The Everything Philosophy Book: Understanding the Basic Concepts of Great Thinkers-Socrates to Sartre (Everything Series)

At last, you can grasp the most difficult concepts of thought! If you've always wanted to learn about philosophy but were too intimidated to get past the first word ending in "ism," The Everything Philosophy Book provides simple explanations guaranteed to make philosophic ideas and concepts easy to understand. This entertaining book offers a broad overview of many diverse schools of thought—from antiquity up through the present day. In plain English, author James Mannion explains all of the great philosophies—and even provides contemporary examples to put them in perspective. Interspersed are fascinating sidebars that offer helpful hints toward understanding complex concepts and little-known facts about the lives of great philosophers. The Everything Philosophy Book delves into the minds of such philosophers as: -Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle -Augustine and Aquinas -Buddha and Confucius -Spinoza and Descartes -Locke and Hume -Voltaire and Rousseau -Mill and Nietzsche -Russell and Sartre Endlessly fascinating—and always clear and concise— The Everything Philosophy Book will be welcomed by anyone who wants to broaden his or her outlook on life. For those who have always wanted to learn philosophy but were too intimidated, here is a book that finally makes philosophic ideas and concepts accessible. The Three Sages: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; The Decline and Fall of the Hellenistic Period; The Medieval Mind; The Renaissance Period; Humanism; The Protestant Reformation; The Scientific Revolution; British Empiricism; French Enlightenment; German Idealism; Utilitarianism; Phenomenology and Existentialism; Modern and Postmodem Philosophers; Soclology and Anthropology; Psychology; Eastern School of Thought; The Big Three Religions; The Forgotten Philosophers; Philosophy and the Couch Potato Describes the important figures, ideas, and schools of thought in the history of philosophy, covering concepts from various cultures, and includes a glossary