Bertrand Russell in 90 Minutes

Author: Paul Strathern
Publisher: Philosophers in 90 Minutes (Pa
ISBN: 9781566633574
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization."--Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. "Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them....I find them hard to stop reading."--Richard Bernstein, New York Times. "Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise."--Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal. These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensive and interesting to almost everyone. Far from being a novelty, each book is a highly refined appraisal of the philosopher and his work, authoritative and clearly presented.

Bertrand Russell in 90 Minutes

Author: Paul Strathern
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Aristotle in 90 Minutes

Author: Paul Strathern
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
ISBN: 1461709741
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
“Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one’s friends to Western civilization.”—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. “Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them....I find them hard to stop reading.”—Richard Bernstein, New York Times. “Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise.”—Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal. These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensive and interesting to almost everyone. Far from being a novelty, each book is a highly refined appraisal of the philosopher and his work, authoritative and clearly presented.

Socrates in 90 Minutes

Author: Paul Strathern
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
ISBN: 1461703557
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 94

Derrida in 90 Minutes

Author: Paul Strathern
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
ISBN: 1461662370
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 97

The Problems of Philosophy

Author: Bertrand Russell
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0192854232
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 129

Book Description
This classic work, first published in 1912, has never been supplanted as an approachable introduction to the theory of philosophical enquiry. It gives Russell's views on such subjects as the distinction between appearance and reality, the existence and nature of matter, idealism, knowledge by acquaintance and by description, induction, truth and falsehood, the distinction between knowledge, error and probable opinion, and the limits and value of philosophical knowledge.

Machiavelli in 90 Minutes

Author: Paul Strathern
Publisher: Philosophers in 90 Minutes Series
ISBN: 9781566632126
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Offers a brief profile of the Italian philosopher, discusses his works, and assesses the influence of his theories.

After Many a Summer Dies the Swan

Author: Aldous Huxley
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee
ISBN: 1461741351
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369

Book Description
A Hollywood millionaire with a terror of death, whose personal physician happens to be working on a theory of longevity-these are the elements of Aldous Huxley's caustic and entertaining satire on man's desire to live indefinitely. With his customary wit and intellectual sophistication, Huxley pursues his characters in their quest for the eternal, finishing on a note of horror. "This is Mr. Huxley's Hollywood novel, and you might expect it to be fantastic, extravagant, crazy and preposterous. It is all that, and heaven and hell too....It is the kind of novel that he is particularly the master of, where the most extraordinary and fortuitous events are followed by contemplative little essays on the meaning of life....The story is outrageously good."—New York Times. "A highly sensational plot that will keep astonishing you to practically the final sentence."—The New Yorker. "Mr. Huxley's elegant mockery, his cruel aptness of phrase, the revelations and the ingenious surprises he springs on the reader are those of a master craftsman; Mr. Huxley is at the top of his form." —London Times Literary Supplement.

What I Believe

Author: Bertrand Russell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethics
Languages : en
Pages : 104

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The Value of Philosophy

Author: Bertrand Russell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781549905544
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 27

Book Description
"The Value of Philosophy" is one of the most important chapters of Bertrand's Russell's magnum Opus, The Problems of Philosophy. As a whole, Russell focuses on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics: If it is uncertain that external objects exist, how can we then have knowledge of them but by probability. There is no reason to doubt the existence of external objects simply because of sense data.