Philosophy in seven sentences : a small introduction to a vast topic / Douglas Groothuis.

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Groothuis, Douglas R, 1957- [Author]

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9780830840939

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BD21 .P455 2016
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Protagoras, man is the measure of all things -- Socrates, the unexamined life is not worth living -- Aristotle, all men by nature desires to know -- Augustine, you have made us for yourself, and restless is our heart until it comes to rest in you -- Descartes, I think, therefore I am -- Pascal, the heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing -- Kierkegaard, the greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all -- What about these seven sentences? or, a final provocation.

Subject: Philosophy is not a closed club or a secret society. It's for anyone who thinks big questions are worth talking about. To get us started, Douglas Groothuis unpacks seven pivotal sentences from the history of western philosophy a few famous, all short, none trivial. Included are: "The unexamined life is not worth living. "Socrates

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Philosophy in only seven sentences? -- Protagoras, man is the measure of all things -- Socrates, the unexamined life is not worth living -- Aristotle, all men by nature desires to know -- Augustine, you have made us for yourself, and restless is our heart until it comes to rest in you -- Descartes, I think, therefore I am -- Pascal, the heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing -- Kierkegaard, the greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all -- What about these seven sentences? or, a final provocation.

Philosophy is not a closed club or a secret society. It's for anyone who thinks big questions are worth talking about. To get us started, Douglas Groothuis unpacks seven pivotal sentences from the history of western philosophy a few famous, all short, none trivial. Included are: "The unexamined life is not worth living. "Socrates

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