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HOW TO THINK LIKE A PHILOSOPHER - PETER CAVE TA...

In showing how the great philosophers of human history lived and thought - and what they
thought about - Peter Cave provides an accessible and enjoyable introduction to thinking
philosophically and how it can change our everyday lives. With a lightness of touch  he
addresses questions such as: Is there anything 'out there' that gives meaning to our lives?
Does reality tell us how we ought to live? What indeed is reality and what is appearance - and
how can we tell the difference? This book paints vivid portraits of an assortment of inspiring
thinkers: from Lao Tzu to Avicenna to Iris Murdoch  from Hannah Arendt to Socrates and Plato to
Karl Marx  from Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to Sartre to Samuel Beckett - and let us not forget
Lewis Carroll for some thought-provoking fantasies and Ludwig Wittgenstein for the anguishes of
a genius. As well as displaying optimists and pessimists  believers and non-believers  the book
displays relevance to current affairs  from free speech to abortion to the treatment of animals
to our leaders' moral character. In each brief chapter  Cave brings to life these often
prescient  always compelling philosophical thinkers  showing how their ways of approaching the
world grew out of their own lives and times and how we may make valuable use of their insights
today. Now  more than ever  we need to understand how to live  and how to understand the world
around us. This is the perfect guide.

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