title: Great Thinkers, Great Ideas: An Introduction to Western Thought
author:  Vincent J. Falcone 
description: "... it is uniquely written in a simple but not simplistic way. This text is written by a high school teacher who knows what students at that level can and cannot understand - a real virtue. Find another introductory text that runs from Plato, Aquinas, and Hegel to Burke, Veblen and Keynes!"
zlib_text: # Great  
  Thinkers
  
  
  This is a collection of some of the most important ideas of Eastern and
  Western culture – drawn from the works of those philosophers, political
  theorists, sociologists, artists and novelists whom we believe have the most
  to offer to us today. We’ve worked hard to make the thinkers in this book
  clear, relevant and charming, mining the history of knowledge to bring you the
  ideas we think have the greatest importance to our times. This book contains
  the canon of **The School of Life** , the gallery of individuals across the
  millennia who help to frame our intellectual project – and we will have
  succeeded if, in the days and years ahead, you find yourself turning to our
  thinkers to illuminate the multiple dilemmas, joys and griefs of daily life.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # **Great  
  Thinkers**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  ## Contents
  
  
  [Introduction](part0003.html#2RHM0-d7808dc8ff9643788f4df719418fd3c7)
  
  
  [Philosophy](part0004.html#3Q280-d7808dc8ff9643788f4df719