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Western Philosophy: An Anthology provides the most comprehensive and authoritative survey of the Western philosophical tradition from ancient Greece to the leading philosophers of today.

• Features substantial and carefully chosen excerpts from all the greats of philosophy, arranged thematically and chronologically
• Readings are introduced and linked together by a lucid philosophical commentary which guides the reader through the key arguments
• Embraces all the major subfields of philosophy: theory of knowledge and metaphysics, philosophy of mind, religion and science, moral philosophy (theoretical and applied), political theory, and aesthetics
• Updated edition now includes additional contemporary readings in each section
• Augmented by two completely new sections on logic and language, and philosophy and the meaning of life