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rami_anadani's review against another edition
4.0
By no means a comprehensive review of philosophical branches, but I don't think any book with succeed in making the reader acquainted with the most major ideas as good as this book does in 350 pages. A great introduction to philosophy. As expected, it focuses on western philosophy and falls severely short on other philosophies, but again, you can't ask for more in these few pages. Great writing, great illustrations. A fun read to those interested.
nerdy_scholar's review against another edition
5.0
This was a tour de force of the history of human thought. One of the best reads of my entire life. I came out of this reading experience more appreciative of the value of philosophical thought and debate.
tragedeke's review against another edition
3.75
overall pretty good as a basic introduction to philosophers and philosophical thoughts but it focuses too much on white men from western europe: there are a handful of women, people of colour or even people not from western europe versus the majority group in the book
vincentreadswordsandletters's review against another edition
5.0
Basics for over two thousand and half thousand years of thinking.
goldshard13's review against another edition
5.0
Really interesting and thought-provoking. I'd love to read more in this series.