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liedora's review against another edition
4.0
This book is one of a collection of 30-second books. This doesn’t mean it takes you 30 seconds to read the entire thing, now that would be silly, it means it takes several schools of philosophy and gives a base explanation in nothing more than two pages per school. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and it’s one of those books I like to have lying around to dip in and out of at will; however, on my first read through I did start at the beginning at go through to the end.
The book and its contents are simple, straightforward and easy to understand, each being given a two page spread with about 300 words, some fun facts and an illustration that may, or may not relate to what you’ve just read. Various schools of thought are covered by dividing the book into seven chapters such as language and logic and religion to name but two, and this all ties together into a neat little package that is more an historical review than a guide to current thinking in this field.
I enjoyed this book, and other in the series, because they expand on my knowledge or actually give me ammunition when faced with a conversation on a subject I’ve not studied; and every reader needs to be well armed at the dinner party of today, all written in language that the lay-person can understand.
I would recommend this book to those readers who are looking for something educational, fun and interesting to read, and those readers looking for an introduction to philosophy.
Originally reviewed on: http://catesbooknuthut.com/2013/12/03/review-30-second-philosophies-the-50-most-thought-provoking-philosophies-each-explained-in-half-a-minute-barry-loewer-editor-julian-baggini-contributor-et-al/
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The book and its contents are simple, straightforward and easy to understand, each being given a two page spread with about 300 words, some fun facts and an illustration that may, or may not relate to what you’ve just read. Various schools of thought are covered by dividing the book into seven chapters such as language and logic and religion to name but two, and this all ties together into a neat little package that is more an historical review than a guide to current thinking in this field.
I enjoyed this book, and other in the series, because they expand on my knowledge or actually give me ammunition when faced with a conversation on a subject I’ve not studied; and every reader needs to be well armed at the dinner party of today, all written in language that the lay-person can understand.
I would recommend this book to those readers who are looking for something educational, fun and interesting to read, and those readers looking for an introduction to philosophy.
Originally reviewed on: http://catesbooknuthut.com/2013/12/03/review-30-second-philosophies-the-50-most-thought-provoking-philosophies-each-explained-in-half-a-minute-barry-loewer-editor-julian-baggini-contributor-et-al/
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
lakingsdave's review against another edition
4.0
I wasn't expecting much with this book, to be honest. I got it on sale for a few dollars and thought it might be interesting. There is nothing really in-depth here, that you would expect from a philosophy book like this. I did learn a few things from it though, so that was nice. Also, it made me want to read some more books about philosophy.
breakofdae's review against another edition
4.0
A good and quick introduction to various philosophies with some humor thrown in.
mayo_confessionary's review
It felt so boring, the language was technical and like I was dragging my mind on sandpaper. Didn't think philosophy will have so much math. I will attempt to read it later.
jancybrew's review against another edition
4.0
A good starting point for learning about philosophies.