This was a re-read for me. In fact, I think this may well be the third or fourth time I’ve read this book since I got it twenty-odd years ago. I don’t re-read books very often and that has little to do with how much I enjoyed a book. For me there’s nothing like experiencing a story for the first tim...
It's an international bestseller which for some reason I had never heard of until suddenly I found it on my library holds list (I don't remember placing it there but I guess one night I was cruising the library website half asleep). It's translated into English from Norwegian so that might be why it...
I read this book when I was twenty, and then I read it again recently on a business trip. What's great about this book is that the author takes the prominent Philosophers from the West, and renders their essences into a form digestible by the larger public. In fact, he wrote this book only to teach ...
I had been trying to finish this book for such a long time. I would quickly read one or two hundred pages, and then I would put it down for months and repeat.If you aren't in the mood for "A Novel About the History of Philosophy" (major emphasis on the history), then I would move this a bit further ...
Original Title: Sofies Verden This book is a summary of Western Philosophy starting at the Early Greek Philosophers (let's say Pre-Socrates) and ending with the modern philosophers. Luckily, this book reads mostly like a novel. I really liked the beginning of the book. I happen to have had a cla...
The one who translated this book in Romanian did a shit job from beginning to end. I am currently in my sad mood, the one I have every time I finish a book that actually offered me something valuable. This philosophy anthology is really well put together. It's simple, and clean cut, it touches the m...
I think this would be a great book for teenagers as an introduction in philosophy, in an entertaining way, or for any of those who want a quick and light review of its history and who don't want to get trough something as heavy as Bertrand Russell's History of Western philosophy. Basically, the boo...
The Philosophy Sections = 5 starsThe Fiction Sections = 1 starI loathe giving this book 3 stars (avg). It's going up on my shelves and I know I will return to it often in the future but that is true only because of the revelation which were the philosophy sections. The fiction brought to mind the D...
My first introduction to philosophy. I read it first at 12 years old, and have re-read it several times since, each time understanding a little bit more.
I could recommend this to people who like Philosophy, but then, Philosophy was once my favorite subject, and I didn't like this book. In fact, thanks to this book, I no longer had any interest in philosophy, or philosophizing. I started out expecting to like it. After all, it's about philosophy! And...
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