Overview

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 oneAIs friends to Western civilization.O-Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them...I find them hard to stop reading.O-Richard Bernstein, New York Times. Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise.O-Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal.

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A godsend in this era of the short attention span. -- Daryl Royster Alexander * The New York Times * Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise. -- Jim Holt * The Wall Street Journal * Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them.... I find them hard to stop reading. -- Richard Bernstein * The New York Times * Witty and dramatic.... I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization. -- Katherine A. Powers * The Boston Globe *

A godsend in this era of the short attention span.--Daryl Royster Alexander New York Times

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Paul Strathern was born in London in 1940. He studied physics, chemistry, and math at Trinity College, Dublin, before switching to philosophy. He is the author of several novels, including A Season in Abyssinia, which won a Somerset Maugham prize, and two highly successful series of short introductory books, Philosophers in 90 Minutes and The Big Idea: Scientists Who Changed the World. Paul Strathern lectures in philosophy and science at Kingston University.

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