Philosophers Speak for Themselves

Philosophers Speak for Themselves
Author: Thomas Vernor Smith
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1956-08-15
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0226764818

Modern thought and modes of living have been immeasurably influenced by the philosophers of the Enlightenment—men such as Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Newton, Leibniz, and Locke. Gathered together in this book and preceded by valuable biographical sketches are selections from the basic and most significant writings of each of these men.

Culture and Value

Culture and Value
Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 200
Release: 1980
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

Wittgenstein's notebooks included reflections on all kinds of topics alongside the more strictly philosophical work - on the nature of art, religion, culture, and the nature of philosophical activity.Culture and Value is a selection from these reflections. The new edition contains supplementary material which enhances the intelligibility of some of the entries in the original edition. It also includes all the variant versions to be found in the original manuscript sources (which are now given in detail). The original English translation has been extensively revised to suit the different editorial principles on which the revised edition has been produced.