The Little Book of Philosophy

by Frank Wynne (Translator), Frank Wynne (Translator), Andre Comte-Sponville (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2005

  $13.72

  In this remarkable little book, Andre Comte-Sponville introduces the reader to the western philosophical tradition in a series of sparkling chapters on the 'big questions'. In doing so he reveals the essential bones of philosophical thought and shows why philosophy is relevant in our day-to-day lives. In his brilliant and concise writing on morality, politics, love, death, knowledge, freedom, God, atheism, art, time, Man, and wisdom, he inspires the central question of philosophy - how should we live? - and provides the reader with signposts towards a happier, wiser life.

• Used

  Hardcover
  2004

  $3.25

  In twelve brilliant, concise essays, Andre Comte-Sponville introduces twelve central philosophical concepts in the terms that we all use the words, and in which philosophers from Plato and Aristotle onwards have explored them:Morality, Politics, Love, Death, Knowledge, Liberty, God, Atheism, Art, Time, Man and WisdomPreludes to Philosophy is as sparklingly written and as thought-provoking and brilliant as the same author's international bestseller, A Short Treatise on the Great Virtues.