Advanced Search Request a Book

ORDERS

Readings Orders 0

DEMANDS

Readings Demands 0

The Story Of Philosophy: a History Of Western Thought
[Paperback - 2013]
james garvey
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £12.99
Our Price: Rs.2845 Rs.2560
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.285
Category: Philosophy
Sub-category: Philosophy
Publisher: Quercus Uk | ISBN: 9781780877532 | Pages: 432
Shipping Weight: .310 | Dimensions: 0
Notify

Description

The Story of Philosophy sees philosophy for what it is: a passionate, exhilarating quest for human understanding that cannot be reduced to dry categories or simple definitions. It's a story with plot twists, a murder, accidental discoveries, disastrous love affairs, geniuses, idiots, monks, and vagabonds. At the heart of it all are the ideas and obsessions that have captured great thinkers from the very beginning. Packed with intriguing anecdotes and fascinating detail, James Garvey and Jeremy Stangroom bring us face to face with the most important philosophers in western history. Rigorous, refreshingly free of academic jargon, and highly accessible, this is the ideal introduction for anyone who wants to gain a new perspective on philosophy's biggest thoughts.

About the Author

James Garvey has a PhD from University College London and is secretary of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, editor of The Philosophers' Magazine and the author and editor of several books, including The Ethics of Climate Change and The Twenty Greatest Philosophy Books.

Jeremy Stangroom has a PhD from the London School of Economics. He co-founded The Philosophers' Magazine with Julian Baggini in 1997. He is the author and editor of numerous books, most recently Why Truth Matters and Does God Hate Women?

Bestsellers in Philosophy

View All
Meditations (Translation)
[Paperback - 2006]
marcus aurelius
In Stock
List Price: £8.99
Our Price: Rs.1645 Rs.1480
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.165
Leviathan
[Paperback - 2017]
thomas hobbes
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £12.99
Our Price: Rs.2545 Rs.2290
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.255
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Translation)
[Paperback - 2003]
friedrich nietzsche
In Stock
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
[Paperback - 2022]
steven pinker
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £10.99
Our Price: Rs.2795 Rs.2515
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.280
The Art Of War
[Paperback - 2009]
sun-tzu
In Stock
List Price: $15
Our Price: Rs.2945 Rs.2650
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.295
Critique Of Pure Reason
[Paperback - 2007]
immanuel kant
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £18.99
Our Price: Rs.3495 Rs.3145
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.350
A Treatise Of Human Nature
[Paperback - 1985]
david hume
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £14.99
Our Price: Rs.2845 Rs.2560
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.285
Beyond Good And Evil
[Paperback - 2003]
friedrich nietzsche
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £9.99
Our Price: Rs.2395 Rs.2155
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.240
The Birth Of Tragedy (Translation)
[Paperback - 2003]
friedrich nietzsche
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £8.99
Our Price: Rs.2195 Rs.1975
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.220
Notes On Nationalism: Penguin Modern Book 7
[Paperback - 2018]
george orwell
Out of Stock
Availability in 2-4 weeks on receipt of order
List Price: £3
Our Price: Rs.645 Rs.580
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.65
The Story Of Philosophy
[Paperback - 2006]
will durant
In Stock
List Price: $9.99
Our Price: Rs.2195 Rs.1975
Standard Discount: 10%
You Save: Rs.220