David E. Cooper is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Durham and Director of the Durham Institute of Comparative Ethics'. He is the author of a number of books, including Metaphor (1986) and Existentialism (1990, second edition 1999). He is also editor of A Companion to Aesthetics (1992), and four volumes in the series Philosophy: The Classic Readings – Aesthetics (1997), Ethics (1997), Epistemology (1999) and Metaphysics (2000). These titles are all published by Blackwell Publishing.

• Preface to second edition vii1 Introduction 1Part I: Ancient Philosophies 92 India 133 China 584 Greece 92Part II: Middle Period and 'Modern' Philosophies:  1475 Medieval Philosophies 1516 Developments in Asian Philosophy 2037 From Renaissance to Enlightenment 241Part III: Recent Philosophies: 3078 Kant and the Nineteenth Century 3119 Recent Non-Western Philosophies 37710 Twentieth-Century Western Philosophies 426Bibliography 505Index 527

‘A multicultural feast of ideas and arguments! In language that is expressive, clear and often humorous, David Cooper has written a compelling history of philosophy, covering as it does not only the major figures in Western thought but also the main trends in non-Western philosophy.' Robert L. Arrington, Georgia State University ‘By opening the door to cross-cultural comparison, Cooper has let in a draught that may blow away the whole house of cards, and uncover the parts of philosophy that the histories never reached.' Jonathan Rée, Times Higher Education Supplement