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An intelligent person's guide to philosophy by Roger Scruton · Booklabria

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An intelligent person's guide to philosophy

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First published: 1996
Language: English
Editions: 4

Synopsis

A delightfully clear primer in philosophy for those who want to understand it in plain human terms. At once brilliant and witty, it is, in my opinion, the best introduction to the subject since Will Durant's Story of Philosophy. Yet this book, unlike Durant's book, is not a survey of past thinkers. Instead, it a primer on how to think philosophically for oneself. Roger Scruton's comments on Wagner's music are particularly well struck chords!

Subjects: Philosophy
Introductions
Philosophy, introductions
Characters: Immanuel Kant
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Richard Wagner

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