Essential philosophy : everything you need to understand the world's greatest thinkers - Mannion, James (Cincinnati, OH : David and Charles, 2007)
It's Greek to me -- The three sages : Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle -- The decline and fall of the Hellenistic Period -- The Medieval mind -- The Renaissance Period -- Humanism -- The Protestant Reformation -- The scientific revolution -- Approaching modern times -- British empiricism -- The French Enlightenment -- German idealism -- Utilitarianism -- The American transcendentalists -- Phenomenology and Existentialism -- Modern and postmodern philosophers -- Sociology and Anthropology -- Psychology -- Eastern schools of thought [Hinduism -- Buddhism -- Taoism -- Confucianism -- Shinto -- Sufism] -- The big three religions [Judaism -- Christianity -- Islam] -- Objectivism and the right livelihood -- The forgotten philosophers -- Twelve steps to a better life -- Everything old is New Age again -- Philosophy and the couch potato. Appendix A: Glossary of philosophical terms. Appendix B: Who's who in philosophy.
Includes index.
Keywords: Philosophers -- biography; Philosophy -- introductions