The Philosopher by Justin E. H. Smith (9780691178462)

Description - The Philosopher by Justin E. H. Smith

What would the global history of philosophy look like if it were told not as a story of ideas but as a series of job descriptions--ones that might have been used to fill the position of philosopher at different times and places over the past 2,500 years? The Philosopher does just that, providing a new way of looking at the history of philosophy by

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Book Details

ISBN: 9780691178462
ISBN-10: 0691178461

Classification:
Humanities »
Philosophy

Format: Paperback / softback
(216mm x 140mm x mm)
Pages: 288
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publish Date: 31-Oct-2017
Country of Publication: United States

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Hardback
(May 2016)

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Author Biography - Justin E. H. Smith

Justin E. H. Smith is university professor of the history and philosophy of science at the Universite Paris Diderot--Paris VII. He is the author of Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference: Race in Early Modern Philosophy and Divine Machines: Leibniz and the Sciences of Life (both Princeton). He writes frequently for the New York Times, Harper's Magazine, Cabinet Magazine, and other publications.

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