Book Title: The Originals: Classic Readings in Western Philosophy
Book Description: It is important for students not only to get an appreciation and understanding of philosophy but also to be exposed to the very words and ideas of those who have shaped our thinking over the centuries. Accordingly, the title of this collection hints at the facts that these readings are from the original sources and that these philosophers were the originators of many of the issues we still discuss today.
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Book Description
It is important for students not only to get an appreciation and understanding of philosophy but also to be exposed to the very words and ideas of those who have shaped our thinking over the centuries. Accordingly, the title of this collection hints at the facts that these readings are from the original sources and that these philosophers were the originators of many of the issues we still discuss today.
Major areas of philosophy covered here are: Ethics, Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Socio-Political Philosophy, and finally, Aesthetics.
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This book is a cloned version of The Originals: Classic Readings in Western Philosophy by Jeff McLaughlin, published using Pressbooks by Thompson Rivers University/BCcampus under a CC BY (Attribution) license. It may differ from the original.
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The Originals: Classic Readings in Western Philosophy Copyright © 2017 by Dr. Jeff McLaughlin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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