The Columbia History of Western Philosophy

1527 Pages·1999·5.01 MB·English

by  Richard H. Popkin

The Columbia History of Western
Philosophy
The Columbia History of
Western Philosophy
Edited by Richard H. Popkin
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Popkin, Richard Henry
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0–231–10128–7 (alk. paper)
1. Philosophy—History. I. Title.
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I should like to dedicate this volume to my wife, Juliet. She knew me
when, as a young student at Columbia College, I first became
interested in the history of philosophy. She has supported me over
more than half a century as I have researched and written on various
aspects of that history. And in the three years of the preparation and
completion of this volume, she has been an invaluable consultant,
helping me overcome a host of crises. I hope that this volume is worthy
of all of her help.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction Richard H. Popkin
List of Contributors
1. Origins of Western Philosophic Thinking
Introduction Richard H. Popkin
The Pre-Socratic Philosophers Thomas M. Robinson
The Sophists Thomas M. Robinson
Socrates and the Socratics David K. O’Connor
Plato Gerald A. Press
Aristotle Richard Bodéüs
Brief Summary of Aristotle’s Writings Gerald A. Press
Hellenistic Philosophy A. A. Long
Middle Platonism Harold Tarrant
Gnosticism Harold Tarrant
Plotinus and Neoplatonism Lloyd P.Gerson
Early Jewish and Christian Uses of Philosophy Steve Mason
The Greek Tradition in Early Christian Philosophy John Peter
Kenney
The Latin Tradition in Early Christian Philosophy James J.
O’Donnell
2. Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy
Introduction Richard H. Popkin
Saʿadyā Gaon Seymour Feldman
Jewish and Early Muslim Neoplatonism Alfred L. Ivry
Abū Nasr Muhammed al-Farābī Thérèse-Anne Druart
Avicenna Michael E. Marmura
Al-Ghazālī James Naify
Philosophical Mysticism in Islamic Thought Fadlou Shehadi
Introduction Richard H. Popkin
Solomon ibn Gabirol T. M. Rudavsky
Judah Halevi Barry S. Kogan
Averroës Alfred L. Ivry
Moses Maimonides Daniel H. Frank
Jewish Averroism Alfred L. Ivry
Gersonides Robert Eisen
Hasdai Crescas, Joseph Albo, and Isaac Abrabanel Warren Zev
Harvey
Moses de Leon and the Zohar Allison Coudert
Isaac Luria and the Lurianic Kabbalah Allison Coudert
Abraham Cohen Herrera Richard H. Popkin
Conclusion Richard H. Popkin
3. Medieval Christian Philosophy
Early Period Stephen F. Brown
Translation and Transmission of Greek Philosophy Stephen F.
Brown
Bonaventure Stephen F. Brown
Thomas Aquinas Stephen F. Brown
Latin Averroism Stephen F. Brown
Scotus and Scotism Stephen F. Brown
Late Scholasticism Stephen F. Brown
Realism Versus Nominalism Stephen F. Brown
4. The Renaissance
Between Ockham and Descartes Brian P. Copenhaver
Aristotelianisms Brian P. Copenhaver
Humanism Michael R. Allen
Platonism Brian P. Copenhaver and John Monfasani
Doubt and Innovation Brian P. Copenhaver
5. Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
The Sceptical Crisis Richard H. Popkin
René Descartes Harry M. Bracken
Seventeenth-Century Philosophy After Descartes Richard H. Popkin
Thomas Hobbes G. A. J. Rogers
Blaise Pascal José R. Maia Neto
The Philosophy of the Royal Society of England Richard H. Popkin
The Kabbala denudata Allison Coudert
The Cambridge Platonists Sarah Hutton
Baruch de Spinoza Richard H. Popkin
John Locke G. A. J. Rogers
Nicolas Malebranche Harry M. Bracken
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Donald Rutherford
Pierre Bayle and Bishop Huet, the Master Sceptics Richard H.
Popkin
Europe and Non-European Cultures Richard H. Popkin
China and Western Philosophy in the Age of Reason Yuen-Ting Lai
6. Eighteenth-Century Philosophy