Ebook: The Main Trends in Philosophy: A Theoretical Analysis of the History of Philosophy

This monograph is a theoretical i nvestigation of the process of the history of Philosophy. The author examines the polarisation of philosophical systems in their main trends, viz., the materialist and idealist. He traces the struggle between materialism and idealism on the basis of the dialectical-materialist conception of the history of philosophy, and brings out the scientific and cultural-historical significance of dialectical materialism in present-day world philosophical thought.