A Beginner's History of Philosophy, Vol. 1Front matterReading editionChapter navigation28 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterA BEGINNER’S HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHYPREFACEPREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITIONCONTENTSILLUSTRATIONSINTRODUCTION THE THREE GENERAL PERIODS OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHYChapter I · THE EARLY GREEK IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHYChapter II · THE COSMOLOGICAL PERIOD (625–480 B. C.): THE PHILOSOPHY OF NATUREChapter III · PLURALISMChapter IV · THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERIOD (490–399 B. C.): THE PHILOSOPHY OF MANChapter V · SOCRATES (469–399 B. C.).Chapter VI · THE SYSTEMATIC PERIOD (399 B. C.–322 B. C.)Chapter VII · PLATO (427–347 B. C.)Chapter VIII · ARISTOTLE (384–322 B. C.)Chapter IX · THE HELLENIC-ROMAN PERIOD (322 B. C.–476 A. D.)Chapter X · EPICUREANISMChapter XI · STOICISMChapter XII · SKEPTICISM AND ECLECTICISMChapter XIII · THE RELIGIOUS PERIOD (100 B. C.–476 A. D.)Chapter XIV · PATRISTICS.—THE HELLENIZING OF THE GOSPELChapter XV · CHARACTERISTICS AND CONDITIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGESChapter XVI · THE EARLY PERIOD OF THE MIDDLE AGES (476–1000)Chapter XVII · THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD (1000–1200)Chapter XVIII · THE PERIOD OF CLASSIC SCHOLASTICISM (1200–1453)INDEXFootnotes.Transcriber’s Notes.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →A BEGINNER’S HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHYAll chapters and sections (28)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsA BEGINNER’S HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHYPREFACEPREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITIONCONTENTSILLUSTRATIONSINTRODUCTION THE THREE GENERAL PERIODS OF THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHYChapters123456789101112131415161718Other sectionsINDEXFootnotes.Transcriber’s Notes.Book CoverA BEGINNER’S HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY →