What the tortoise taught us : the story of philosophy : Porter, Burton Frederick : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Skip to main content See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building façade. An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a magnifying glass. An illustration of a horizontal line over an up pointing arrow. Upload An illustration of a person's head and chest. Sign up | Log in An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine An illustration of an open book. Books An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio An illustration of a 3.5" floppy disk. Software An illustration of two photographs. Images An illustration of a heart shape Donate An illustration of text ellipses. More An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon. About Blog Projects Help Donate An illustration of a heart shape Contact Jobs Volunteer People Search Metadata Search text contents Search TV news captions Search archived websites Advanced Search Sign up for free Log in What the tortoise taught us : the story of philosophy Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item EMBED EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) [archiveorg whattortoisetaug00port width=560 height=384 frameborder=0 webkitallowfullscreen=true mozallowfullscreen=true] Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! No_Favorite share flag Flag this item for Graphic Violence Graphic Sexual Content texts What the tortoise taught us : the story of philosophy by Porter, Burton Frederick Publication date 2010 Topics Philosophy Publisher Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Collection printdisabled; librarygenesis Contributor Library Genesis Language English What the Tortoise Taught Us offers a lively, concise journey through western philosophy that explores the lives of major philosophers, their ideas, and how their thinking continues to influence our lives today. Using a chronological approach, Burton Porter shows how various philosophers address life's big questions. By putting each philosopher and their ideas into historical context, he helps us understand how certain ideas developed based on the thinking of the time, and how those ideas have influenced our modern perceptions. Using familiar language and interesting anecdotes, Porter provides us with an extremely readable and lively history that takes themes that characterize each age to reflect on the greater human experience. The book includes the philosophies and lives of the ancient philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, and continues through time into the Middle Ages with St. Thomas Aquinas, to the Renaissance, and beyond. Porter explores the metaphysics of Descartes and Hobbs; the epistemology of Hume and Berkeley, and the ethics of Kant and Mill among others. Finally he concludes with contemporary issues, including racism, abortion and modern feminism. Porter is able to explain these complex ideas in a clear, simple, and straightforward way. What the Tortoise Taught Us is a balanced and approachable look at life's basic questions through the eyes of the philosophers that have helped shape modern thought. Issue: 2011 12 30 Includes bibliographical references and index Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2013-10-12 04:51:28 City Lanham, Md. External-identifier urn:ddc:190 urn:lcc:B74 .P67 2010 urn:googlebookid:KF6MauIHGKgC urn:libgen:729000/1bf0fa6f6ed8b903251ee67df35e0070 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier whattortoisetaug00port Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t8df94s0k Isbn 9781442205512 9781442205536 1442205512 Lccn 2010019909 Lg_lastmodifieddate 2013-01-08 13:42:29 Noindex true Ocr ABBYY FineReader 9.0 Openlibrary_edition OL25000967M Openlibrary_work OL16113221W Pages 219 Ppi 300 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1442205539 urn:lccn:2010019909 urn:oclc:694787202 urn:oclc:759839323 urn:oclc:768164554 urn:oclc:624547130 urn:oclc:706856397 urn:oclc:766128797 urn:oclc:774509738 urn:oclc:775734029 urn:oclc:779858918 Scandate 2012-02-04 16:00:00 Worldcat (source edition) 624547130 Show More Show Less Full catalog record MARCXML plus-circle Add Review comment Reviews There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to write a review. 5 Views Purchase options Better World Books DOWNLOAD OPTIONS download 1 file ENCRYPTED DAISY download For print-disabled users IN COLLECTIONS Books for People with Print Disabilities Internet Books Uploaded by Aaron Ximm on October 12, 2013 SIMILAR ITEMS (based on metadata) Terms of Service (last updated 12/31/2014)