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A superb introduction to the history of philosophy and a useful reference - Rated
One of the advantages of this book is the range of people that Philip Stokes has chosen to cover. Traditionally-regarded philosophers such as Plato and Descartes are featured, but so too are individuals who introduced new ways of thinking in particular fields, such as Newton, Godel, and Turing.
Each double page spread provides one page of portrait and one of summary, giving a concise overview of the life, personality, and ideas of the philosopher in question.
As a way to quickly dispel ignorance of who exactly the big names are in philosophy, the book is invaluable. In just 212 pages (200 pages for the philosophers + 2 page introduction + 10 page glossary), Stokes is able to give anyone enough knowledge to sit among the sometimes dilettante, sometimes deep-thinking crowd of philosophy students and pontificaters, and not feel like a dunce.
For the reader who already knows a bit about philosophy, the book is a helpful refresher and a good source of clear, simple information on any of those philosophers which have somehow slipped under their radar - certainly I came to the book thinking I would know all the names, but was surprised by how the book highlighted my relative ignorance.
In terms of knowledge to time ratio, you can't do much better.
Concise but illuminating! - Rated
I just bought this book and it is very very good! On the left hand side of the book is a picture of the philosopher/thinker in question, and to the right is a whole page devoted to explaining the sum of their ideas and beliefs. Its written very well, in a good succint style. What i like most about this book is its format. Its better than a normal dictionary cos at least you have the picture to show you what they look like and they sum up the arguments of each very well.
A very good buy in my opinion(and i did eng lit at York!)
