosophy by means of the melancholy irony, which did not consist in any single utterance on the part of Johannes Climacus but in his whole life. . . . Johannes does what we are told to do--he actually doubts everything--he suffers through all the pain of doing that, becomes cunning, almost acquires a bad conscience. When he has gone as far in that direction as he can go and wants to come back, he cannot do so. . . . Now he despairs, his life is wasted, his youth is spent in these deliberations. Life does not acquire any meaning for him, and all this is the fault of philosophy. A note by Kierkegaard suggests how he might have finished the work: Doubt is conquered not by the system but by faith, just as it is faith that has brought doubt into the world!.
  from socrates to sartre: The Myth of Sisyphus And Other Essays Albert Camus, 2012-10-31 One of the most influential works of this century, The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays is a crucial exposition of existentialist thought. Influenced by works such as Don Juan and the novels of Kafka, these essays begin with a meditation on suicide; the question of living or not living in a universe devoid of order or meaning. With lyric eloquence, Albert Camus brilliantly posits a way out of despair, reaffirming the value of personal existence, and the possibility of life lived with dignity and authenticity.
  from socrates to sartre: Sartre in 90 Minutes Paul Strathern, 1998 The book explores, from a comparative and inter-disciplinary perspective, the relationship between fundamental rights and private law in Europe, a debate usually referred to as Drittwirkung or 'horizontal effect of fundamental rights'. It discusses the different models of 'horizontal effect' and the impact that fundamental rights may have in shaping tort law, especially the position of child tortfeasors. The book concentrates on several European jurisdictions, namely France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Finland, and England and Wales. At a crossroad between human rights and European private law, this study draws insights from several legal fields (international, European, tort, constitutional and child law), sociology, psychology, and feminist studies. It also considers policy implications and advances proposals which would ensure the optimisation of the effect, and maximisation of the effectiveness, of fundamental rights in tort law, and more generally in private law. This book departs from traditional legal doctrines and offers a more pragmatic, comprehensive and just legal analysis of the role of fundamental rights in private law. It will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students, academics, practitioners, policy-makers and activists with an interest in human rights, tort law, comparative law, children's rights and European private law.
  from socrates to sartre: Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy Christopher Phillips, 2010-10-18 A bracing, rollicking read about the spark that ignites when people start asking meaningful questions. —O Magazine Christopher Phillips is a man on a mission: to revive the love of questions that Socrates inspired long ago in ancient Athens. Like a Johnny Appleseed with a master's degree, Phillips has gallivanted back and forth across America, to cafés and coffee shops, senior centers, assisted-living complexes, prisons, libraries, day-care centers, elementary and high schools, and churches, forming lasting communities of inquiry (Utne Reader). Phillips not only presents the fundamentals of philosophical thought in this charming, Philosophy for Dummies-type guide (USA Today); he also recalls what led him to start his itinerant program and re-creates some of the most invigorating sessions, which come to reveal sometimes surprising, often profound reflections on the meaning of love, friendship, work, growing old, and others among Life's Big Questions. How to Start Your Own Socrates Café guide included.
  from socrates to sartre: Seinfeld and Philosophy William Irwin, 2010-08 How is Jerry like Socrates? Is it rational for George to ''do the opposite? '' Would Simone de Beauvoir say that Elaine is a feminist? Is Kramer stuck in Kierkegaard's aesthetic stage? Seinfeld and Philosophy is both an enlightening look at the most popular sitcom of the decade and an entertaining introduction to philosophy via Seinfeld's plots and characters. These fourteen essays, which explore the ideas of Plato, Aristotle, Lao-Tzu, Heidegger, Kant, Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Wittgenstein, will show readers how to be masters of their philosophical domain.
  from socrates to sartre: Simulacra and Simulation Jean Baudrillard, 1994 Develops a theory of contemporary culture that relies on displacing economic notions of cultural production with notions of cultural expenditure. This book represents an effort to rethink cultural theory from the perspective of a concept of cultural materialism, one that radically redefines postmodern formulations of the body.
  from socrates to sartre: Western Philosophy Made Easy Dennis Waite, 2018-07-27 Charting the history of Western thought from Socrates to Sartre, from Epicureans to Existentialists, Western Philosophy Made Easy offers a short, readable historical summary of aspects of Western philosophy and key philosophers from Ancient Greece to the modern day, with the emphasis on topics of direct relevance to our own lives.
  from socrates to sartre: From Socrates to Sartre T. Z Lavine, 2020
  from socrates to sartre: Socrates Paul Johnson, 2012-11-27 “Spectacular . . . A delight to read.” —The Wall Street Journal From bestselling biographer and historian Paul Johnson, a brilliant portrait of Socrates, the founding father of philosophy In his highly acclaimed style, historian Paul Johnson masterfully disentangles centuries of scarce sources to offer a riveting account of Socrates, who is often hailed as the most important thinker of all time. Johnson provides a compelling picture of Athens in the fifth century BCE, and of the people Socrates reciprocally delighted in, as well as many enlightening and intimate analyses of specific aspects of his personality. Enchantingly portraying the sheer power of Socrates's mind, and its unique combination of steel, subtlety, and frivolity, Paul Johnson captures the vast and intriguing life of a man who did nothing less than supply the basic apparatus of the human mind.
  from socrates to sartre: An Introduction to Western Philosophy Antony Flew, 1971
  from socrates to sartre: The Age of Reason Jean-Paul Sartre, 1947 Set in volatile Paris of 1938, the first novel of Sartre's monumental Roads to Freedom series, follows two days in the life of Mathieu Delarue, a middle-aged French professor of philosophy. As the shadows of the Second World War draw closer, even as his personal life is complicated by his mistress's pregnancy, his search for a way to remain free becomes more and more intense.
  from socrates to sartre: From Socrates to Sartre , 1979
  from socrates to sartre: Beyond Illusion & Doubt A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, 1999
  from socrates to sartre: From Socrates to Sartre Robert Gurland, Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting, Maryland College of the Air, 1980
  from socrates to sartre: Socrates to Sartre Samuel Enoch Stumpf, 1982 This book is addressed to the beginning student of philosophy, to the student in other disciplines who needs a concise presentation of philosophical ideas, and to interested members of the general reading public. The needs of these groups have promoted me to undertake the task in spite of the obvious pitfalls encountered in condensing the wealth of Western philosophical thought into one short volume.
  from socrates to sartre: Socrates to Sartre and Beyond Samuel Enoch Stumpf, 2003 This comprehensive, historically organized introduction to philosophy communicates the richness of the discipline and provides the student with a working knowledge of the development of Western philosophy. New co-author James Fieser has brought this classic text up-to-date both chronologically and stylistically while preserving the thoughtful, conceptual characteristics that have made it so successful. The text covers all periods of philosophy, lists philosophers alphabetically and chronologically on the end-papers, and features an exceptional glossary of key concepts.
  from socrates to sartre: Philosophy for Everyman Dagobert D. Runes, 2015-05-26 Philosopher Dagobert D. Runes introduces readers to the philosophical movements throughout the ages—traveling back to the time of the ancient Greeks, all the way up to the twentieth century, with philosophies such as Existentialism—in this groundbreaking guide, Philosophy for Everyman from Socrates to Sartre. Readers will appreciate Runes’ careful breakdown of concepts and his historical approach to philosophy. His engaging prose, written for the general reader, makes philosophy enjoyable and accessible.
  from socrates to sartre: I Watch, Therefore I Am Gregory Bergman, Peter Archer, 2011-06-18 Let Gilligan's Island teach you about situational ethics. Learn about epistemology from The Brady Bunch. Explore Aristotle's Poetics by watching 24. Television has grappled with a wide range of philosophical conundrums. According to the networks, it's the ultimate source of all knowledge in the universe! So why not look to the small screen for answers to all of humanity's dilemmas? There's not a single issue discussed by the great thinkers of the past that hasn't been hashed out between commercials in shows like Mad Men and Leave It to Beaver. So fix yourself a snack, settle into the couch, grab the remote...and prepare to be enlightened.
  from socrates to sartre: Socrates to Sartre and Beyond James Fieser, Samuel Enoch Stumpf, 2007-07-30 This comprehensive, historically organized introduction to philosophy communicates the richness of the discipline and provides the student with a working knowledge of the development of Western philosophy. With a lively and approachable style it covers the principal contributions of Western civilization's most influential philosophers. It provides ample detail without complicating minutiae. The text covers all periods of philosophy, lists philosophers alphabetically and chronologically on the end-papers, and features an exceptional glossary of key concepts.
  from socrates to sartre: 西方哲学史/从苏格拉底到萨特及其后/北京大学西学影印丛书/History of philosophy Samuel Enoch Stumpf, S. E.·斯塔姆 (美), James Fieser, 2006 哲学史在很多方面就像史诗式的小说,正像一个大哲所说的,哲学史是观念的历险,这本书就是试图勾勒出这出大戏的线索。
  from socrates to sartre: American Philosophy: An Encyclopedia John Lachs, Robert B. Talisse, 2008-03-31 The Encyclopedia of American Philosophy provides coverage of the major figures, concepts, historical periods and traditions in American philosophical thought. Containing over 600 entries written by scholars who are experts in the field, this Encyclopedia is the first of its kind. It is a scholarly reference work that is accessible to the ordinary reader by explaining complex ideas in simple terms and providing ample cross-references to facilitate further study. The Encyclopedia of American Philosophy contains a thorough analytical index and will serve as a standard, comprehensive reference work for universities and colleges. Topics covered include: Great philosophers: Emerson, Dewey, James, Royce, Peirce, Santayana Subjects: Pragmatism, Progress, the Future, Knowledge, Democracy, Growth, Truth Influences on American Philosophy: Hegel, Aristotle, Plato, British Enlightenment, Reformation Self-Assessments: Joe Margolis, Donald Davidson, Susan Haack, Peter Hare, John McDermott, Stanley Cavell Ethics: Value, Pleasure, Happiness, Duty, Judgment, Growth Political Philosophy: Declaration of Independence, Democracy, Freedom, Liberalism, Community, Identity
  from socrates to sartre: From Plato to Jesus C. Marvin Pate, Discover philosophy's impact on Christianity in this new theology textbook
  from socrates to sartre: PHILOSOPHICAL INTERPRETATIONS IN LITERATURE Dr. Sankhang Basumatary , 2022-04-28 The main purpose of this book is to analyse the philosophical ideas employed by Jean-Paul Sartre in his philosophical fiction titled Nausea (1938). Sartre tries to convey some of his philosophical concerns through this novel. Although the philosophical ideas are conveyed in the novel these are not as vivid as could be in a philosophical texts (The Transcendence of the Ego 1936, Being and Nothingness 1943). The significance of this work, however, lies not on understanding the philosophical concerns in isolation, but in employing the same in the form of a literary work and certain literary technique in pseudonymous plays or names. Sartre engages with pseudonymous play of protagonist and many other characters in his semi-autobiographical novel Nausea as he also says by himself in his later publication of autobiographical work The Words (1946) and first undated sheets of the novel Nausea where he laments his constant confrontation with difficult situations of lived experience.
  from socrates to sartre: From Africa to Zen Robert C. Solomon, Kathleen Marie Higgins, 2003 In this edition on non-Western philosophy, 16 experts introduce some of the great philosophical traditions in the world.
What books did Socrates write? - Answers
May 1, 2024 · Socrates (greek Σωκράτης) did not write any books. He believed that the "revolution" of the written speech (at that time writting was considered a revolution, remember …

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May 2, 2024 · When Socrates is found guilty what is the sentence that he recommends? When he is found guilty by the jury, Meletus supports sentencing Socrates to death. It is in response to …

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Jan 18, 2025 · Socrates turned down the pleas of Crito to attempt an escape from prison. After drinking the poison, he was instructed to walk around until his limbs felt heavy. After he lay …

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Mar 7, 2025 · Socrates was known to wear a simple woolen tunic called a chiton, which was a common attire for the ancient Greeks. He was often barefoot and did not place much …

What obstacles did Plato overcome? - Answers
May 2, 2024 · Plato had to overcome the Greek objection. He also had to overcome the Senate's rejection of his theories and overall knowledge. Over time he overcame this resistance by …

What does school really stand for? - Answers
Nov 21, 2024 · No, Socrates did not invent the first school. He was a Greek philosopher who focused on ethics and the Socratic method of teaching, but he did not establish a formal school …

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Mar 8, 2025 · CPH4 is a fictional substance that was featured in the movie "Lucy." In the movie, it is portrayed as a synthetic drug that enhances brain function to extraordinary levels.

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Apr 28, 2022 · Socrates refers to the body as the "prison" in which the soul is confined. He believed that focusing on the physical world and material desires trapped the soul, …

What books did Socrates write? - Answers
May 1, 2024 · Socrates (greek Σωκράτης) did not write any books. He believed that the "revolution" of the written speech (at that time writting was considered a revolution, remember …

Why does Socrates suggest that he receive free meals at the
May 2, 2024 · When Socrates is found guilty what is the sentence that he recommends? When he is found guilty by the jury, Meletus supports sentencing Socrates to death. It is in response to …

We owe a cock to aesculapius-what socrates mean? - Answers
Jan 18, 2025 · Socrates turned down the pleas of Crito to attempt an escape from prison. After drinking the poison, he was instructed to walk around until his limbs felt heavy. After he lay …

What does it mean when a person answer your question with …
May 1, 2024 · What is another word used to mean a person is a nut case or crazy? insane, batty, cuckoo, daft, demented, derailed, deranged, fatuous, impractical, loony, lunatic

How much did the Chernobyl reactor lid weigh when it was in
Mar 7, 2025 · Socrates was known to wear a simple woolen tunic called a chiton, which was a common attire for the ancient Greeks. He was often barefoot and did not place much …

What obstacles did Plato overcome? - Answers
May 2, 2024 · Plato had to overcome the Greek objection. He also had to overcome the Senate's rejection of his theories and overall knowledge. Over time he overcame this resistance by …

What does school really stand for? - Answers
Nov 21, 2024 · No, Socrates did not invent the first school. He was a Greek philosopher who focused on ethics and the Socratic method of teaching, but he did not establish a formal …

What is CPH4 and how does it impact human physiology?
Mar 8, 2025 · CPH4 is a fictional substance that was featured in the movie "Lucy." In the movie, it is portrayed as a synthetic drug that enhances brain function to extraordinary levels.

What does the quote Questions are a burden to other answers a …
Apr 28, 2022 · Socrates refers to the body as the "prison" in which the soul is confined. He believed that focusing on the physical world and material desires trapped the …