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Book Synopsis Socrates in 90 Minutes by : Paul Strathern
Download or read book Socrates in 90 Minutes written by Paul Strathern and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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.
Book Synopsis Aristotle in 90 Minutes by : Paul Strathern
Download or read book Aristotle in 90 Minutes written by Paul Strathern and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 1996-09-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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.
Book Synopsis Plato in 90 Minutes by : Paul Strathern
Download or read book Plato in 90 Minutes written by Paul Strathern and published by Philosophers in 90 Minutes. This book was released on 1996 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age when philosophers had scarcely glimpsed the horizons of the mind, a boy named Aristocles decided to forgo his ambitions as a wrestler. Adopting the nickname Plato, he embarked instead on a life in philosophy. In 387 B.C. he founded the Academy, the world's first university, and taught his students that all we see is no reality but merely a reproduction of the true source. And in his famous Republic he described the politics of "the highest form of state". In Plato in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Plato's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Plato's work; a brief list of suggested reading for those who wish to push further; and chronologies that place Plato within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy.
Book Synopsis Socrates: Philosophy in an Hour by : Paul Strathern
Download or read book Socrates: Philosophy in an Hour written by Paul Strathern and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-05-17 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Socrates in just one hour.
Book Synopsis Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes by : Paul Strathern
Download or read book Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes written by Paul Strathern and published by Philosophers in 90 Minutes. This book was released on 1997 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensible and interesting to almost everyone.
Book Synopsis Descartes in 90 Minutes by : Paul Strathern
Download or read book Descartes in 90 Minutes written by Paul Strathern and published by Philosophers in 90 Minutes. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensible and interesting to almost everyone.
Book Synopsis Derrida in 90 Minutes by : Paul Strathern
Download or read book Derrida in 90 Minutes written by Paul Strathern and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 2000-11-10 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “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.
Book Synopsis After Many a Summer Dies the Swan by : Aldous Huxley
Download or read book After Many a Summer Dies the Swan written by Aldous Huxley and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Ape and Essence written by Aldous Huxley and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 1992-08-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Aldous Huxley's Brave New World first appeared in 1932, it presented in terms of purest fantasy a society bent on self-destruction. Few of its outraged critics anticipated the onset of another world war with its Holocaust and atomic ruin. In 1948, seeing that the probable shape of his anti-utopia had been altered inevitably by the facts of history, Huxley wrote Ape and Essence. In this savage novel, using the form of a film scenario, he transports us to the year 2108. The setting is Los Angeles where a "rediscovery expedition" from New Zealand is trying to make sense of what is left. From chief botanist Alfred Poole we learn, to our dismay, about the twenty-second-century way of life. "It was inevitable that Mr. Huxley should have written this book: one could almost have seen it since Hiroshima is the necessary sequel to Brave New World."—Alfred Kazin. "The book has a certain awesome impressiveness; its sheer intractable bitterness cannot but affect the reader."—Time.
Book Synopsis A Fever in Salem by : Laurie Winn Carlson
Download or read book A Fever in Salem written by Laurie Winn Carlson and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 1999-07-20 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new interpretation of the New England Witch Trials offers an innovative, well-grounded explanation of witchcraft's link to organic illness. While most historians have concentrated on the accused, Laurie Winn Carlson focuses on the afflicted. Systematically comparing the symptoms recorded in colonial diaries and court records to those of the encephalitis epidemic in the early twentieth century, she argues convincingly that the victims suffered from the same disease. A unique blend of historical epidemiology and sociology. —Katrina L. Kelner, Science. Meticulously researched...the author marshalls her arguments with clarity and persuasive force. —New Yorker
Book Synopsis The Life and Times of Socrates by : Susan Zannos
Download or read book The Life and Times of Socrates written by Susan Zannos and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Socrates, the great Athenian philosopher, was born during the Golden Age of Greece, one of the most glorious periods in human history. He grew up during the exciting days of Pericles in Athens, in the midst of the flowering of drama and poetry, the creation of magnificent architecture and sculpture, the writing of literature that has inspired mankind for 2,500 years. The glory of Athens, inspired by the Athenians victory over the Persians against great odds, lasted less than 50 years. Socrates lived to see his city conquered by the Spartans and by a terrible plague. He tried to convince his fellow citizens to examine their own beliefs and behavior. The Athenians, looking for someone to blame for their troubles, arrested Socrates. They accused him of corrupting the young men who were his students. Refusing to run away to save his life, he was tried and executed.
Download or read book Socrates written by Paul Johnson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Spectacular . . . A delight to read.” —The Wall Street Journal From bestselling biographer and historian Paul Johnson, a brilliant portrait of Socrates, the founding father of philosophy In his highly acclaimed style, historian Paul Johnson masterfully disentangles centuries of scarce sources to offer a riveting account of Socrates, who is often hailed as the most important thinker of all time. Johnson provides a compelling picture of Athens in the fifth century BCE, and of the people Socrates reciprocally delighted in, as well as many enlightening and intimate analyses of specific aspects of his personality. Enchantingly portraying "the sheer power of Socrates's mind, and its unique combination of steel, subtlety, and frivolity," Paul Johnson captures the vast and intriguing life of a man who did nothing less than supply the basic apparatus of the human mind.
Book Synopsis The Quest for Truth by : Brandon Perron
Download or read book The Quest for Truth written by Brandon Perron and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Quest for Truth chronicles the allegorical journey of Youngblood Hawke as he is transformed from a self-serving soldier of fortune to a warrior prince. Presented with the question and challenge of absolute truth by a mystical sage, Hawke's inability to respond is an epiphany to him and marks the beginning of his struggle and quest. Guided by a beautiful oracle, he is introduced to the teachings of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, Jose Ortega, Shakespeare, and William James spoken through mentors, sages, and prophets. His thoughts become poetically philosophical as he struggles with his own destiny. Marked as a threat to their power and control over humanity, the enemies of change seek to destroy him and his desire to understand. Youngblood Hawke's destiny as a warrior prince is realized when he raises an army of "Select Warriors" and leads them against the "mass", a secret and powerful society controlling many of the world's governments. Youngblood Hawke quickly learns that the spiritual and philosophical battle for truth will not only be waged on the battlefield but also within the darkest confines of the human mind, heart, and soul.
Book Synopsis Heidegger in 90 Minutes by : Paul Strathern
Download or read book Heidegger in 90 Minutes written by Paul Strathern and published by Philosophers in 90 Minutes. This book was released on 2002 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 comprehensible 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. 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 theme. I find them hard to stop reading. --Richard Bernstein, New York Times. Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise. --Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal
Book Synopsis Descartes: Philosophy in an Hour by : Paul Strathern
Download or read book Descartes: Philosophy in an Hour written by Paul Strathern and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Descartes in just one hour.
Book Synopsis Schopenhauer in 90 Minutes by : Paul Strathern
Download or read book Schopenhauer in 90 Minutes written by Paul Strathern and published by Philosophers in 90 Minutes Series. This book was released on 1999 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1906 Original Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons Subjects: Pioneers Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) Mohawk River (N.Y.) Susquehanna River Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) New York (State) Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) Mohawk River (N.Y.) Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) Pioneer New York (N.Y.) Nature / Rivers History / United States / State
Book Synopsis Socratic Seminars in the Block by : Wanda H. Ball
Download or read book Socratic Seminars in the Block written by Wanda H. Ball and published by Eye On Education. This book was released on 2000 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how teachers can plan and implement Socratic Seminars, a strategy that is particularly appropriate for teaching in a block schedule and which leads to active learning.
