A Critical History of Western Philosophy: Greek, Medieval and Modern

by Y. Masih

This is the enlarged edition of A Critical History of Modern Philosophy. In this new edition Greek and Medieval Philosophies have been added. It is hoped that in the present form the book will be of greater use to the Indian students. 

 

The book also includes a critical and comparative account of the major contributions of eight modern thinkers. To this exposition the idealism of Hegel and Bradley has been introduced. Recent discussions concerning Hume, Kant, Hegel and Bradley have also been incorporated. Whilst giving fully an analytic account of topics, the author maintains that philosophy is a holistic enterprise of man, as we find it in Spinoza, Kant, Hegel and Bradley.

 

The book is the outcome of the author's long teaching experience in the University of Magadh. It has turned out to be a reliable and useful book to the students of the subject throughout India. This thoroughly revised and enlarged edition will prove to be all the more serviceable in general.

 

 

Dr. Y. Masih, Ph.D. (Edinburgh), D. Litt. (Patna) was born on March 1, 1916. He retired in 1978 from his post of a Prof. of Magadh Univ. He remained a UGC Teacher of Philosophy from 1978 to 1983.

 

Dr. Masih has devoted his life in conducting and guiding research work in Philosophy. His important books are: Freudianism and Religion, The Hindu Religious Philosophy, The Classical Religious Philosophy of the Hindus, Shankara’s Universal Philosophy of Religion, Sant Kabir Ka Dharma Darshan. A Comparative Study of Religions, A Critical History of Western Philosophy etc.