ernst gombrich a little history of the world

A tall order that Warburton (of the excellent podcast Philosophy Bites) has succeeded so well is a triumph.”-Steven Poole, The Guardian

H. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World. “Survey the entire history of (western) philosophy through short intellectual biographies of 40 philosophers from Socrates to Peter Singer, in as broadly approachable a style as E. A Little History of Philosophy presents the grand sweep of humanity’s search for philosophical understanding and invites all to join in the discussion. Warburton not only makes philosophy accessible, he offers inspiration to think, argue, reason, and ask in the tradition of Socrates. He provides interesting and often quirky stories of the lives and deaths of thought-provoking philosophers from Socrates, who chose to die by hemlock poisoning rather than live on without the freedom to think for himself, to Peter Singer, who asks the disquieting philosophical and ethical questions that haunt our own times. In forty brief chapters, Nigel Warburton guides us on a chronological tour of the major ideas in the history of philosophy. This engaging book introduces the great thinkers in Western philosophy and explores their most compelling ideas about the world and how best to live in it.

These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them how little they genuinely understood. A wonderful introduction for anyone who’s ever felt curious about almost anything.'-Sarah Bakewell, author of How To Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. Gombrich’s A Little History of the World, an equally irresistible volume that brings history’s greatest philosophers to life “A primer in human existence: philosophy has rarely seemed so lucid, so important, so worth doing and so easy to enter into.

Ernst gombrich a little history of the world