西方的智慧-(I II)-(英文彩绘本)

作者：罗素著

出版社：中央编译出版社

出版日期：2010

ISBN：9787511701251

电子书格式：pdf/epub/txt

内容简介

《西方的智慧（英文版）（套装共2册）》是一本以通俗、浅近的现代语体写成的西方文明史，诚如《西方的智慧（英文版）（套装共2册）》的副标题所揭示的，是在自希腊城邦政体以迄于今的政治、历史这个大背景下探讨整个西方文明演进的脉络，旁及科学、宗教、经济乃至社会习俗，无所不包、无所不备。此悸完成后，罗素又在友人的帮助下，在文中插入数百幅精美的插图，其中有许多具有很高的文献价值，因而，读者完全可以将其视为西方文明的一幅全景图。

作者简介

　　Bertrand Russell（1872-1970）,was a British philosopher,
logician,mathematician, historian, religious skeptic,social
reformer, socialist and pacifist. Althoughhe spent the majority of
his life in England, hewas born in Wales, where he also
died.Russell led the British “revolt againstidealism” in the early
1900s and is consideredone of the founders of analytic
philosophyalong with his protege Wittgenstein and hiselder Frege.
He was a prominent anti-waractivist, championing free trade between
nationsand anti-imperialism.Russell was imprisonedfor his pacifist
activism during World War I,campaigned against Adolf Hitler, for
nucleardisarmament, criticised Soviet totalitarianismand the United
States of America’s involvementin the Vietnam War. In 1950, Russell
wasawarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, “inrecognition of his
varied and significantwritings in which he champions
humanitarianideals and freedom of thought.”

本书特色

　　《西方的智慧(英文彩绘本)(套装全2册)》：”a big book,” said callimachus the
alexandrianpoet, “is a big evil！” on the whole i feel inclined
toshare this view. if, therefore, i venture to put thepresent
volume before the reader, it is because, asevils go, this book is a
minor one. nevertheless, it calls for a specialexplanation; for i
have some time ago written a book on the samesubject. wisdom of the
west is an entirely new work; though, ofcourse, it would never have
appeared had not my “history of westernphilosophy” preceded
it.
　　what are philosophers doing when they are at work？ this is
indeedan odd question, and we might try to answer it by first
setting out whatthey are not doing. there are, in the world around
us, many thingswhich are understood fairly well. take, for
instance, tile working of asteam engine. this falls within the
fields of mechanics andthermodynamics. again, we know quite a lot
about the way in whichthe human body is built and functions.
　　in graeco-roman times, as today, philosophy was in the main
independent from religion.philosophers might, of course, ask
questionswhich would also be of interest to those whowere concerned
with religious matters. butpriestly organisations had no influence
on, orpower over, the thinkers of those times. theintervening
period from the fall of rome tothe end of the middle ages differs
in thisrespect from both the preceding andsubsequent eras.
philosophy in the westbecame an activity which flourished under
thepatronage and direction of the church. forthis there are a
number of reasons. when the western roman empire brokeup, the
function of the god-emperors ofrome had already been split into two
powers.
　　哲学与历史、政治与宗教、科学与蒙昧，它们或互为表里、或相反相成。只有独具慧眼才能揭示其中的真理之光。从希腊城邦、罗马帝国.到文艺复兴以迄于今的西方文化的昌明；从苏格拉底、柏拉图、亚里士多德，到康德、黑格尔、尼采，这是一条绵延不绝的智慧与思想的长河。

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