The philosophy book /
[contributors, Will Buckingham ... [et al.]].
- 1st American ed.
- London ; New York : DK Pub., 2011.
- 352 p. : ill. (mostly col.), portraits. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The ancient world 700 BCE -- 250 CE -- The medieval world 205-1000 -- Reanaissance and the age of reason 1500-1750 -- The age of revolution 1750900 -- The modern world 1900-1950 -- Contemporary philosophy 1950-present.
Explains the history of philosophy and demystifies some of its most hard-to-grasp concepts. This is done by arranging the philosophers in chronological order from 700 BCE and Thales of Miletus to the present and Slavoj Zizek.