{"product_id":"what-makes-a-philosopher-great","title":"What Makes a Philosopher Great?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book is inspired by a single powerful question. What \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e it to be great as a philosopher? No single grand answer is presumed to be possible; instead, rewardingly close studies of philosophical greatness are developed. This is a scholarly yet accessible volume, blending metaphilosophy with the long history of philosophy and traversing centuries and continents. The result is a series of case studies by accomplished scholars, each chapter trying to understand and convey a particular philosopher’s greatness:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLloyd P. Gerson on Plato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaryn Lai on Zhuangzi\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Bronstein on Aristotle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonardon Ganeri on Buddhaghosa\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffrey Hause on Aquinas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGary Hatfield on Descartes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren Detlefsen on du Châtelet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDon Garrett on Hume\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllen Wood on Kant (as a moral philosopher)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicholas F. Stang on Kant (as a metaphysician)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKen Gemes on Nietzsche\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCheryl Misak on Peirce\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Macarthur on Wittgenstein\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis also serves a larger philosophical purpose. Might we gain increased clarity about what philosophy \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e in the first place? After all, in practice we individuate philosophy partly through its greatest practitioners’ greatest contributions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book does not discuss every philosopher who has been regarded as great. The point is not to offer a definitive list of The Great Philosophers, but, rather, to learn something about what great philosophy is and might be, from illuminated examples of past greatness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54243785048408,"sku":"9781138936164","price":51.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138936164.jpg?v=1769162418","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/what-makes-a-philosopher-great","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}