THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
Franco Restaino

A vision of togetherness, a ‘map’, a homogeneous but open and problematic point of view towards the whole philosophic tradition. A work which desires to approach the wealth of philosophic thought avoiding any kind of scholastic heaviness. A clear and accessible guide which approaches the authors and the problems of philosophy with the experience of a great teacher and the style of a brilliant writer. A history of philosophy which distinguishes itself from others available today by its evenness in style and the access of its treatment

Vol. 1 Ancient philosophy: India, China, Greece.

Continuously referring to the classical works, this volume analyses the three main currents of the philosophical tradition in the ancient world, that of India, of China and of Greece, dedicating particular attention to the ionic and pre-Socrates traditions and to the school of Athens.

pp.XVI-308

Vol. 2 Late ancient and medieval philosophy: Judaism, Christianity, Islam.

Following the disintegration of political, cultural and administrative unity in the Mediterranean basin, and the birth of Christianity the philosophical inheritance from the ancient world must compare itself with a totally new reality. The philosophical tradition of the western world finds its cornerstone in Christianity.

pp.XIII-366

Vol. 3 first volume. Modern philosophy: Humanistic, Reform, Scientific revolution.

The discovery of new worlds and new cultures, the radical economic and social transformation, the collapse of mediaeval Christianity, all start a long cultural and religious crisis, which brings us to the birth of modern Europe. The scientific revolution finally opens the way towards experimental science which inaugurates a new way of thinking and of studying nature.

pp.XVII-364

Vol. 3 second volume. Modern philosophy: Enlightenment, Criticism, Idealism.

New scientific discoveries have suddenly opened new horizons to man. The problem now is to set the limits of the scientific conscience and above all its theoretical foundations . Kantian criticism is born. The foundation of the superiority of human reason, and therefore philosophy, over every other form of knowledge and awareness is however the work of Hegel. In fact, in Hegel humanistic force finds its full realisation.

pp.VIII-304

Vol. 4 first volume. Contemporary philosophy: Scientism, historicism, irrationalism.

The faith and optimism in the unlimited possibilities of science shatter against the massacre of the First and Second world wars and against the birth of totalitarian ideologies. Now, philosophy must look for new spaces and new objects of research.

pp.LII-356

Vol. 4 second volume. Contemporary philosophy: Analytic and continental philosophy.

It is the definite dusk of the great philosophical systems and the beginning of a fertile relationship among the other forms of awareness: philosophy, now, goes in search of a new role.

pp.X-378

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