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Genre/Form: | History Introductions |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Groothuis, Douglas R., 1957- Philosophy in seven sentences : a small introduction to a vast topic. Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Academic, ©2016 159 pages |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Douglas R Groothuis |
ISBN: | 9780830899272 0830899278 |
OCLC Number: | 1055639412 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | 1 online resource (163 pages) |
Contents: | Philosophy in only seven sentences? -- Protagoras, man is the measure of all things -- Socrates, the unexamined life is not worth living -- Aristotle, man by nature desires to know -- Augustine, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in thee -- Descartes, I think, therefore I am -- Pascal, the heart has reasons, that reason knows nothing of -- Kierkegaard, the greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all -- What about these seven sentences? or a final provocation. |
Responsibility: | Douglas Groothuis. |
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Abstract:
Philosophy is not a closed club or a secret society. It's for anyone who thinks big questions are worth talking about. In this lively introduction, Douglas Groothuis upacks seven short yet pivotal sentences from the history of Western philosophy, including key ideas from Protagoras, Socrates, Aristotle, Augustine, Descartes, Pascal and Kierkegaard.
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