Philosophy for beginners /

Osborne, Richard, 1952-

Philosophy for beginners / - New York. Writers and Readers Publishing, Incorporated. ©1992 - 184 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm - Writers and Readers documentary comic book . - Writers and Readers documentary comic book .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184) and index

What is philosophy? -- Greece -- Rome -- Early Christianity -- Medieval religious philosophy -- The Renaissance -- Reformation and Counter Reformation -- Enlightenment -- Idealism -- Romantic reaction -- Materialism -- Sui generis -- Utilitarianism -- Positivism -- Eclecticism -- American philosophy -- The irrational -- Logic -- Language -- Phenomenology and existentialism -- Marxists -- Linguistics, semiology, structuralism

Why does philosophy give some people a headache, others a real buzz, and yet others a feeling that it is subversive and dangerous? Why do a lot of people think philosophy is totally irrelevant? What is philosophy anyway? The ABCs of philosophy - easy to understand but never simplistic. Beginning with basic questions posed by the ancient Greeks - "What is the world made of?" "What is man?" "What is knowledge?" "What is good and evil?"--This guide traces the development of these questions as the key to understanding how western philosophy developed over the last 2,500 years

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