A brief history of thought : a philosophical guide to living
(2010, original release: 2011)
By:
Ferry, Luc
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
109/FERRY,L
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Harper Perennial, 2010, 2011
DESCRIPTION
xv, 282 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780062074249, 0062074245
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
First published under the title, "learning to live", in Great Britain in 2010 by Canongate Books
An introduction to philosophy focuses on the questions of what it means to be human and how to react to the reality of death by exploring ancient Stoic, Christian, early modern, and contemporary approaches as well as the views of Nietzsche
Translated from the French