Philosophy

SparkCharts

by SparkNotes

Imagine if the top student in your course organized the most important points from your textbook or lecture into an easy-to-read, laminated chart that could fit directly into your notebook or binder.

SparkCharts™-created by Harvard students for students everywhere-serve as study companions and reference tools that cover a wide range of subjects, including Business, Math, Science, History, Humanities, Foreign Language, and Writing. Titles like Presentations and Public Speaking, Essays and Term Papers, Resumes and Cover Letters, and Test Prep give you what it takes to find success in college and beyond. Outlines and summaries cover key points, while diagrams and tables make difficult concepts easier to digest.

All for the price of that late-night cappuccino you'll no longer need!

This four-page chart includes:

Overviews of metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics A history of political philosophy The key ideas, schools, and thinkers from ancient, medieval, and modern philosophy A "philosophy map" diagramming relationships between philosophers and movements

Genres: Philosophy, Education

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First published October 14, 2002

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Reviews

[Tom G · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a novice to philosophy, I found this book to be clearly-written, engaging, informative, and constantly thought-provoking. I feel so much more informed about basic philosophical concepts than I did before I read this book and I don't know what more you could expect.

[Nazire · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven't read a philosophical text in God knows how long. so this was a life saver for me!

This book was among my old books back in Rochester and I selected this to bring to Turkey with me, because I wanted to get back into reading philosophical works. Boy, am I glad I did. This book did a great job in re-familiarizing me with important philosophers (being chronological helps idiots like me a lot) ideas and movements. The book is broken into chapter by chapter by philosopher, providing a biography, summary of key works and ideas, and analyzes them, so you feel ready to read the work on your own. It excludes some big time important philosophers which was why I gave this only 4 stars, but a book can't contain everyone and does a pretty neat job of presenting Western Philosophy to someone who wants to read this on her own, or for people like me, trying to get back into it. I would recommend this to self learners and self taught types of people.