"Socrates to Sartre and Beyond"

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The paper looks at "Socrates to Sartre and Beyond: A History of Philosophy" where Samuel Enoch Stumpf and his co-author James Fieser strive to show a line of intellectual continuity between the earliest ancient philosophers like Socrates, and the 20th century French founder of existentialism Jean-Paul Sartre. The paper offers a summary of the book's treatment of pre-Socratic philosophers, Socrates, Aristotle, Descartes, Berkley, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, Marx, James and finally, Sartre.

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"In Socrates to Sartre and Beyond: A History of Philosophy Samuel Enoch Stumpf and his co-author James Fieser might seem to be taking upon themselves an impossible and unwieldy task. As the title of their work proclaims, they strive to show a line of intellectual continuity between the earliest ancient philosophers like Socrates, one of the first and most famous modern philosophers, through the thought of the post-war, atheistic philosopher, the 20th century French founder of existentialism Jean-Paul Sartre. Finally, the 'beyond' part of the text catapults the reader squarely into modern analytic and postmodern theory, in an attempt to place our contemporary culture in a historical context. The authors try to create history of philosophy by examining how the human race came to conceptualize and question such concepts as a 'good life' and 'truth.'"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Stumpf, Samuel Enoch & James Fieser Socrates to Sartre and Beyond: A History of Philosophy. 7th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2003.

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