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An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy

By Roger Scruton

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Group
Year
1996
ISBN
0713992263
Open Library ID
OL692398M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17905965 bytes)
Pages
182\182
Time added
2015-03-22 20:54:43

Description

"Philosophy's the 'love of wisdom', can be approached in two ways: by doing it, or by studying how it has been done," so writes the eminent philosopher Roger Scruton. In this user-friendly book, he chooses to introduce philosophy by doing it. Taking the discipline beyond theory and "intellectualism," he presents it in an empirical, accessible, and practical light. The result is not a history of the field but a vivid, energetic, and personal account to guide the reader making his or her own venture into philosophy. Addressing a range of subjects from freedom, God, reality, and morality, to sex, music, and history, Scruton argues philosophy's relevance not just to intellectual questions, but to contemporary life.

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