The deepest human life : an introduction to philosophy for everyone / Scott Samuelson.
The deepest human life : an introduction to philosophy for everyone / Scott Samuelson.
The deepest human life : an introduction to philosophy for everyone / Scott Samuelson.
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Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
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G 2014/3810
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 216 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Portrait of you as Odysseus -- Portrait of philosophy as Socrates -- The exquisite materialism of Epicurus -- The mysterious freedom of the Stoic -- The ecstasy without a name -- In nightmares begins rationality -- The terrifying distance of the stars -- The moral worth of a teardrop -- The beast th...
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Publisher
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
[2014]
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Summary
Sometimes it seems like you need a PhD just to open a book of philosophy. We leave philosophical matters to the philosophers in the same way that we leave science to scientists. Scott Samuelson thinks this is tragic, for our lives as well as for philosophy. In The Deepest Human Life he takes philosophy back from the specialists and restores it to i...
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The deepest human life : an introduction to philosophy for everyone / Scott Samuelson.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-200) and index.
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©2014.
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G 2014/3810
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74VKKdM2a2ZM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKdM2a2ZM
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ISBN
022613038X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226130385 (cloth : alkaline paper)
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100
MMS ID
991021763939702626
