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Cool Philosophy: Filled with facts for kids of all ages
Inside this philosophy-stuffed book are fifty fact-tastic ways to advance your thinking skills, so you’ll never be scratching your head in bemusement ever again. Featuring the key philosophic principles of every philosopher you've heard of (and some you haven't), from prominent ancient Greek thinkers such as Aristotle and Socrates to modern-day thinkers such as Bertrand Russell and Thomas Kuhn, Cool Philosophy is stuffed to the gills with amazing facts, tricks and stats to help you discover everything you need to know about what philosophy is – in a way you’ll never forget. Word 20,000
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112 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 2015
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December 8, 2022
Filled with Fantastic facts
Everyone has to start somewhere. Usually, the best place to start is with a children’s book; this is because they describe things with the lowest common denominator. Then you can graduate to the real thing but you will already have an idea of what you’re about to read.
Unfortunately, these are probably not the best children’s books to start with. Yes, it is filled with a lot of “Fantastic Facts for Kids of All Ages.” Unfortunately, a lot of the quips in this book are from the author and not the philosophers. You get a synopsis of what a philosopher might’ve said or done or eaten for breakfast but not a coherent understanding of the particular philosopher or philosophy espoused. We get colors and graphs and cutesy pictures with statements that do not relate to the statement before or after.
There are approximately 110 pages every two pages is on a particular subject or philosopher. This book does a good job of not leaving anyone of any significance out of the list.
There is a small glossary in the back in case you’re looking for something specific instead of just reading the book from front to back.
Unless you slow down and take notes, you will probably come away with nothing more than something like, “Did you know? Pythagoras was a vegetarian and insisted that his followers were too. One of the reasons for their aversion to eating meat was the belief that the human soul migrates into the bodies of animals after they die.
Everyone has to start somewhere. Usually, the best place to start is with a children’s book; this is because they describe things with the lowest common denominator. Then you can graduate to the real thing but you will already have an idea of what you’re about to read.
Unfortunately, these are probably not the best children’s books to start with. Yes, it is filled with a lot of “Fantastic Facts for Kids of All Ages.” Unfortunately, a lot of the quips in this book are from the author and not the philosophers. You get a synopsis of what a philosopher might’ve said or done or eaten for breakfast but not a coherent understanding of the particular philosopher or philosophy espoused. We get colors and graphs and cutesy pictures with statements that do not relate to the statement before or after.
There are approximately 110 pages every two pages is on a particular subject or philosopher. This book does a good job of not leaving anyone of any significance out of the list.
There is a small glossary in the back in case you’re looking for something specific instead of just reading the book from front to back.
Unless you slow down and take notes, you will probably come away with nothing more than something like, “Did you know? Pythagoras was a vegetarian and insisted that his followers were too. One of the reasons for their aversion to eating meat was the belief that the human soul migrates into the bodies of animals after they die.
October 31, 2017
Bought this book for my little brother but probably it's the basic request of philosophy knowledge for everyone needing an entrance to this gate. You could be intrigued by those simple writing and cool illustration then ask yourself many questions.
October 18, 2023
Interesting and accessible, but I cringed at the line, “the paradigm shift is not a fancy type of dress worn by scientists’ wives…” Perhaps we need a reminder of the paradigm shift away from the idea that all scientists are men.
February 24, 2017
Entry level philosophy taster book.
It leaves you hungry for more, which is the point!
The world needs more people thinking and less being zombies.
It leaves you hungry for more, which is the point!
The world needs more people thinking and less being zombies.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews