Structured as a self-standing course in philosophy, this book presents and examines selections from the primary works of 18 of the best known philosophers from ancient to modern times. Each chapter focuses on the writings of a different philosopher--from Plato to Nietzsche, Augustine to Sartre--and includes an introduction and critical commentary by one of the professors.

This inexpensive book is an important addition to English translations of significant Latin medieval philosophical works. Boethius of Dacia for centuries has had the reputation of being, along with Siger of Brabant, a leading Averroist at the University of Paris about 1270. It is now known that Boethius was from Denmark, but not much is known about his life. It is possible that he became a Dominican in later life. The introduction to these works by Father Wippel is excellent, as (...) is the bibliography appended to these treatises. (shrink)

This book deals with all the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas, with which the author shows himself to be thoroughly familiar. It contains a host of interesting and useful observations on Aquinas and his forerunners concerning the ordering of the sciences. The thesis is a loose one.