Groothuis, Douglas R.,  1957- <br/><br/>
Philosophy in seven sentences :  a small introduction to a vast topic / 
Douglas Groothuis. 
 - Downers Grove, Illinois :  IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press,  (c)2016. 
 - 159 pages ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780830840939 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2015036054 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philosophy--Introductions.<br/>Philosophy--History.<br/>Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.<br/>Introductions.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BD21  / .P455 2016 BD21