For courses in Introduction to Philosophy, History of Philosophy, History of Western Civilization, and Western Intellectual History.
Esteemed for providing the best available translations, Philosophic Classics: From Plato to Derrida, features complete works or complete sections of the most important works by the major thinkers, as well as shorter samples from transitional thinkers.
First published in 1961, Forrest E. Baird's revision of Philosophic Classics, Pearson Education's long-standing anthology (available in split volumes), continues the tradition of providing generations of students with high quality course material. Using the complete works, or where appropriate, complete sections of works, this anthology allows philosophers to speak directly to students.  
In addition, the pluthora of material within the main anthology, or each period volume, allows professors to tailor the readings to their classroom needs.  For, those who either use this text in a traditional semester long course, or those that offer the course year after year, will find that it offers an opportunity to "change the menu" as often as needed - without having to assign multiple books!