Kierkegaard, described by Wittgenstein as "by far the most profound thinker of the [nineteenth] century," has influenced a wide range of philosophers and theologians. Fear and Trembling, which investigates the nature of faith and its relation to ethics via a discussion of the story of Abraham and Isaac, is one of Kierkegaard's most compelling and popular works. Kierkegaard a...(展开全部)

作者：约翰•利皮特（John Lippitt），英国赫特福德大学伦理学和宗教哲学教授，澳大利亚迪肯大学名誉哲学教授。著有《克尔凯郭尔思想中的幽默与讽刺》《叙事、身份与克尔凯郭尔的自我》《克尔凯郭尔的牛津手册》等。 译者：郝苑，毕业于中国科学院研究生院，获哲学博士学位，现为中国社会科学院哲学研究所副研究员。译著有罗伯特•所罗门《与尼采一起生活》等。

Descartes' Meditations is one of the most widely read philosophical texts and has marked the beginning of what we now consider as modern philosophy. It is the first text that most students of philosophy are introduced to and this guidebook will be an indispensable introduction to what is undeniably one of the most important texts in the history of philosophy. Gary Hatfield offe...(展开全部)

Wittgenstein is the most influential twentieth century philosopher in the English-speaking world. In the Philosophical Investigations, his most important work, he introduces the famous 'private language argument' which changed the whole philosophical view of language. Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations introduces and assesses: * Wittgenstein's life, and its conne...(展开全部)

Wittgenstein is the most influential twentieth-century philosopher in the English-speaking world. In The Philosophical Investigations , his most important work, he introduces the famous "private language argument" which changed the whole philosophical view of language. Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations introduces and assesses Wittgenstein's life and its connec...(展开全部)

Husserl has enjoyed a revival of interest in recent years and the Cartesian Meditations is perhaps his most widely read text. The book is an introduction to Husserl's phenomenology and is based on Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy. Husserl attempts to show how Descartes discovered the "transcendental" perspective which is essential to any genuine philosophy. Unti...(展开全部)

Presented here in a new translation, with a historical introduction by the translators, Fear and Trembling and Repetition are the most poetic and personal of Soren Kierkegaard's pseudonymous writings. Published in 1843 and written under the names Johannes de Silentio and Constantine Constantius, respectively, the books demonstrate Kierkegaard's transmutation of the personal int...(展开全部)

Gottlob Frege is considered the father of modern logic and one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy. He was firstly a mathematician but his major works, including "Conception and Notation", also made significant conceptual contributions to the philosophy of language. Frege's writings are difficult and deal with technical, asbtract concepts. "The Routledge Philosophy G...(展开全部)

The Phenomenology of Spirit is Hegel's most important and famous work. It is essential to understanding Hegel's philosophical system and why he remains a major figure in western philosophy. Stern offers a clear and accessible introduction to what is undoubtedly one of the most complex books in the history of philosophy.

Kant's The Critique of Pure Reason is arguably the single most important philosophical work in Western philosophy. It is also one of the most difficult philosophical texts to study. This clear, straightforward guide to the Critique recasts Kant's thought in more familiar language, avoiding the technicalities that plague other secondary sources on Kant. Sebastian Gardner exa...(展开全部)