Deep Thought: 42 Fantastic Quotes That Define Philosophy - Hardcover

Cox, Gary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1472567269 ISBN 13: 9781472567260

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015

Synopsis

As Douglas Adams points out, if there is no final answer to question, 'What is the meaning of life?', '42' is as good or bad an answer as any other. Indeed, 42 quotes might be even better! Gary Cox guides us through 42 of the most misunderstood, misquoted, provocative and significant quotes in the history of philosophy providing a witty and compelling commentary along the way.

This entertaining and illuminating collection of quotes doesn't merely list who said what and when. Gary Cox claims that each quote is a philosophical thesis in itself. By exploring who a particular philosopher is and what he or she really meant when they said what they said, this book looks for the philosophy within the quote.
Using the writings of everyone from Douglas Adams to A.J. Ayer and Thomas Aquinas to Karl Marx, Gary Cox takes us on a philosophical journey through history, culture and writing to bring us to a deeper understanding of why we think the way we do.

About this title

Book Description:

An entertaining and illuminating journey through the history of thought using some of philosophy's most important quotes

About the Author:

Gary Cox has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Birmingham, UK, where he is also an Honorary Research Fellow. He is the author of many books including The Sartre Dictionary (2008), How To Be A Philosopher (Bloomsbury, 2010), and Existentialism and Excess: The Life and Times of Jean-Paul Sartre (2015)

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1472567269
• ISBN 13: 9781472567260
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208