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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. I started to read this because I wanted to get a nice spring reading of popularized philosophy. I had heard good things about this series. I got through the first three articles (Socrates, Plato and Descartes), and stopped. Those articles were meandering, and did not seem to have good points. They also were not at all well popularized. (  )JapaG | May 18, 2009 |   The Great Philosophers brings together in one volume and in chronological order the best from a successful series:- Anthony Gottlieb on Socrates Bernard Williams on Plato John Cottingham on Descartes Roger Scruton on Spinoza David Berman on Berkeley Anthony Quinton on Hume Terry Eagleton on Marx Ray Monk on Russell Jonathan Ree on Heidegger Peter Hacker on Wittgenst Frederic Raphael on Popper Andrew Hodges on Turing antimuzak | Aug 18, 2006 | 0.041 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0415928176, Hardcover)The twelve essays in this volume are not only introductions to some of the most influential thinkers in human history but are also invitations for the reader to participate in a living debate. "What is justice?" "What is truth?" These questions, first posed by Socrates two and a half millennia ago, have lost none of their power to baffle. And while many philosophers have claimed to answer them, ultimately the questions return, compelling us once again.The authors of these essays are distinguished philosophers in their own right. They engage with philosophical ideas rather than merely relaying them. By choosing a specific aspect of their subject's work, they liberate the great philosophers from textbook clichés--revealing them in all their freshness and originality. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:19 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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