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Release Date: September 28, 2021
ISBN: 9781632280770
eISBN: 9781632281340

Little Book of Philosophy: An Introduction to the Key Thinkers and Theories You Need to Know

by Rachel Poulton

If you want to know your Socrates from your Sartre and your Confucius from your Kant, strap in for this whirlwind tour of the highlights of philosophy. Including accessible primers on:

— The early Ancient Greek philosophers and the ‘big three’: Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
— Key schools of philosophy and their impact on modern life
— Insights into the main questions philosophers have explored over the years: Who am I? What is the meaning of life? Do I have free will?
—Practical applications for the theories of Descartes, Kant, Wollstonecraft, Marx, Nietzsche and many more.

This illuminating little book will introduce you to the key thinkers, themes and theories you need to know to understand how human ideas have sculpted the world we live in and the way we think today.

 
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About the author Rachel Poulton
 

Rachel Poulton is a writer, photographer and art and philosophy teacher who writes about philosophy, music and messy hair and loves to explore life's mysteries. She lives in West Sussex with her two curious and wonder- filled children.


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Little Book of Philosophy: An Introduction to the Key Thinkers and Theories You Need to Know
 
 

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