Illuminating history of Western philosophy from the sixth century BC to the Renaissance, this work provides an introduction to the puzzling personalities of the philosophers, as well as a presentation of their views.

Philosophy is a subject that influences many aspects of our lives and our understanding of our experiences yet it can seem dauntingly inaccessible. This book features history of Western philosophy. It traces over 2500 years of Western philosophy from the Ancient Greeks to modern thinkers.

Covering the entire topic of philosophy from its origins to post-structuralism this book serves to make the most difficult subject accessible to everyone.

Addresses the role of citizenship as a buffer between individual and community. This book explicates the foundations of religious toleration. It affords a distinctive theoretical perspective that rivals that of various thinkers of the Western political tradition.

A comprehensive guide to the essential philosophers and their philosophies, both ancient and modern, from East to West. It includes the relationship of systems theory to philosophy today and includes explanations of the thinking in 20th- and 21st-century philosophical thought.

This massive work of synthesis is one of the classics of Western mysticism. Plotinus was the main expositor of neo-platonism, the last great movement of classical Greek philosophy. Plotinus's work blends Plato, Aristotle and earlier Greek philosophy into a new religious formulation.