William De Witt Hyde: 5 books

“True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.” - Socrates. Two centuries before the Stoics lived The Sophists, star philosophers who roamed Athens during the fifth century B.C. commanding large fees for speaking and private lessons. They offered practical education, speculation...

Philosophy professor William de Witt Hyde offers up a comprehensive survey and comparison of five of the world's most significant philosophies -- Epicureanism, Stoicism, the philosophies of Plato and Aristotle, and Christianity. Whether you're a well-read philosophy buff or someone who's just getting started, it's an engaging and informative overview.

Epicureanism is so simple a philosophy of life that it scarcely needs interpretation. In fact, as the following citations show, it was originally little more than a set of directions for living "the simple life," with pleasure as the simplifying principle. The more subtle teaching of the other philosophies...

When asked why some men with moderate talents and meagre technical equipment succeed, where others with greater ability and better preparation fail; why some women with plain features and few accomplishments charm, while others with all the advantages of beauty and cultivation repel, we are wont to...

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