Project Gutenberg 2013-06-05 Public domain in the USA. 141 Durant, Will 1885 1981 Durant, William James 17030598 Philosophy and the Social Problem Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Philosophy and the Social Problem" by Will Durant is an analytical essay highlighting the intersection of philosophical thought with significant social issues, written in the early 20th century. The book explores how historical philosophers have addressed social problems and advocates for using philosophical inquiry to better understand and potentially resolve contemporary issues surrounding human misery and social structures. The opening of the work establishes Durant's thesis: that philosophy has consistently engaged with social problems and can still serve as a vital tool for their exploration today. He defines the "social problem" broadly as the challenge of alleviating human suffering by reforming social institutions and emphasizes the importance of understanding philosophy as a collective inquiry into experience. Durant further positions historical figures like Socrates, Plato, and Nietzsche not just as thinkers of the past, but as key voices that provide valuable insights into current social dilemmas. He suggests that these philosophical traditions can enhance our understanding and approach to present-day issues through a reciprocal examination of philosophy and social challenges. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42880/42880-h/images/cover.jpg en Philosophy Social problems B Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Politics Browsing: Sociology 520373 520382 2024-09-18T05:40:41.627966 2023-09-18T13:59:08.795695 text/html text/html 524565 2013-06-05T14:41:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 253216 2013-06-05T14:44:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 266083 2024-09-18T05:40:50.096930 application/epub+zip 271232 2024-09-18T05:40:42.907972 application/epub+zip 233723 2024-09-18T05:40:42.252987 application/epub+zip 445641 2024-09-18T05:40:55.065902 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389631 2024-09-18T05:40:49.454938 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351852 2022-09-19T15:00:47.273421 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 413443 2024-09-18T05:40:40.273964 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 415854 2013-06-05T14:41:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 157929 2013-06-05T14:44:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 413087 2013-06-05T14:41:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 157287 2013-06-05T14:44:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 413282 2013-06-05T14:43:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 157165 2013-06-05T14:44:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21717 2024-09-18T05:40:55.228872 application/rdf+xml 21175 2024-09-18T05:40:42.393960 image/jpeg 2524 2024-09-18T05:40:42.321943 image/jpeg 254395 2024-09-18T05:40:41.672949 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog