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Socrates’ Children - An Introduction to Philosophy from the 100 Greatest Philosophers: Volume I: Ancient Philosophers - cover

Socrates’ Children - An Introduction to Philosophy from the 100 Greatest Philosophers: Volume I: Ancient Philosophers

Peter Kreeft

Editorial: Word on Fire

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Peter Kreeft, esteemed philosophy professor and author of over eighty books, has taught college philosophy for sixty years. Throughout those decades, he yearned for a beginner's philosophy text that was clear, accessible, enjoyable, and exciting (perhaps even funny). Finding none that met those criteria, he eventually decided to write it himself.  In this four-volume series, Kreeft delivers, with his characteristic wit and clarity, an introduction to philosophy via the hundred greatest philosophers of all time. Socrates’ Children examines the big ideas of four major eras―ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary―and immerses the reader in the “great conversation,” the ongoing dialogue among the great thinkers of history, including the most influential philosopher of all: Socrates, the father of Western philosophy.  Volume I: Ancient Philosophers investigates the foundations of philosophy laid by the ancient sages, Greeks, and Romans and introduces the philosophers who asked the first great philosophical questions―about good and evil; truth and falsehood; wisdom, beauty, and love; and the self, the world, and God. 
Disponible desde: 27/02/2023.
Longitud de impresión: 216 páginas.

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