The Handbook in the History of Philosophy presents in chronological order brief summations (usually in two or three paragraphs) of the ideas of not only the major but also the minor philosophers from 3500 B.C. to the present - over 625 philosophical and religious thinkers are included.
“Dr. Avey is objective and generally quite lucid in the treatment of several hundred thinkers whose works extend literally through thousands of volumes." -The Catholic Review
In preparing the Second Edition of this successful volume, Dr. Avey has extended his coverage of the contributions of twentieth-century philosophers, especially those active in the last two decades.