This book is a classic of philosophical historiography. Published in Castilian for the first time in 1954, has helped train several generations of philosophy both in Spain and in Latin America. Hirschberger Johannes activity aims to merge with the historiographical thinking, and that his intention is to provide a sufficiently large and condensed text at a time that manages to vividly summarized the main currents of different times and thought of the authors._x000D_
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With this new edition, thoroughly revised and expanded until today, especially with regard to literature, philosophy, Spanish and the latest trends of thought, Herder Editorial want to pay tribute to one of the great authors and guide the eye of the lovers of philosophy to a mirror that reflects the faces and concerns of our time.