Présentation de l'éditeur
Foreword This is the first of a three-volume history of philosophy projected by the Franciscan I nstitute. It is to be followed by a second volume on Christian philosophy in the Fathers andS cholastics and by a third on modern and contemporary philosophy. Such a survey, it is hoped, will help the undergraduate student grow in philosophical thought. As the first of such a series, this book contains a general introduction on the what, why, and how of the history of philosophy, with a brief glance at the whole course of such history. I ts content is almost exclusively devoted to the Greek tradition, including the direct heirs thereof in theO riental Scholasticism of the Arabians and Jews, and leaves for the second volume the history of philosophy as affected by Christian revelation. If this is a departure from the usual order of treatment, it seems fully justified. Since the book is intended for undergraduates, it makes no attempt at an exhaustive study of all the philosophers of antiquity. Rather, the heart of their thought has been sought, with an effort to emphasize the organic development of philosophy. The text is not burdened with lengthy bibliographies; some source books are of necessity cited, when possible in more recent editions andE nglish translations (though the author has preferred to attempt his own translations in quotations from individual philosophers). It presupposes, however, some knowledge of the techniques or auxiliaries of philosophy and history, such as those set forth by Louis de Raeymaeker in his Introduction toP hilosophy. Lastly, because the history of philosophy is here viewed primarily as the history of metaphysics and its immediately subaltern disciplines, the author readily grants the possible complaint of students that this is not an easy book. He hopes instead, however, that it offers them a genuine challenge, to grow in philos
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