At the beginning of The Invention of Autonomy, J.B. Schneewind modestly explains that he began work on the book "because there were many aspects of Kant's moral philosophy I could not understand," and he therefore sought to understand Kant's remarkable contribution to moral theory by considering it in its historical context. By the time one finishes reading the book, over 500 p...(展开全部)

This remarkable book is the most comprehensive study ever written of the history of moral philosophy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Its aim is to set Kant's still influential ethics in its historical context by showing in detail what the central questions in moral philosophy were for him and how he arrived at his own distinctive ethical views. The book is organise...(展开全部)

J.B.施尼温德系美国著名学者，也是世界范围内的西方伦理学史及康德伦理哲学的权威专家之一。曾执教于芝加哥、耶鲁、斯坦福等名校。后执教于约翰•霍普金斯大学直至退休。施尼温德教授曾任美国哲学学会东部分会的主席，是美国艺术与科学学院院士。 译者：张志平毕业于复旦大学哲学系，现执教于上海师范大学。

On the History of Modern Philosophy is a key transitional text in the history of European philosophy. In it, F. W. J. Schelling surveys philosophy from Descartes to German Idealism and shows why the Idealist project is ultimately doomed to failure. The lectures trace the path of philosophy from Descartes through Spinoza, Leibniz, Kant, Fichte, Jacobi, to Hegel and Schelling's o...(展开全部)

Translator's Preface Acknowledgements Translator's Introduction 1 Reassessing Schelling 1 Mind and Nature 3 Identity and Difference 13 Schelling and Hegel 23 References 35 [Introduction] 41 Descartes 42 Comparison of Bacon and Descartes 61 Spinoza, Leibniz, and Wolff 64 Spinoza 64 Leibniz 75 Wolff 84 Kant, Fichte, and the System of Transcendental Idealism 94 Kant 94 Fichte 106 ...(展开全部)

The premier political philosopher of his day, John Rawls, in three decades of teaching at Harvard, has had a profound influence on the way philosophical ethics is approached and understood today. This book brings together the lectures that inspired a generation of students - and a regeneration of moral philosophy. It invites readers to learn from the most noted exemplars of mod...(展开全部)

The premier political philosopher of his day, John Rawls, in three decades of teaching at Harvard, has had a profound influence on the way philosophical ethics is approached and understood today. This book brings together the lectures that inspired a generation of students - and a regeneration of moral philosophy. It invites readers to learn from the most noted exemplars of mod...(展开全部)

Period of "The Enlightenment". Surveys French and German phases, emphasizing Rousseau and Kant.

Period of "The Enlightenment". Surveys French and German phases, emphasizing Rousseau and Kant.

A fascinating cultural history of this most magical of islands Sicily has always acted as a gateway between Europe and the rest of the world. Fought over by Phoenicians and Greeks, Romans, Goths and Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Germans, Spanish and French for thousands of year, Sicily became a unique melting pot where diverse traditions merged, producing a unique heritage and...(展开全部)