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Socrates' Children Special Edition Box Set : An Introduciton to Philosophy from the 100 Greatest Philosophers
Socrates' Children Special Edition Box Set : An Introduciton to Philosophy from the 100 Greatest Philosophers
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Weight: 1.88 kg l Dimension: 17 x 13 x 24 cm l Paperback: 1072 pages
Winner of the CMA 2024 Book Award for Design & Production (2nd Place)
Winner of the CMA 2024 Book Award for Theological & Philosophical Studies (2nd Place)
Winner of the ACP 2024 Excellence in Publishing Award for General Interest (3rd Place)
Peter Kreeft, esteemed philosophy professor and author of over eighty books, has taught college philosophy for sixty years. Throughout those decades, he yearned for a beginner's philosophy text that was clear, accessible, enjoyable, and exciting (perhaps even funny). Finding none that met those criteria, he eventually decided to write it himself.
In this special edition four-volume box set, Kreeft delivers, with his characteristic wit and clarity, an introduction to philosophy via the hundred greatest philosophers of all time. Socrates’ Children examines the big ideas of four major eras—ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary—and immerses the reader in the “great conversation,” the ongoing dialogue among the great thinkers of history, including the most influential philosopher of all: Socrates, the father of Western philosophy.
Socrates' Children Volume I: Ancient Philosophers
An Introduction to Philosophy from the 100 Greatest Philosophers
by Peter Kreeft
Illustrated by Peter Voth
Volume I: Ancient Philosophers investigates the foundations of philosophy laid by the ancient sages, Greeks, and Romans and introduces the philosophers who asked the first great philosophical questions―about good and evil; truth and falsehood; wisdom, beauty, and love; and the self, the world, and God.
Socrates' Children Volume II: Medieval Philosophers
An Introduction to Philosophy from the 100 Greatest Philosophers
by Peter Kreeft
Illustrated by Peter Voth
Volume II: Medieval Philosophers studies the transformation of philosophy that came about due to an unprecedented figure―Jesus Christ―and considers the philosophers of the great monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as they sought to marry the Greek philosophical tradition with divine revelation.
Socrates' Children Volume III: Modern Philosophers
An Introduction to Philosophy from the 100 Greatest Philosophers
by Peter Kreeft
Illustrated by Peter Voth
Volume III: Modern Philosophers explores a philosophical world caught up in the spirit of the Enlightenment―a time of both scientific discovery and social upheaval―and examines the philosophers who sought above all to answer the great questions of epistemology and politics: What is knowledge? How can we be certain? What is society? What is its greatest good?
Socrates' Children Volume IV: Contemporary Philosophers
An Introduction to Philosophy from the 100 Greatest Philosophers
by Peter Kreeft
Illustrated by Peter Voth
Volume IV: Contemporary Philosophers surveys the great philosophers of the last two hundred years and observes the splintering of philosophy into a wide array of philosophical enterprises. Some, unhinged from the past, rebel against the very endeavor of philosophy, but others, seeking to revitalize ancient conversations, return to and renew the deepest questions of meaning, happiness, and the human person.
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