An Introduction to Philosophy

This textbook is organized as possible: 


Introduction 

Chapter 1. What Is Philosophy? 


Part I. The Historical Rise of Philosophy 

Chapter 2. The First Beginnings of Philosophy 

Chapter 3. The Problem of Change and Permanence 

Chapter 4. The Age of the Sophists 

Chapter 5. Socrates 

Chapter 6. Plato 

Chapter 7. Aristotle 


Part II. The Meaning of Man 

Chapter 8. The Nature of Man 

Chapter 9. The Nature of Knowing 

Chapter 10. The Kinds of Knowing 

Chapter 11. The Truth Of Knowing 

Chapter 12. The Nature of Desire 

Chapter 13. Freedom And Liberty 

Chapter 14. Liberty and Love 

Chapter 15. The Soul Of Man 

Chapter 16. Human Personality 


Part III. The Making of Man 

Chapter 17. In Search of Happiness 

Chapter 18. The Road to Happiness 

Chapter 19. The Life of Virtue 

Chapter 20. The Virtues of the Individual Person 

Chapter 21. Justice, The Social Virtue 

Chapter 22. Social Philosophy 


Part IV. The Universe Of Man 

Chapter 23. The World of Bodies 

Chapter 24. The Realm of Nature 


Part V. The Universe Of Being 

Chapter 25. In Quest of Being 

Chapter 26. Transcendentals of Being 

Chapter 27. The Divisions of Being 

Chapter 28. Uncreated Being 


Conclusion 

Chapter 29. The Perennial Philosophy 


Reading List 


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