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Lesley Levene studied archaeology and worked at the British Museum and the Institute of Classical Studies (UCL) before becoming a writer and editor.Delves into all the principle 'isms' and 'ologies' with humour, knowledge and plenty of useful thinking
Lancashire Evening Post
Covering the biggest names, including Socrates, Seneca, St Augustine, Descartes, Marx and Nietzsche, I Think Therefore I Am provides a handle for all the main -isms and -ologies of western philosophy.
Philosophers certainly like to make life sound awfully complicated – whether they're wondering if a falling tree still makes a sound if there's nobody around to hear it (Berkeley) or declaring that everything in the universe is in a state of flux (Heraclitus) – but is philosophy really so complicated? And is it really as irrelevant as it sometimes seems?
I Think, Therefore I Am is the ideal way to take the fear out of philosophy. Written in an accessible and highly entertaining style, this book explains how and why philosophy began, and how, from Greek democracy to Communism, the ways in which we live, learn, argue, vote and even spend our money have their origins in philosophical thought.
Does a falling tree make a sound if nobody’s around to hear it?
Are the limits of your language the limits of your world?
Is the unexamined life worth living?
Shedding light on these questions and many more, this book uncovers the origins of philosophical thought and the thinkers and movements that have used it in brilliant – sometimes frightening – ways.