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Western

A collection of primary and secondary materials in Western philosophy from antiquity through the 21st century. This collection includes materials by and about major philosophers, such as Plato, Descartes, Marx, and Nietzsche, as well as materials about major Western themes such as metaphysics and ontology.

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Sub-headings:

Classic Greek and Roman
Documents by and about major figures such as Plato, Aristotle, and St. Augustine, as well as information about general philosophical movements from antiquity.
Modern
Materials either from or about the Enlightenment through the 19th century.
Twentieth Century
This collection includes documents either by or about major twentieth century figures such as Freud, Sartre, Heidegger, Russell, and Derrida. The thematic material that is covered includes psychoanalysis, existentialism, deconstruction, post-structuralism, and postmodernism.

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Animus
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"A philosophical journal for our time. This Journal aims at an understanding of the works of Western civilization and contemporary views of these works. It seeks to promote a standpoint which is critical of dogmatic positions both within contemporary views and within the Western tradition itself."
 
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