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vincentreadswordsandletters's review against another edition
5.0
Basics for over two thousand and half thousand years of thinking.
goldshard13's review
5.0
Really interesting and thought-provoking. I'd love to read more in this series.
daphne538's review
DNF @ 7%
thought it would be explained differently... idk ig it just wasn't my type of non-fiction book
thought it would be explained differently... idk ig it just wasn't my type of non-fiction book
monikasreadingadventures's review
5.0
I absolutely loved this book. I've had it for years now dipping in and out of it, reading about the philosophers that interested me at the time. I even used this book at uni, as the book provides such great summaries of the philosopher's main arguments, which was really useful to get the gist of what they were saying, before reading the main text.
Now, I'm out of uni so I decided to read the book cover to cover, which was so much fun as the individual summaries are brief and come with really cool graphics. Also, some of the philosophers' arguments are shown in flow diagrams, which makes them so easy to understand! That was also really cool to see as when I was studying, I would make flow diagrams of the arguments I was learning about or make them for my own essays. Additionally, a few of the philosophers also have a handy 'key works' section, which lets you know about their most famous books.
Honestly, I can't recommend this book enough, whether you're studying philosophy at uni or just interested in it. I loved the format of this book so much that I will be checking out other books in this series soon!
Now, I'm out of uni so I decided to read the book cover to cover, which was so much fun as the individual summaries are brief and come with really cool graphics. Also, some of the philosophers' arguments are shown in flow diagrams, which makes them so easy to understand! That was also really cool to see as when I was studying, I would make flow diagrams of the arguments I was learning about or make them for my own essays. Additionally, a few of the philosophers also have a handy 'key works' section, which lets you know about their most famous books.
Honestly, I can't recommend this book enough, whether you're studying philosophy at uni or just interested in it. I loved the format of this book so much that I will be checking out other books in this series soon!
kahell's review against another edition
3.0
Insightful and organized but not exhaustive. If you know nothing about philosophy it can be a good introduction, though it can also get overwhelming because of the length and the number of philosophers covered. If you know a little bit it can get annoying because it tends to cherry pick a philosopher's ideas on a single subject that works best for the timeline. For example, my biggest irk was how it focused on Hobbes and Locke's views on epistemology instead of their political philosophy which is arguably more influential. Not the best resource but if you just want an overview of what types of philosophies are out there then go for it.
Sharing my notes (opens on Notion) if anyone needs a refresher.
Sharing my notes (opens on Notion) if anyone needs a refresher.
abstractman's review
3.0
A good book that covers philosophy throughout the history in a very nice and neat way by using illustrations, however expected it to focus on philosophy more than the history of philosophy