The Approach to Philosophy

by Ralph Barton Perry

Marshall: Short History of Greek Philosophy. (Brief and clear.)

Windelband: History of Ancient Philosophy. Translation by Cushman. (Very accurate and scholarly; also brief.)

Zeller: Pre-Socratic Philosophy. Translation by Alleyne. Socrates and the Socratic Schools. Translation by Reichel. (Full and accurate.)

Gomperz: Greek Thinkers. Translated by Magnus, in four volumes. (Very full; especially on Plato. Goes no further than Plato.)

Burnet: Early Greek Philosophy. (Translations of fragments, with commentary.)

Fairbanks: The First Philosophers of Greece. (Translations of fragments, with commentary.)

Turner: History of Philosophy. (Excellent account of Scholastic philosophy.)

Royce: The Spirit of Modern Philosophy. (Very illuminating introductory exposition of modern idealism.)

Falckenberg: History of Modern Philosophy.

Hoeffding: History of Modern Philosophy. Translation by Meyer, in two volumes. (Full and good.)