Teachings from the Worldly Philosophy

Teachings from the Worldly Philosophy
Author: Robert L. Heilbroner
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 370
Release: 1997-04-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0393316076

Presents an overview of economic thought through the writings of twenty philosophers representative of the historical development of economic theory.

Teachings from the Worldly Philosophy

Teachings from the Worldly Philosophy
Author: Robert L. Heilbroner
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 376
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780393039191

The author of The Worldly Philosophers compiles an anthology of classic texts in economics, supplemented by his own critical commentary.

The Worldly Philosophers

The Worldly Philosophers
Author: Robert L. Heilbroner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1953
Genre: Economics
ISBN: 9780671201517

Introduction.--The economic revolution.--The wonderful world of Adam Smith.--The gloomy world of Parson Malthus and David Ricardo.--The beautiful world of the Utopian socialists.--The inexorable world of Karl Marx.--The Victorian world and the underworld of economics.--The savage world of Thorstein Veblen.--The sick world of John Maynard Keynes.--The modern world.--Beyond the economic revolution.--A guide to further reading (p. 320-326).

Worldly Philosopher

Worldly Philosopher
Author: Jeremy Adelman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 760
Release: 2014-10-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0691163499

The life and times of one of the most provocative thinkers of the twentieth century Worldly Philosopher chronicles the times and writings of Albert O. Hirschman, one of the twentieth century's most original and provocative thinkers. In this gripping biography, Jeremy Adelman tells the story of a man shaped by modern horrors and hopes, a worldly intellectual who fought for and wrote in defense of the values of tolerance and change. This is the first major account of Hirschman’s remarkable life, and a tale of the twentieth century as seen through the story of an astute and passionate observer. Adelman’s riveting narrative traces how Hirschman’s personal experiences shaped his unique intellectual perspective, and how his enduring legacy is one of hope, open-mindedness, and practical idealism.

Worldly Wisdom

Worldly Wisdom
Author: Daniel Bonevac
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-05
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780072840674

Incorporates non-Western philosophy, linking it thematically to Western thought. Introducing students to what has been thought and written about philosophical issues, this topically organized text with readings includes readings from original sources, along with helpful pedagogy and commentary from the author.

Sophie's World

Sophie's World
Author: Jostein Gaarder
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 599
Release: 2007-03-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1466804270

A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.

The Worldly Philosophers

The Worldly Philosophers
Author: Robert L. Heilbroner
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1967
Genre: Economics
ISBN:

"Guide to further reading": pages 307-312.

Worldly Wisdom

Worldly Wisdom
Author: James Sloan Allen
Publisher: Frederic C. Beil Publisher
Total Pages: 586
Release: 2008
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN:

Explores the ideas expressed in some fifty classic writings that offer the reader insight into the meaning of life and how to live it more fully.

Introduction to World Philosophy

Introduction to World Philosophy
Author: Daniel A. Bonevac
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 628
Release: 2009
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

Featuring selections from around the globe, Introduction to World Philosophy: A Multicultural Reader provides a diverse and engaging introduction to five key areas of philosophy: ethics, philosophy of mind and self, epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophical theology. The editors have arranged these topics according to their increasing complexity--from the most concrete (ethics) to the most theoretical (philosophical theology)--making the material as accessible as possible for students. Organized both chronologically and geographically, the anthology's five parts include readings from Indian, Chinese, Greek, Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Spanish, Latin-American, and African traditions, as well as selections from early modern, Kantian, and post-Kantian philosophy. Introduction to World Philosophy contains 136 selections (24 by women), organized into 25 chapters; these chapters are divided into 93 sections, each of which opens with a detailed introduction that prepares students for the readings that follow. The parts and chapters can be used in any order and in any combination. The text's unique modular structure gives instructors great flexibility in designing and teaching introduction to philosophy courses. T