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3 reviews for:
A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes
Witold Gombrowicz, Benjamin Ivry
3.17 AVERAGE
3 reviews for:
A Guide to Philosophy in Six Hours and Fifteen Minutes
Witold Gombrowicz, Benjamin Ivry
3.17 AVERAGE
3.5 stars is what I would really like to give this book. A concise, cheeky overview.
I like Gombrowicz's fiction and don't know much about philosophy, so I thought I'd try it. I did learn a lot and I liked his tone, but it would probably be better for me to read more deeply before getting a condensed overview.
I would probably recommend it to those who took a good philosophy course in college (I unwisely sidestepped it) and want a fun refresher.
I like Gombrowicz's fiction and don't know much about philosophy, so I thought I'd try it. I did learn a lot and I liked his tone, but it would probably be better for me to read more deeply before getting a condensed overview.
I would probably recommend it to those who took a good philosophy course in college (I unwisely sidestepped it) and want a fun refresher.
Ah, Gombrowicz! This really is a guide to philosophy - although anyone who could read it, let alone grasp the depth of the analysis in 6 hours and 15 minutes, is way beyond my capabilities. Brilliant, caustic, critical, complementary, challenging - and Gombrowicz to the core. I'll have to mark it down as one to re-read when I'm lying on a beach somewhere and can really just read a chapter a day; I sometimes read three chapters in a day, and it was just too much analysis to hold in my head!
An elegant leap through the history of philosophy hindered and weakened by ludicrous and simply asinine commentary on Marxism and a borderline empty understanding of Nietzsche. Nonetheless, a particularly resounding analysis and summation of existential philosophy can be found here for those curious.