The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy 9781400827107, 9781282159228, 1282159224, 1400827108, 9786612159220, 6612159227

Before his death in 2003, Bernard Williams planned to publish a collection of historical essays, focusing primarily on t

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English Pages 415 pages Year 2009;2008

The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy
9781400827107, 9781282159228, 1282159224, 1400827108, 9786612159220, 6612159227

Table of contents :
Preface
Introduction
Greek: General
Socrates and Plato
Aristotle
Descartes
Hume
Sidgwick
Nietzsche
R.G. Collingwood
Wittgenstein

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