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Philosophers

Their Lives and Works

by DK
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From Confucius and Plato to Karl Marx and Noam Chomsky, this book brings together more than 100 illustrated biographies of the world's great philosophers.
Introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured philosopher, the biographies trace the ideas, friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired the great thinkers and influenced their work, providing revealing insights into what drove them to question the meaning of life and come up with new ways of understanding the world and the history of ideas.
Lavishly illustrated with photographs and paintings of philosophers, their homes, friends, studies, and their personal belongings, together with pages from original manuscripts, first editions, and correspondence, this book introduces the key ideas, themes, and working methods of each featured individual, setting their ideas within a wider historical and cultural context. Charting the development of ideas across the centuries in both the East and West, from ancient Chinese philosophy to the work of contemporary thinkers, Philosophers provides a compelling glimpse into the personal lives, loves, and influences of the great philosophers as they probed into life's big ideas.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Dk History Changers

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    April 30, 2022

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780744021042

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780744021042
      • File size: 464123 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      December 1, 2019

      Who are we, and how do we live in the world? Philosophers have grappled with these questions, influenced by science and religion, sometimes arriving at concrete answers and other times laying a foundation for further thought. DK has assembled historians, philosophers, and educators to write brief articles about thinkers from 500 BCE to the present, organized chronologically and interspersed with paintings, photos, boxed quotes, and more. Along with Plato, Voltaire, and Jean-Paul Sartre, readers will meet 14th-century Spanish philosopher Ibn Rushd and H�l�ne Cixous, a leading thinker in poststructuralist feminist theory. VERDICT Graphically pleasing, with a varied, international selection, this is an engrossing introduction for any public library.

      Copyright 2019 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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