TY - BOOK AU - Buckingham,Will TI - The philosophy book SN - 0756668611 (hc.) AV - BD 21 .P45 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - London, New York PB - DK Pub. KW - Philosophy KW - Introductions N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -