
Ben Dupré
Author of 50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know
About the Author
Works by Ben Dupré
50 Political Ideas You Really Need to Know (50 Ideas You Really Need to Know) (2011) 144 copies, 2 reviews
50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know (50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series) (2013) 45 copies, 1 review
Where History Was Made: Landmarks of World History from Thermopylae to Ground Zero (2009) 27 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Dupré, Ben
- Birthdate
- 1972-10-08
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Oxford (Exeter|Classics)
- Occupations
- publisher
writer - Organizations
- Oxford University Press
- Places of residence
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Reviews
"Politika supozohet të jetë profesioni i dytë më i vjetër në botë" bënte shaka Ronald Reagan në vitin 1977. "Kam arritur të kuptoj se ka mjaft ngjashmëri me profesionin e parë në botë". Duke i kërkuar ndjesë njeriut që do të bëhej presidenti i 40 – të i SHBA, mund të ndodhë që profesioni i dytë më i vjetër në botë të jetë në fakt më i vjetër sesa profesioni i parë.
Meqënëse mënyra e sjelljes nga ana politike është, në mënyrë të argumentueshme, e show more pandarë nga të qenit njeri. Përkufizimi i Aristotelit për qeniet njerëzore si zoa politike (kafshë politike) bazohet në pikëpamjet e tij se populli shpreh veten më plotësisht dhe në mënyrë karakteristike brenda kontekstit të qytetit – shtet grek apo polis, fjalë nga e cila rrjedh "politikë".
Atëherë, "polis", habitati natyral i kafshëve politike ku ata ndërveprojnë bashkërisht për të vendosur ligjet dhe për të ngritur institucione në të cilat varet rendi social dhe drejtësia. Nëqoftëse njerëzit janë politikë në thelb, rrjedh se jeta pa politikë është e pamundur. show less
Meqënëse mënyra e sjelljes nga ana politike është, në mënyrë të argumentueshme, e show more pandarë nga të qenit njeri. Përkufizimi i Aristotelit për qeniet njerëzore si zoa politike (kafshë politike) bazohet në pikëpamjet e tij se populli shpreh veten më plotësisht dhe në mënyrë karakteristike brenda kontekstit të qytetit – shtet grek apo polis, fjalë nga e cila rrjedh "politikë".
Atëherë, "polis", habitati natyral i kafshëve politike ku ata ndërveprojnë bashkërisht për të vendosur ligjet dhe për të ngritur institucione në të cilat varet rendi social dhe drejtësia. Nëqoftëse njerëzit janë politikë në thelb, rrjedh se jeta pa politikë është e pamundur. show less
The perfect introduction to the central ideas of philosophy now available in audio format.
Have you ever lain awake at night fretting over how we can be sure of the reality of the external world? Perhaps we are in fact disembodied brains, floating in vats at the whim of some deranged puppet-master?
If so, you are not alone - and what's more, you are in exalted company. For this question and other ones like it have been the stuff of philosophical rumination from Plato to Popper.
In a series of show more accessible and engaging short lectures delivered in the deep chocolate tones of reader Laurence Kennedy, 50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know introduces and explains the problems of knowledge, consciousness, identity, ethics, belief, justice, and aesthetics that have engaged the attention of thinkers from the era of the ancient Greeks to the present day. show less
Have you ever lain awake at night fretting over how we can be sure of the reality of the external world? Perhaps we are in fact disembodied brains, floating in vats at the whim of some deranged puppet-master?
If so, you are not alone - and what's more, you are in exalted company. For this question and other ones like it have been the stuff of philosophical rumination from Plato to Popper.
In a series of show more accessible and engaging short lectures delivered in the deep chocolate tones of reader Laurence Kennedy, 50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know introduces and explains the problems of knowledge, consciousness, identity, ethics, belief, justice, and aesthetics that have engaged the attention of thinkers from the era of the ancient Greeks to the present day. show less
I enjoyed this book and was disappointed. It does provide a brief overview to 50 interesting topics, but it provides too little information. It does little more than just whet the appetite, not even enough to figure out if a more in-depth study would be interesting to you.
I did like the layout. Each topic is two pages. There is a block of related information, a timeline of 4-5 major events related to the topic, and the text has about 3 or 4 tipics in easy-to-see section.
The quality of show more information is good when you have no, or very little, prior knowedge on the topic. But it is light reading and good as a reminder or refresher. show less
I did like the layout. Each topic is two pages. There is a block of related information, a timeline of 4-5 major events related to the topic, and the text has about 3 or 4 tipics in easy-to-see section.
The quality of show more information is good when you have no, or very little, prior knowedge on the topic. But it is light reading and good as a reminder or refresher. show less
This is a well-written primer for non-philosophical types as well as a great memory-jogger for philosophy buffs. I was surprised by how well it tackled a wide variety of topics.
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