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100			_aMannion, James
245			_aEssential philosophy : _beverything you need to understand the world's greatest thinkers / _cJames Mannion.
260			_aCincinnati, OH : _bDavid and Charles, _cc2007.
300			_axii, 289p ; _bpbk ; _c24cm.
501			_aIncludes index.
505			_aIt'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.
650			_aPhilosophers _xbiography.
650			_aPhilosophy _vintroductions.
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