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Groothuis, Douglas

 
9780830840939: Philosophy in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic
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ISBN 10 : 0830840931 ISBN 13 : 9780830840939
Editeur : Inter-Varsity Press,US, 2016

Synopsis

Philosophy is not a closed club or a secret society. It's for anyone who thinks big questions are worth talking about. To get us started, Douglas Groothuis unpacks seven pivotal sentences from the history of western philosophy--a few famous, all short, none trivial. Included are:

  • "The unexamined life is not worth living."--Socrates
  • "You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you."--Augustine
  • "I think, therefore I am."--Decartes
  • "The heart has reasons, that reason knows nothing of."--Pascal

Sentences from Protagoras, Aristotle and Kierkegaard round out this quick tour.Since every philosopher has a story, not just a series of ideas, Groothuis also offers a bit of each one's life to set the stage. The seven sterling sentences themselves, while they can't tell us all there is to know, offer bridges into other lands of thought which can spark new ideas and adventures. And who knows where they might lead?

The accessible primers in the Introductions in Seven Sentences collection act as brief introductions to an academic field, with simple organization: seven key sentences that give readers a birds-eye view of an entire discipline.

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À propos de l?auteur

Douglas Groothuis (PhD, University of Oregon) is professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary. He is the author of numerous books, including Philosophy in Seven Sentences, Unmasking the New Age, Truth Decay, On Pascal, On Jesus, and Walking Through Twilight: A Wife's Illness--A Philosopher's Lament. He has written for scholarly journals such as Religious Studies, Sophia, Research in Philosophy and Technology, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, and Philosophia Christi, as well as for numerous popular magazines.

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Éditeur
Inter-Varsity Press,US
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0830840931
ISBN 13 
9780830840939
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
160
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1458764273 ISBN 13 :  9781458764270
Editeur : ReadHowYouWant, 2016
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