BASIC TEACHINGS OF THE GREAT PHILOSOPHERS presents the writings of the world's greatest philosophers on ten of the most important problems of mankind. The ideas of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Aquinas, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Dewey, Bergson, Sentayana, and others are represented by summaries. This book is divided so that one of the perplexing problems is handled in each of the ten chapters. Consequently, each chapter is a complete unit and can be read without reference to the others. By reading the entire volume the reader may gain on insight into questions that men have been thinking about and discussing since the beginning of civilization.