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I use this as the intro text for a high school philosophy class and though i disagree with the interpretations of various philo... Read More
In keeping with the spirit of the book ill keep this review short and end here
The book begins with the provocativeness of the major greek philosopher socrates moving on to his pupil plato’s metaphor of the... Read More
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Some of the hardest concepts are explained in laymans language
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- This product had a total of 642 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 14 2022.
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Warburton manages to grab some of the best insights of great philosophers and bring them to the bloodflow of any intellectually curious reader outside of the narrow confines of contemporary philosophy
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A personal view of the human history by a scholar who knows history deeply in a informal language
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This would be a good place to start if you want to get back into the philosophy you might have studied as an undergrad in an intro class
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Enough meat on the bone here to be useful but not enough to put you to sleep
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The author however does leave his role as dispassionate narrator when he dismisses anyone who believes in god as an idiot and inserts a chapter on darwin even though hes not a philosopher
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Good for the beginner but also the enthusiast looking for a refresher to pull their knowledge together
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Im not sure yet if it will click for my 12 yr old
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As any other list the philosophers included and left over are based on the criteria of the author
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