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For readers of E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, an equally irresistible volume that brings history's greatest philosophers to life'A primer in human existence: philosophy has rarely seemed so lucid, so important, so worth doing and so easy to enter into.... A wonderful introduction for anyone who's ever felt curious about almost anything.'—Sarah Bakewell, author of How To Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them how little they genuinely understood. This engaging book introduces the great thinkers in Western philosophy and explores their most compelling ideas about the world and how best to live in it.In forty brief chapters, Nigel Warburton guides us on a chronological tour of the major ideas in the history of philosophy. He provides interesting and often quirky stories of the lives and deaths of thought-provoking philosophers from Socrates, who chose to die by hemlock poisoning rather

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Author

Nigel Warburton

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300187793

Category

philosophy

Subjects

Fiction, Philosophy, History

Rating

4.6 / 5 (1,274 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14