Samuel Enoch Stumpf Book order (chronological)
Samuel Enoch Stumpf was an emeritus professor of philosophy and law at Vanderbilt University. His extensive academic career involved teaching and writing on key philosophical and legal themes. Stumpf explored the relationship between morality and law, and examined the history of philosophical thought from antiquity to modern times. His works serve as foundational texts for students of philosophy.


Since its publication in 1966, "Socrates to Sartre" has maintained its position as a clear, accessible and historically arranged undergraduate introduction to philosophy. This fifth edition adds coverage of 20th-century philosophers such Richard Rorty and Maurice Merlea-Ponty.