In an age when philosophers had scarcely glimpsed the horizons of the mind, a boy named Aristocles decided to forgo his ambitions as a wrestler. Adopting the nickname Plato, he embarked instead on a
In Descartes in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Descartes’s life and ideas, and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence in the world. The
"If we accept Wittgenstein's word for it," Paul Strathern writes, "he is the last philosopher. In his view, philosophy in the traditional sense was finished." Ludwig Wittgenstein was a superb logician
In Leibniz in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Leibniz’s life and ideas, and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book
Building on his enormously successful series of Philosophers in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He brin
Building on his enormously successful series of Philosophers in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He bring
In J.S. Mill in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Mill’s life and ideas, and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book
In Dewey in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Dewey’s life and ideas, and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book als
In Bertrand Russell in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Russell’s life and ideas, and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence in the world.
In Marx in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Marx’s life and ideas, and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also
In Confucius in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Confucius’s life and ideas, and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence in the world. The
In Hume in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Hume’s life and ideas, and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also
Building on his enormously successful series of Philosophers in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern now applies his witty and incisive prose to brief biographical studies of the world's great writers. He brin
In Machiavelli in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Machiavelli’s life and ideas, and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence in the world.
In Schopenhauer in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Schopenhauer’s life and ideas, and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence in the world
In Locke in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Locke’s life and ideas, and explains their influence on man’s struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book als
