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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Socrates and Plato posed deep questions that launched philosophy.
Chapter 3: Aristotle’s thought traces a route toward genuine human flourishing.
Chapter 4: Epicurus urged us not to fear death and to pursue modest, gentle pleasures.
Chapter 5: Rousseau aimed to return humanity to its original natural happiness.
Chapter 6: Kant held that our deeds are moral when we endorse their universal principles.
Chapter 7: Nietzsche argued that atheism shakes the foundations of our favorite morals.
Chapter 8: Wittgenstein aimed to clear away philosophical puzzles rather than solve them.
Description
A Little History of Philosophy (2011) takes readers on a whistle-stop tour of the thinkers who shaped philosophy over two and a half millennia. From Ancient Greece to twentieth-century Germany, this book makes philosophy’s age-old questions feel as relevant today as when they were first posed.
Who Should Listen
- History buffs interested in the development of philosophy
- Ponderers drawn to questions about the meaning of life
- Anyone daunted by typical philosophical jargon