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GREAT THINKERS, GREAT IDEAS AN INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN THOUGHT SECOND EDITION VINCENT J. FALCONE CRANBURY PUBLICATIONS NORWALK, ...

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CONTENTS Acknowledgem ents x Forew ord xi PARTI An Introduction to Clearer Thinking Chapter 1 Attitudes: How They Affect Our Thi ...

Chapter 10 Kant and Schopenhauer: Idealism and Pessim ism 90 Chapter 11 Nietzsche and Sartre: Naturalism and Existentialism 99 P ...

Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Epilogue Bibliography Index M althus and Owen: Gloom and Doom vs. Optim ism Veblen a ...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This revised edition is in large part the result of input provided by former students who have commented on the ...

FOREWORD In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland there is a scene in which Alice, walking along, comes to a fork in the road. Pausin ...

We are about to embark on a study, a study of ideas. Many of the greatest thinkers from the ancient Greeks to the present day ar ...

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CHAPTER 1 Attitudes: How They Affect our Thinking One of the great debates centers on the question of faith or reason. How do we ...

4 An Introduction to Clearer Thinking Our first and most profound experiences take place in the family, which has been the most ...

Attitudes 5 culture. We become aware very early in life that there are a great many activities which are different yet socially ...

6 An Introduction to Clearer Thinking affected by those cultural guideposts and they tend to affect our attitudes. The importanc ...

Attitudes 7 the student population is nothing when compared to the homo­ geneous nature of the teaching staff. Historically, tea ...

8 An Introduction to Clearer Thinking adult is often difficult to cope with. Adolescence is an age of powerful needs; if those n ...

Attitudes 9 rors of such national importance are quickly corrected, and everyone soon becomes aware of the real story. Correctio ...

10 An Introduction to Clearer Thinking If you read a dictionary you will find xenophobia defined as “fear, distrust, or hatred o ...