Concept

Continental Europe

Overview

Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous mainland of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands. It can also be referred to ambiguously as the European continent, – which can conversely mean the whole of Europe – and, by some, simply as the Continent. When Eurasia is regarded as a single continent, Europe is treated both as a continent and subcontinent.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for authors).

Philosophers who discussed Continental Europe

• Walter Kaufmann (philosopher)
• Simone Weil
• A. J. Ayer
• Swami Vivekananda
• Robert Boyle
• Jacques Derrida

Related ideas

• Great Britain
• Iceland
• Republic of Ireland
• Ireland
• Faroe Islands
• Malta
• Norway
• Near East
• Norwegian language
• Swedish language
• Sicily
• United Kingdom
• Sweden
• Cyprus
• France
• Carolingian Empire
• Crete
• Denmark
• Europe
• Webster's Dictionary

Opposing perspectives

• Oliver Cromwell

Place in the tradition

Part of Analytic philosophy.

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