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Did you try Bertrand Russell's overview? Tom Send a noteboard - 31/03/2017 03:51:32 PM

I really don't know what else I'd suggest as an overview. Beyond that I think it's really a matter of reading and absorbing the texts themselves. Philosophy, of course, has fuzzy borders, too. Are you also interested in political theory based on philosophy? What about religious philosophy? Many overviews are going to jump straight from the Greeks to Descartes and Spinoza because they will consider all medieval philosophy to be "worthless" given that it's framed in a religious context, yet scholasticism was an extension of Greek philosophy, and the Reformation essentially started when the scholastic notions were challenged.

Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Did you try Bertrand Russell's overview? - 31/03/2017 03:51:32 PM 963 Views
It's been recommended twice now, so I will. - 31/03/2017 05:20:14 PM 998 Views
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