CATALOG OF DOVER BOOKS 



Philosophy, Religion 



GUIDE TO PHILOSOPHY, C. E. M. Joad. A modern classic which examines many crucial prob- 

 lems which man has pondered through the ages-. Does free will exist? Is there plan in the 

 universe? How do we know and validate our knowledge? Such opposed solutions as subjective 

 idealism and realism, chance and teleology, vitalism and logical positivism, are evaluated 

 and the contributions of the great philosophers from the Greeks to moderns like Russell, 

 Whitehead, and others, are considered in the context of each problem. "The finest intro- 

 duction," BOSTON TRANSCRIPT. Index. Classified bibliography. 592pp. 53/8 x 8. 



T297 Paperbound $2.00 



HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY, W. Windelband. One of the clearest, most accurate com- 

 prehensive surveys of Greek and Roman philosophy. Discusses ancient philosophy in general, 

 intellectual life in Greece in the 7th and 6th centuries B.C., Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes, 

 Heraclitus, the Eleatics, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Leucippus, the Pythagoreans, the Sophists, 

 Socrates, Democritus (20 pages), Plato (50 pages), Aristotle (70 pages), the Peripatetics, 

 Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics, Neo-platonists, Christian Apologists, etc. 2nd German edition 

 translated by H. E. Cushman. xv + 393pp. SVe x 8. T357 Paperbound $1.75 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL THOUGHT AND LEARNING, R. L. Poole. Basic 

 analysis of the thought and lives of the leading philosophers and ecclesiastics from the 

 8th to the 14th century — Abailard, Ockham, WycLiffe, Marsiglio of Padua, and many other great 

 thinkers who carried the torch of Western culture and learning through the "Dark Ages": 

 political, religious, and metaphysical views. Long a standard work for scholars and one of 

 the best introductions to medieval thought for beginners. Index. 10 Appendices, xiii + 327pp. 

 53/8 x 8. T674 Paperbound $1.85 



PHILOSOPHY AND CIVILIZATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES, M. de Wulf. This semi-popular survey 

 covers aspects of medieval intellectual life such as religion, philosophy, science, the arts, 

 etc. It also covers feudalism vs. Catholicism, rise of the universities, mendicant orders, 

 monastic centers, and similar topics. Unabridged. Bibliography. Index, viii + 320pp. 53/3 x 8. 



T284 Paperbound $1.75 



AN INTRODUCTION TO SCHOLASTIC PHILOSOPHY, Prof. M. de Wulf. Formerly entitled SCHO- 

 LASTICISM OLD AND NEW, this volume examines the central scholastic tradition from St. 

 Anselm, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, up to Suarez in the 17th century. The relation of 

 scholasticism to ancient and medieval philosophy and science in general is clear and easily 

 followed. The second part of the book considers the modern revival of scholasticism, the 

 Louvain position, relations with Kantianism and Positivism. Unabridged, xvi + 271pp. 53/8 x 8. 



T296 Clothbound $3.50 

 T283 Paperbound $1.75 



A HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY, H. Hoffding. An exceptionally clear and detailed coverage 

 of western philosophy from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century. Major and minor 

 men such as Pomponazzi, Bodin, Boehme, Telesius, Bruno, Copernicus, da Vinci, Kepler, 

 Galileoi Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Wolff, Locke, Newton, Berkeley, Hume, 

 Erasmus, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Diderot, Rousseau, Lessing, Kant, Herder, Fichte, Schelling, 

 Hegel, Schopenhauer, Comte, Mill, Darwin, Spencer, Hartmann, Lange, and many others, are 

 discussed in terms of theory of knowledge, logic, cosmology, and psychology. Index. 2 volumes, 

 total of 1159pp. 53/e X 8. T117 Vol. 1, Paperbound $2.00 



T118 Vol. 2, Paperbound $2.00 



ARISTOTLE, A. E. Taylor. A brilliant, searching non-technical account of Aristotle and his 

 thought written by a foremost Platonist. It covers the life and works of Aristotle; classifica- 

 tion of the sciences; logic; first philosophy; matter and form; causes; motion and eternity; 

 God; physics; metaphysics; and similar topics. Bibliography. New Index compiled for this 

 edition. 128pp. 53/8 x 8 T280 Paperbound $1.00 



THE SYSTEM OF THOMAS AQUINAS, M. de Wulf. Leading Neo-Thomist, one of founders of 

 University of Louvain, gives concise exposition to central doctrines of Aquinas, as a means 

 toward determining his value to modern philosophy, religion. Formerly "Medieval Philosophy 

 Illustrated from the System of Thomas Aquinas." Trans, by E. Messenger. Introduction. 

 151pp. 53/8 x 8. T568 Paperbound $1.25 



THE PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS OF DESCARTES. The definitive English edition of all the major 

 philosophical works and letters of Ren§ Descartes. All of his revolutionary insights, from his 

 famous "Cogito ergo sum" to his detailed account of contemporary science and his astonish- 

 ingly fruitful concept that all phenomena of the universe (except mind) could be reduced to 

 clear laws by the use of mathematics. An excellent source for the thought of men like 

 Hobbes, Arnauld, Gassendi, etc., who were Descarte's contemporaries. Translated by E. S. 

 Haldane and G. Ross. Introductory notes. Index. Total of 842pp. 53/8 x 8. 



T71 Vol. 1; Paperbound $2.00 

 T72 Vol. 2, Paperbound $2.00 



