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Esteemed for providing the best available translations, Philosophic Classics: From Plato to Derrida, features complete works or complete sections of the most important works by the major thinkers, as well as shorter samples from transitional thinkers.

First published in 1961, Forrest E. Baird's revision of Philosophic Classics, Pearson Education's long-standing anthology (available in split volumes), continues the tradition of providing generations of students with high quality course material. Using the complete works, or where appropriate, complete sections of works, this anthology allows philosophers to speak directly to students.

"Students with little or no background in philosophy would likely find it difficult if not impossible to comprehend the works of many of the philosophers addressed in each volume on their own. However, this text's informative introductions and careful selection of readings make it possible for students to get a foothold in their primary texts Students are afforded the opportunity to engage with the works of these illustrious but often inscrutable thinkers."-Jennifer McMahon, Centre College

"This collection is by far the best I have seen in this area and I certainly prefer having all of my material together in one text rather than having students purchase half a dozen books, which then still require supplementation. I cannot imagine a better format or selection of materials that would tempt me away from this collection for another."-Ted Toadvine, Emporia State University

Forrest Baird has taught at Whitworth since 1978. In addition to teaching a variety of courses in philosophy, most summers he teaches for Fuller Theological Seminary in extension programs throughout the West. Dr. Baird has a B.A. from Westmont, an M.Div. From Fuller, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from Claremont Graduate University. In his time at Whitworth, Dr. Baird has been selected by five graduating classes as the "Most Influential Professor" and has also been voted "Teacher of the Year" by his colleagues. Dr. Baird has studied the problem of evil while a Resident Fellow at the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at St. John's University and Abbey in Collegeville, MN, and more recently has been studying Chinese philosophy. Dr. Baird's most recent scholarly work has been editing the six-volume Philosophic Classics series for Prentice Hall. His other works include editing the book, Human Thought and Action: Readings in Western Intellectual History, and co-authoring (with Jack Rogers) the HarperCollins textbook, Introduction to Philosophy: A Case Study Approach.

Contents

PREFACE   ix

ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHY   1
   

    SOCRATES AND PLATO   3
        Euthyphro   8
        Apology   21
        Crito   38
        Phaedo (72c—83c, 114e—118b)   47
        Republic (Book I, 336b—342e, 347b—e; Book II, 357a—362c, 368a—376e; Book III, 412b—417b; Book IV, 427c—445e; Book V, 449—462e, 473b—e; and Books VI—VII, 502c—521b)   59

    ARISTOTLE   125
        Physics (Book II, complete)   129
        Metaphysics (Book I, 1—4, 6, 9; and Book XII, 6—9)   140
        On the Soul (Book II, Chapters 1—3; and Book III, 4—5)   157
        Nicomachean Ethics (Books I—II; Book IV, 3; Books VI—VII; and Book X, 6—8)   164

 

 

HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PHILOSOPHY   227

    EPICURUS   230
        Letter to Menoeceus   232
        Principal Doctrines   236

    EPICTETUS   239
        Handbook (Enchiridion)   241

    PYRRHO AND SEXTUS EMPIRICUS   252
        Outlines of Pyrrhonism (Book I, 1—13)   253

    PLOTINUS   258
        Enneads (Ennead I, Tractate 6)   260

 

 

CHRISTIANITY AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY   267

    AUGUSTINE   272
        Confessions (Book VIII, 5, 8—12; and Book XI, 14—28)   275
        City of God (Book XI, Chapter 26; and Book XII, Chapters 1—9)   290

    BOETHIUS   300
        The Consolation of Philosophy (Book V, Chapter 6)   302

    ANSELM (AND GUANILO)   306
        Proslogion (Preface; Chapters 1—4)   308
        Gaunilo and Anselm: Debate (selections)   310

    HILDEGARD OF BINGEN   314
        Scivias (Book I, Vision 4, 16—26)   316

    MOSES MAIMONIDES   321
        The Guide for the Perplexed (Part II, Introduction)   323

    THOMAS AQUINAS   327
        Summa Theologica (selections)   331

    WILLIAM OF OCKHAM   358
        Summa Logicae (On Universals Part I, Chapters 14—16)   361

    GIOVANNI PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA   366
        Oration on the Dignity of Man (in part)   368

 

 

MODERN PHILOSOPHY   371

    RENÉ DESCARTES   373
        Meditations on the First Philosophy   377
        Correspondence with Princess Elizabeth (selections)   417

    THOMAS HOBBES   421
        Leviathan (selections from Chapters 1—3, 6, 9, 12—15, 17—18, 21)   424

    BLAISE PASCAL   461
        Pensées (selections)   464

    BARUCH SPINOZA   470
        Ethics (Sections I and II)   472

    JOHN LOCKE   523
        An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (abridged)   526

    GOTTFRIED LEIBNIZ   578
        Discourse on Metaphysics   582
        The Monadology   610

    GEORGE BERKELEY   619
        Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous   622

    DAVID HUME   681
        An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding   684

    JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU   762
        The Social Contract (Book I)   765

    IMMANUEL KANT   775
        Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics   779
        Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals   851
        On a Supposed Right to Lie From Altruistic Motives   894

    MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT   898
        A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Chapter 6)   900

 

 

NINETEENTH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY   905

    G.W.F. HEGEL   907
        Phenomenology of Spirit (B, IV, A: “Independence and Dependence of Self-Consciousness: Relations of Master and Servant”)   
        920

        Lectures on the History of Philosophy (“The Final Result”)   916

    JOHN STUART MILL   920
        Utilitarianism   923
    SØREN KIERKEGAARD   962
        Fear and Trembling (Problema I: “Teleological Suspension of the Ethical”)   966
        Concluding Unscientific Postscript (Section II, Chapter 2, “Subjective Truth, Inwardness; Truth Is Subjectivity”)   974

    KARL MARX   983
        Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844 (“Alienated Labor”)   986
        Manifesto of the Communist Party (Chapters 1 and 2)   995
        A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy (Preface)   1004
        Notes on Bakunin’s Statehood and Anarchy (selections)   1005

    CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE   1007
        The Fixation of Belief   1009

    WILLIAM JAMES   1019
        Pragmatism (Lecture II: What Pragmatism Means)   1021

    FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE   1033
        The Birth of Tragedy (Chapters 1—3)   1037
        The Gay Science (selections)   1043
        Twilight of the Idols (selections)   1045
        The Anti-Christ (First Book, 2—7, 62)   1057

 

 

TWENTIETH-CENTURY PHILOSOPHY   1061

    EDMUND HUSSERL   1065
        Phenomenology (Encyclopaedia Brittanica article)   1068

    W.E.B. DU BOIS   1076
        The Souls of Black Folks (Chapter 1)   1079

    BERTRAND RUSSELL   1085
        The Problems of Philosophy (Chapters 1 & 15)   1088

    MARTIN HEIDEGGER   1096
        Introduction to Metaphysics (Chapter 1: “The Fundamental Question of Metaphysics”)   1101

    LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN   1127
        Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Preface Sections 1—3.1431,4, 4.06, 4.1, 5, 5.6, 6.4—7)   1131
        Philosophical Investigations (Paragraphs 1—47, 65—71, 241, 257—258, 305, 309)   1139

    JEAN-PAUL SARTRE   1156
        Existentialism Is a Humanism   1160

    SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR   1174
        The Second Sex (Introduction)   1177

    WILLARD VAN ORMAN QUINE   1189
        Two Dogmas of Empiricism   1192

    JACQUES DERRIDA   1207
        Of Grammatology (“The Written Being/The Being Written”)   1210