How the World Works: Philosophy: From the Ancient Greeks to great thinkers of modern times

The Story of...

by Anne Rooney

'The unexamined life is not worth living.' Plato (c.427-347BC)

This book traces strands of thought in Western philosophy, from the Ancient Greeks to the present day. An accessible, fascinating account of the major preoccupations of the world's greatest thinkers, it explores the five branches of philosophy - metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics, and aesthetics. It includes biographies of significant figures, accounts of important texts, and definitions of key concepts such as scepticism, relativism, and empiricism.

Topics include:
- The nature of being and reality
- The existence of God
- Romanticism and existentialism
- Free will and predestination
- Ethics in daily life
- How we might make a good society

Beautifully illustrated throughout

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Science

208 pages, Paperback

Published February 15, 2019

About the author

Anne Rooney gained a degree and then a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. After a period of teaching medieval English and French literature at the universities of Cambridge and York, she left to pursue a career as a freelance writer. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including literature and history. She lives in Cambridge and is Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Essex.

Reviews

[Muhammad Yusra · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book introduced to me the discipline of philosophy well.

[DS · Rating 5 out of 5]

A a comprehensive and utterly concise description of the history of philosophy, and many of the popular figures within this domain.

[Tan Jing · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is like a textbook which eases understanding. However, it has errors- both grammar and content.

On the whole, it gets more interesting as u read it- from metaphysics to epistemology to ethics to political philosophy. Reading philosophy books are similar to reading history books XD the last part piqued my interest in history- French Revolutions etc. (regret not taking history but it's okay I can learn on my own :D)

Yay merry Christmas!

P.S. The Toh tuck road popular book buffet has so many ppl (more than or equal to 100ppl :o) and I chose 3 books and to my horror, the queue was so long so I went home empty-handed)

[Danny Bigioni · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great. It's just what I was looking for and what I believe is the future of education. Thanks Anne.