History of Western Philosophy [Volume 2]

Author: [US] Russell
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Publish Date: 1976-06-01
Features: Our library has always attached great importance to the translation of academic works from all over the world. Since the 1950s, we have been dedicated to translating and publishing classical academic works before the birth of Marxism, while appropriately introducing representative works of contemporary schools with established reputations. Thanks to the support of the publishing and translation community, we have published over 300 titles in the past three decades. We firmly believe that only by enriching our minds with the entire wealth of human knowledge can we build a modern socialist society. The intellectual treasures and academic value contained in these books are well-known to scholars and need no elaboration. These translations were previously published as separate volumes, making it difficult to see the systematic connection. Compiling them into a series allows them to complement each other and create a grand panorama, making them more convenient for study and reference while facilitating cultural accumulation. For this reason, we have begun to publish them in separate volumes this year. Due to current printing capabilities, we are now publishing 50 titles, and we plan to continue adding to them annually. After several years, the systematic nature will become evident. Since we used the original typesetting, the translations have not been reproofread, and the formatting is not entirely uniform. Any prefaces or postfaces from the original translations have been retained as they were, with minor corrections or deletions made to some. The reading community fully understands the need to approach these works with a correct analytical attitude, extracting their useful essence while discarding outdated dross, and this need requires no further explanation from us. We hope that scholars and translators at home and abroad will provide criticism and suggestions to help us produce this series to the best of our ability. The period commonly referred to as the "modern era" differs significantly from the medieval period in terms of people's thoughts and perspectives. Two important points are the decline of the authority of the church and the gradual rise of the authority of science. Other divisions are all closely related to these two points. Modern culture can be said to be more secular than monastic. The state is increasingly replacing the church as the dominant force in cultural governance. Initially, the supreme power of governance in most nations was held by kings, but later, as in ancient Greece, kings were gradually replaced by democratic states.