Basic Teachings of the Great Philosophers

A complete summary of the views of the most important philosophers since the beginning of Western civilization. Each major field of philosophic inquiry is treated in a separate chapter, so that each chapter can be read as a complete unit, without reference to the others. Includes Plato, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Dewey, Sartre, and many others.

St Gregory of Nazianzus - Poems on Scripture

Edition

1

ISBN/ISSN

978-088141-433-2

Collation

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Series Title

Popular Patristics Series

Call Number

F 881.01 C1

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