A highly illustrated and exhaustively researched book, 'The Hamlyn History of Philosophy' decodes the baffling world of philosophy. It explains the essence of every major school of thought from the Ancient Greeks to the Postmodernists and the thinking of all the great philosophers from Socrates to Jacques Derrida. All the key movements in philosophy are covered and there are biographies of the lives and works of more than 50 key thinkers. The 'Hamlyn History of Philosophy' provides a lively and colourful account of this often confusing subject.