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Philosophy for Beginners - (For Beginners (For Beginners)) by Richard Osborne (Paperback)

Philosophy for Beginners - (For Beginners (For Beginners)) by  Richard Osborne (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Why does philosophy give some people a headache, others a real buzz, and yet others a feeling that it is subversive and dangerous? Why do a lot of people think philosophy is totally irrelevant? What is philosophy anyway?</p><p>The ABCs of philosophy - easy to understand but never simplistic.</p><p>Beginning with basic questions posed by the ancient Greeks - What is the world made of? What is a man? What is knowledge? What is good and evil? - <i>Philosophy For Beginners</i> traces the development of these questions as the key to understanding how Western philosophy developed over the last 2,500 years.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Richard Osborne</b> is a philosopher and writer with special interests in Art, Technology and contemporary culture. He is the author of several works including <i>Philosophy For Beginners</i> and <i>Freud For Beginners</i>. Richard Osborne currently teaches art theory and philosophy at the University of the Arts in London. His most recent book is <i>Philosophy in Art</i> (Zidane Press 2008) which examines the relationship between the two.

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