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The Story of Philosophy sees philosophy for what it is: a passionate, exhilarating quest for human understanding that cannot be reduced to dry categories or simple definitions. Its a story with plot twists, a murder, accidental discoveries, disastrous love affairs, geniuses, idiots, monks, and vagabonds. At the heart of it all are the ideas and obsessions that have captured great thinkers from the very beginning.
Packed with intriguing anecdotes and fascinating detail, James Garvey and Jeremy Stangroom bring us face to face with the most important philosophers in western history. Rigorous, refreshingly free of academic jargon, and highly accessible, this is the ideal introduction for anyone who wants to gain a new perspective on philosophys biggest thoughts.

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THE STORY OF PHILOSOPHY

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2012 by James Garvey and Jeremy Stangroom

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Acknowledgments

Many thanks to Judy Garvey, Kerrie Grain, Viola Metzger, and Cheryl ODonoghue.

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CONTENTS

Without philosophy thoughts are cloudy and indistinct: its task is to make them clear and to give them sharp boundaries.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

INTRODUCTION

There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.

Cicero

Philosophy cant be pinned down. There are histories that attempt to stitch the whole convoluted thing up into a single long, coherent sequence of events. Other books are organized thematically. Here we have metaphysics. This is ethics. Heres what we know about the nature of knowledge. Similar books plow through the big questions. What exists? What can we know?

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