Pathways of Philosophy by Manly P. Hall

A study of the descent of Western idealism in the Platonic and Neoplatonic traditions as continued by outstanding creative thinkers from St. Thomas Aquinas to Ralph Waldo Emerson. Includes as well the following representatives of the Platonic descent: Paracelsus, Francis Bacon, Jakob Boehme, and Immanuel Kant.

These philosophers and mystics have influenced profoundly the entire course of modern civilization. Their lives are significant, for only when we know the men themselves can we interpret correctly the force and character of their ideals through the examples of their lives and ideas.

CONTENTS:
I. Neoplatonic Metaphysics
II. Scholasticism
III. Neoplatonists of the Renaissance
IV. The Advancement of Learning
V. The Mystical Tradition
VI. The Messiah of Pure Reason
VII. The New England Transcendentalists
VIII. The Neoplatonic Restoration

Hall travelled extensively in Europe, Asia, and Central America, and assembled a magnificent library. He gave nearly seven thousand different lectures and talks and appeared on numerous radio and television stations throughout the United States. He wrote over thirty-five books, scores of essays, and hundreds of articles.