5440106
9781934389027
Why does philosophy give some people a headache, others a real buzz, and yet others a feeling that it is subversive and dangerous? Why do a lot of people think philosophy is totally irrelevant? What is philosophy anyway? The ABCs of philosophy?--easy to understand but never simplistic. Beginning with basic questions posed by the ancient Greeks - What is knowledge? What is good and evil? "Philosophy For Beginners" traces the answers given by western philosophy over the last 2,500 years.Osborne, Richard is the author of 'Philosophy for Beginners ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781934389027 and ISBN 1934389021.
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