Geschichte der Philosophie: Von der Antike bis zu den großen Denkern unserer Zeit

The Story of...

by Anne Rooney

大人的哲學課

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Science

Hardcover

Published April 28, 2016

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.

[Komrade Kitty · Rating 4 out of 5]

As someone who has never studied philosophy in any formal fashion outside of my own thoughts and musings, this book served as a solid introduction to various philosophical concepts, the history and evolution of philosophy, and some major philosophical figures.

I quite liked the layout of the book and how it was structured and I especially enjoyed that there were photos, quotes, and anecdotes splashed throughout; it never felt like some dense and difficult to read classical philosophy tome which is what has intimidated me about dipping into philosophy formally thus far.

That being said, some of the philosophical concepts that are discussed can be difficult to fully grasp, and even with the author summarizing them or offering examples, I still personally struggled to understand them and had to do my own further ELI5 sort of research into it. But hey, the thinking and contemplating of it all is the fun part of philosophy! Engaging with it and making your own evaluations and meanings of it all.

What this book did well was introduce me to major philosophical movements and concepts and gave me a much better idea of where to go from here. For example, I realized I’m really not interested in philosophy regarding what being and existence and reality is. I learned I’d personally be much better suited looking into philosophies concerning purpose, ethics, and politics for any further exploration into philosophy.

[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 · 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.