A Little History of Philosophy - Nigel Warburton - Google Books Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More » Sign in Books Try the new Google Books Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features Try it now No thanks Try the new Google Books Try the new Google Books My library Help Advanced Book Search Buy eBook - $15.00 Get this book in print Yale University Press Amazon.com Barnes&Noble.com Books-A-Million IndieBound Find in a library All sellers » A Little History of Philosophy Nigel Warburton Yale University Press, Oct 25, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 260 pages 8 Reviews For readers of E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, an equally irresistible volume that brings history's greatest philosophers to life Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them how little they genuinely understood. This engaging book introduces the great thinkers in Western philosophy and explores their most compelling ideas about the world and how best to live in it. In forty brief chapters, Nigel Warburton guides us on a chronological tour of the major ideas in the history of philosophy. He provides interesting and often quirky stories of the lives and deaths of thought-provoking philosophers from Socrates, who chose to die by hemlock poisoning rather than live on without the freedom to think for himself, to Peter Singer, who asks the disquieting philosophical and ethical questions that haunt our own times. Warburton not only makes philosophy accessible, he offers inspiration to think, argue, reason, and ask in the tradition of Socrates. A Little History of Philosophy presents the grand sweep of humanity's search for philosophical understanding and invites all to join in the discussion.   Preview this book » What people are saying - Write a review User ratings 5 stars 3 4 stars 3 3 stars 2 2 stars 0 1 star 0 LibraryThing Review User Review  - MarcusBastos - LibraryThingWestern 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 ... Read full review LibraryThing Review User Review  - automatthias - LibraryThingEach 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 ... Read full review Selected pages Title Page Table of Contents Index Contents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 CHAPTER 22 CHAPTER 23 CHAPTER 24 CHAPTER 25 CHAPTER 26 CHAPTER 27 CHAPTER 28 CHAPTER 29 More CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 CHAPTER 13 CHAPTER 14 CHAPTER 15 CHAPTER 16 CHAPTER 17 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 19 CHAPTER 20 CHAPTER 21 CHAPTER 30 CHAPTER 31 CHAPTER 32 CHAPTER 33 CHAPTER 34 CHAPTER 35 CHAPTER 36 CHAPTER 37 CHAPTER 38 CHAPTER 39 CHAPTER 40 Index Copyright Less Other editions - View all A Little History of Philosophy Nigel Warburton Limited preview - 2011 A Little History of Philosophy Nigel Warburton No preview available - 2012 Common terms and phrases accept according achieve action animals answer argued argument asked become believed better body called cause century chance CHAPTER choice Christian comes completely death Descartes described designed didn't difficult don't everything evidence evil example exist experience explain fact false feel follow forced freedom give going happen happiness Hegel human idea imagine important individual interested James Kant keep kill kind known language later live Locke logic look matter mean meant Mill mind moral nature never pain perhaps person philosophers Plato pleasure possible probably problem prove question reality realize reason religion result scientists seems sense sentence simply society Socrates someone sort statement stop suggested sure tell theory things thought true truth turn understand whole wouldn't writing wrong wrote young About the author (2011) Nigel Warburton is a freelance philosopher, bestselling author of many popular introductions to philosophy, and co-host of the much-loved Philosophy Bites podcast. He lives in Oxford, UK. Bibliographic information Title A Little History of Philosophy Little Histories Little Histories Series Author Nigel Warburton Edition unabridged Publisher Yale University Press, 2011 ISBN 0300177542, 9780300177541 Length 260 pages Subjects Philosophy  › History & Surveys  › General Biography & Autobiography / Philosophers Philosophy / History & Surveys / General     Export Citation BiBTeX EndNote RefMan About Google Books - Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Information for Publishers - Report an issue - Help - Google Home