R. C. Sproul surveys history's greatest philosophers and thinkers, helping readers understand the ideas that have shaped the world-and continue to shape nearly everything we think and do.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Why Philosophy?
1. The First Philosophers
2. Plato: Realist and Idealist
3. Aristotle: The Philosopher
4. Augustine: Doctor of Grace
5. Thomas Aquinas: Angelic Doctor
6. René Descartes: Father of Modern Rationalism
7. John Locke: Father of Modern Empiricism
8. David Hume: Skeptic
9. Immanuel Kant: Revolutionary Philosopher
10. Karl Marx: Utopian
11. Søren Kierkegaard: Danish Gadfly
12. Friedrich Nietzsche: Atheistic Existentialist
13. Jean-Paul Sartre: Litterateur and Philosopher
14. Darwin and Freud: Influential Thinkers
Conclusion: Gilson’s Choice
Notes
For Further Reading
Index
About the Author :
R. C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, an international Christian discipleship organization located near Orlando, Florida. He was also first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel in Sanford, Florida; first president of Reformation Bible College; and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine. His radio program, Renewing Your Mind, is still broadcast daily on hundreds of radio stations around the world and can also be heard online. Sproul contributed dozens of articles to national evangelical publications, spoke at conferences, churches, colleges, and seminaries around the world, and wrote more than one hundred books, including The Holiness of God; Chosen by God; and Everyone’s a Theologian. He also served as general editor of the Reformation Study Bible.
