Philosophy for Beginners
Author | : Richard Osborne |
Publisher | : Red Wheel/Weiser |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2007-08-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781934389027 |
ISBN-13 | : 1934389021 |
Rating | : 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Download or read book Philosophy for Beginners written by Richard Osborne and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does philosophy give some people a headache, others a real buzz, and yet others a feeling that it is subversive and dangerous? Why do a lot of people think philosophy is totally irrelevant? What is philosophy anyway? The ABCs of philosophy - easy to understand but never simplistic. Beginning with basic questions posed by the ancient Greeks - What is the world made of? What is a man? What is knowledge? What is good and evil? - Philosophy For Beginners traces the development of these questions as the key to understanding how Western philosophy developed over the last 2,500 years.