The Approach to Philosophy

Supplementary Bibliography on the History of Philosophy

I.—GENERAL.

Rogers: Student’s History of Philosophy. (Elementary and clear; copious quotations.)

Weber: History of Philosophy. Translation by Thilly. (Comprehensive and compact.)

Windelband: A History of Philosophy. Translation by Tufts. (Emphasis upon the problems and their development.)

Erdmann: History of Philosophy. Translation edited by Hough; in three volumes. (Detailed and accurate exposition.)

Ueberweg: A History of Philosophy. Translation by Morris and Porter, in two volumes. (Very complete; excellent account of the literature.)

II.—SPECIAL PERIODS.

Ferrier: Lectures on Greek Philosophy. (Excellent introduction.)

Marshall: Short History of Greek Philosophy. (Brief and clear.)

Windelband: History of Ancient Philosophy. Translation by Cushman. (Very accurate and scholarly; also brief.)

Zeller: Pre-Socratic Philosophy. Translation by Alleyne. Socrates and the Socratic Schools. Translation by Reichel. (Full and accurate.)

Gomperz: Greek Thinkers. Translated by Magnus, in four volumes. (Very full; especially on Plato. Goes no further than Plato.)

Burnet: Early Greek Philosophy. (Translations of fragments, with commentary.)

Fairbanks: The First Philosophers of Greece. (Translations of fragments, with commentary.)

Turner: History of Philosophy. (Excellent account of Scholastic philosophy.)

Royce: The Spirit of Modern Philosophy. (Very illuminating introductory exposition of modern idealism.)

Falckenberg: History of Modern Philosophy.

Hoeffding: History of Modern Philosophy. Translation by Meyer, in two volumes. (Full and good.)