50 Philosophy Classics: Your Shortcut to the Most Important Ideas on Being, Truth, and Meaning

By Tom Butler-Bowdon

Book Overview

From Aristotle to Wittgenstein, 50 Philosophy Classics provides a lively entry point to "The King of Disciplines," helping readers comprehend key questions - and possible answers - at the center of human existence.For over 2,000 years, philosophy has been our best guide to the experience of being human, and the true nature of reality.

From Aristotle, Plato, Epicurus, Confucius, Cicero and Heraclitus in ancient times to 17th century rationalists Descartes, Leibniz and Spinoza, from 20th-century greats Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Baudrillard and Simone de Beauvoir to contemporary thinkers Michael Sandel, Peter Singer and Slavoj Zizek, 50 Philosophy Classics explores key writings that have shaped the discipline and had an impact on the real world.

Philosophy can no longer be confined to academia, and 50 Philosophy Classics shows how powerful it can be as a tool for opening our minds and helping us think. Whether you are fascinated or daunted by the big questions of how to think, how to be, how to act and how to see, this is the perfect introduction to some of humanity's greatest minds and their landmark books.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1473655420
• ISBN13: 9781473655423
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"