Philosophy The Classics

'The challenge is to convey to the modern reader the perennial freshness of ideas which might otherwise be clouded by historical scholarship...Nigel Warburton rises to the challenge with admirable skill.' Roger Scruton, The Times In this second edition of Nigel Warburton's bestselling book, the author introduces philosophy by taking you on a tour through the great philosophical works from Plato's Republic to Rawls' A Theory of Justice. Each chapter explains and explores a key philosophical classic. This edition of Philosophy: The Classics includes new chapters on Boethius, Machiavelli, Spinoza and Rawls. Nigel Warburton is the author of the bestsellers Philosophy: The Basics (3rd edition), Thinking from A to Z (2nd edition), Philosophy: Basic Readings, and Freedom: An Introduction with Readings, all available from Routledge. Philosophy DESIGNER/PHOTO CREDIT Plato Aristotle Boethius Machiavelli Descartes Hobbes Spinoza Locke Hume Rousseau Kant Schopenhauer Mill Kierkegaard^ LMarx and Engels Nietzsche Ayer Sartre Wittgenstein RawlsWarburton, Nigel is the author of 'Philosophy The Classics', published 2001 under ISBN 9780415239981 and ISBN 0415239982.