Little Histories: A Little History of Philosophy (Paperback)

from MarcusBastos

Western Philosophy in a Glance This is an introductory book. It gives basic informations about a wide range of philosophers in western tradition. The author presents the philosophers in a chronological order, beginning with greek's philosophy and ending with Peter Singer. The text is clear and ac...

from mausergem

The author gives an approximately 10 page account of philosophers starting from Socrates to Peter Singer. He briefly speaks about their lives and their work. This book is like an introduction to the major western philosophers. It's easy for everyone to understand and interesting. A 4/5 stars read.

from reellis67

This book is a high-level review of many, many philosophical thinkers, very much like what you would have gotten in a Philosophy 100 survey class in college. Each thinker is given a brief contextual description so that you have some idea of the world in which they lived (which is a nice thing to ...

from automatthias

Each chapter was devoted to one school of thought in philosophy, represented sometimes by a single name, and sometimes by multiple. I listened to it as an audiobook, and it worked really well in this format, better than, say The Problems with Philosophy by Bertrand Russell. Warburton's writing st...

from dcarrion

Very interesting, very entertaining. Highly recommended for beginners in phylosophy