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The History of Philosophy: Myth, Mind, Modernity
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Series: History
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Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 11 2025
Pages: 194
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.41 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
What if the greatest ideas in history began not with reason, but with myth? This book traces philosophy's full journey from ancient Mesopotamian gods and Egyptian creation stories to Nietzsche's declaration that shattered centuries of belief, showing how every era's deepest questions grew from the ones that came before.
Unlike most philosophy histories that start in Athens and skip over a thousand years of non-Western thought, this large print edition gives the full picture. You'll follow the thread from Mesopotamian myth to Greek logic, from Plato's Academy barring anyone who couldn't do geometry to Stoic practices used by slaves and emperors alike. Medieval monks secretly preserving Aristotle while empires collapsed. Islamic Golden Age scholars like Avicenna, whose Floating Man thought experiment reshaped how the medieval world understood consciousness. The Enlightenment's promise of rational utopia that delivered both revolution and terror. And Nietzsche's haunting question that still has no settled answer: what replaces faith once it's gone? Each chapter connects to the next, building a single narrative rather than a disconnected timeline.
What's inside:
- Before Greece: how Egyptian myths and Mesopotamian gods sparked humanity's first philosophical questions about existence and meaning
- Classical foundations: Socrates' trial, Plato's Academy, Aristotle's legacy, and the Stoic techniques for finding calm in chaos
- The missing millennium: Islamic Golden Age scholars who saved Greek thought, Avicenna's groundbreaking ideas, and the medieval monks who preserved knowledge while empires burned
- Revolution and doubt: the Renaissance, the Scientific Revolution's trade of certainty for evidence, and the Enlightenment's promise that led to both liberty and bloodshed
- The modern crisis: Nietzsche's hammer, the death of God, and the question that still defines our age: what do we build meaning from now?
Reader review:
Finally a philosophy history that doesn't treat the subject like a European boys' club. The chapters on Islamic scholars and their role in preserving and advancing Greek thought were genuinely eye-opening. The large print made my late-night reading sessions much more enjoyable too. Highly recommend for anyone who wants the full story, not just the Western highlight reel. Dr. Eleanor R.
This book is for anyone who's ever wondered where our biggest ideas came from and why they still matter. From myth to reason, from Athens to the Enlightenment and beyond, it's philosophy told as one continuous human story. Large print edition for comfortable reading through even the densest ideas.
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