Three tasks direct the author's work: to establish from available sources the circumstances in life, the mental development, and the doctrines of individual philosophers; to reconstruct from these facts the genetic process, so that the effect of these factors upon each philosopher's doctrine can be determined; to determine the overall value in the history of philosophy of the doctrines considering their origin.
- ISBN10 1592442463
- ISBN13 9781592442461
- Publish Date 22 May 2003 (first published 8 August 1979)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Wipf & Stock Publishers
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 760
- Language English