Philosophical Tales

by Jonathan Rée

Philosophy, Essays, Literature

162 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 1987

About the author

Jonathan Rée is a freelance philosopher who used to teach at Middlesex University in London, but gave up lecturing in order to "have more time to think," and was for many years associated with the magazine Radical Philosophy. His work has appeared in the Times Literary Supplement, the London Review of Books and elsewhere.

Reviews

[Greg Florez · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fantastic and incredibly well written short text on how philosophy gets written. The section on Descartes stands out to me as one of the most exciting readings of Descartes I’ve yet to encounter. The sheer wealth of examples and texts that Rée cites and discusses ensures that this is a book I’ll most likely come back to.