The Complete Idiot's Guide to Philosophy by Jay Stevenson

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Philosophy [Third Edition]: Enlightening Discussions of Philosophers from Pre-Socratics to Post-Moderns by Jay Stevenson, Ph.D.

Socrates admonition that 'the unexamined life is not worth living' still resonates with many people.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Philosophy: Third Edition, is a great introduction to that mental exercise.

The author skilfully covers the subject both historically and topically and brings the reader all the way up to the present, with insights into 21st century philosophical thought.

In this third edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Philosophy, readers will find:

• Essential philosophers and philosophies, from ancient times right up to today.
• Eastern as well as Western philosophy.
• More content, including the relationship of systems theory to philosophy today.
• Explanations of the latest thinking in 20th- and 21st-century philosophical thought.