Witcraft : the invention of philosophy in English
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019].
Status
Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction
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190 REE
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xii, 746 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"An ambitious new history of philosophy in English that broadens the canon to include many lesser-known figures. Ludwig Wittgenstein once wrote that "philosophy should be written like poetry." But philosophy has often been presented more prosaically as a long trudge through canonical authors and great works. But what, Jonathan Rée asks, if we instead saw the history of philosophy as a haphazard series of unmapped forest paths, a mass of individual stories showing endurance, inventiveness, bewilderment, anxiety, impatience, and good humor? Here, Jonathan Rée brilliantly retells this history, covering such figures as Descartes, Locke, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Mill, James, Frege, Wittgenstein, and Sartre. But he also includes authors not usually associated with philosophy, such as William Hazlitt, George Eliot, Darwin, and W. H. Auden. Above all, he uncovers dozens of unremembered figures-puritans, revolutionaries, pantheists, feminists, nihilists, socialists, and scientists-who were passionate and active readers of philosophy, and often authors themselves. Breaking away from high-altitude narratives, he shows how philosophy finds its way into ordinary lives, enriching and transforming them in unexpected ways."--Publisher's website.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rée, J. (2019). Witcraft: the invention of philosophy in English . Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rée, Jonathan, 1948-. 2019. Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rée, Jonathan, 1948-. Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English Yale University Press, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rée, Jonathan. Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English Yale University Press, 2019.
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