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About the book >.>.> Frederick Copleston a distinguished scholar and former Professor of the History of Philosophy at Heythrop College University of London has made significant contributions to the field with his acclaimed multi-volume History of Philosophy. Educated at Stonyhurst and Oxford Copleston has also held prestigious positions at Gregorian University in Rome and has been a Visiting Professor at several American universities. He is currently working on his Philosophy of the History of Philosophy which he has been invited to present as the Gifford Lectures. In On the History of Philosophy Copleston delves into the challenges of defining the subject matter and methodology of the history of philosophy. He addresses the issue of objectivity particularly as it pertains to historians of philosophy who are influenced by the perspectives of their own time. The book features clear and meticulously developed studies with additional chapters exploring Eastern and Western metaphysics medieval philosophy analytic philosophy the nature of metaphysics Marx and history and an examination of the Christian philosopher Peter Wust. These chapters illustrate the principles discussed in the initial sections of the book providing a comprehensive understanding of the complexities involved in studying the history of philosophy. (LL)