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50 PHILOSOPHY CLASSICS FROM Aristotle to Wittgenstein is a great work by the “master of the disciplines”. The purpose of this book is to illuminate, explain, pose and answer some fundamental questions inherent in human existence. It contains analyzes of famous texts, biographies of philosophers, summaries of their books and quotes from these books. Comprehensive “summaries” and quotations that best express the philosophers' systems provide an excellent perspective on the views that changed the course of history and continue to haunt us today.

DISCOVER the meaning of life and man's place in the universe:

Hannah Arendt • Henri Bergson • Ralph Waldo Emerson • GWF Hegel • Martin Heidegger • Gottfried Leibniz • Søren Kierkegaard • Blaise Pascal • Bertrand Russell

• Jean-Paul Sartre • Arthur Schopenhauer • Baruch Spinoza

Act and LIVE in accordance with the teachings of the great moral and political philosophers:

Jeremy Bentham • Cicero • Confucius • Epicurus • Immanuel Kant • Machiavelli • John Stuart Mill • Iris Murdoch • Nietzsche • John Rawls • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Perceive the truth and THINK more wisely:

Aristotle • Jean Baudrillard • Simon de Beauvoir • Descartes • Michel Foucault
• Heraclitus • David Hume • William James • Thomas Kuhn • John Locke • Marshall McLuhan • Plato • Karl Popper • Ludwig Wittgenstein

GAIN insights through the seminal works of leading contemporary thinkers:

Julian Baggini • Noam Chomsky • Harry Frankfurt • Sam Harris • Daniel Kahneman
• Saul Kripke • Michael Sandel • Peter Singer • Nassim Nicholas Taleb • Slavoj Žižek

“This book explains and discusses with extraordinary depth but in a concise, simple way the views of fifty important philosophers from Antiquity to the present. Complex and important issues within the scope of philosophy are discussed in a way that is understandable to everyone. “It is a very enjoyable and instructive book.”

- Prof. Dr. CL Ten -

“ 50 Classics of Philosophy is an incredibly broad and as clear a study as possible. "The book strikes a perfect balance between accurate information, easy-to-understand context analysis, and biographies of thinkers."

-Dr. Phil Oliver -

For more than 2000 years, philosophy has been our most effective guide to experiencing being human and understanding the true nature of reality.

From the ancient philosophers Aristotle, Plato, Epicurus, Confucius, Cicero, Heraclitus to the 17th century rationalists Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, and the leading figures of the 20th century, Jean-Paul Sartre, Jean Baudrillard and Simone de Beauvoir, to contemporary thinkers Michael Featuring a list ranging from Sandel, Peter Singer, and Slavoj Žižek, 50 Classics of Philosophy includes key works that shaped the disciplines and had significant impacts on the real world. What this book will add to you:

• Formulas for being happy from Aristotle and Kant

• Secrets of a good life from Epicurus and Iris Murdoch

• The power of power from Chomsky and Machiavelli

• Why free will and the self are illusions according to Hume and Leibniz

• What Foucault and Kuhn put forward What kind of a cultural creation is science?

• The limits of language pointed out by Wittgenstein and Kripke

• What would a just society be like as envisioned by Plato and Rawls

• The meaning of life and human effort from Hegel and Heidegger

Philosophy should no longer be confined to university walls. 50 Philosophy Classics aims to show readers from all walks of life how powerful philosophy can be as a tool for us to be open-minded and learn to think. Whether you are fascinated or intimidated by big questions such as thinking, existing, acting, seeing, this book in your hands is a perfect introduction to the worlds of thought of humanity's most extraordinary minds and their impactful works.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Editor: Ecem Aycan Öztoplar

Page Design : Meral Gök

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Size: 15.5 x 23

First Printing Year: 2018

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Original Name: 50 Philosophy Classics