Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the
development of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, Frederick
Copleston''s nine-volume A History Of Philosophy has journeyed far
beyond the modest purpose of its author to universal
acclaimas the best history of philosophy in English.
Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit of immense erudition who once tangled
with A.J. Ayer in a fabled debate about the existence of God and
the possibility of metaphysics, knew that seminary students were
fed a woefully inadequate diet of theses and proofs, and that their
familiarity with most of history''s great thinkers was reduced to
simplistic caricatures. Copleston set out to redress the
wrong by writing a complete history of Western philosophy, one
crackling with incident and intellectual excitement - and one that
gives full place to each thinker, presenting his thought in a
beautifully rounded manner and showing his links to those who came
after him.
關於作者：
Frederick Copleston grew up in England. He was raised in an
Anglican home but converted to Catholicism while a student at
Marlborough College. He later became a Jesuit and then pursued a
career in academia. He studied and lectured at Heythrop College and
wrote an eleven-volume History of Philosophy, which is highly
respected. He also spent time teaching at Gregorian University in
Rome and, after he retired, lectured at Santa Clara University in
California. He was appointed a member of the British Academy in
1970. He is famouse for debating Betrand Russell over the existence
of God in a 1948 BBC broadcast.
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