TY - BOOK AU - Melchert, Norman AU - Melchert,Norman TI - The Great Conversation: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy SN - 9780195306828 U1 - N02 PY - 2007/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; Before Philosophy:myth in hesiod and homer Philosophy before socrates The sophists:rhetoric and relativism in athens Socrates:to know oneself The trial and death of Socrates Plato:knowing the real and the good Aristotle: the reality of the world Epicureans,Stoics and skeptics:happiness for the many The Christians:sin,salvation,and love... Augustine:God and the soul.... Anselm and Aquinas:existence and essence in God and the world Moving from medieval to modern... Rene Descartes:doubting our way to certainty ER -