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The premise of the book is actually pretty interesting: illustrate the various philosophies to death by recounting the personal deaths (and lives) of famous philosophers throughout history and how that compared or contrasted...

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For those of you who are among the faithful, Critchley’s exercise will paste an understated, wry smile on your face as you tour your undergraduate curriculum. Because that's basically what this is.

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Best-suited for someone with at least a bit of a background in philosophy. If you've taken a course at community college and barely passed, then this won't help ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 16:01:28 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 16:12:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 22 19:28:56 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 08:05:47 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 19:28:56 -0700 2009
But: until you have dipped into Emmanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason....you have not known the anguish of a desiccated personality displaying its emotional poverty in a torrent of incomprehensible blather.

There are many similar prob...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 16:15:37 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 18:22:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 26 15:09:39 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 15:27:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 19:22:18 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 07:03:31 -0700 2009 The Book of Dead Philosophers is more of a cereal box entertainment than anything else. How can a man's life be put into 500 words, and how can 190 of these brief, brief lives ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 20:08:50 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 21:17:46 -0700 2009 The Book of Dead Philosophers is a motley collection of some 3000 years of philosophy and philosophizing, touching on philosophers from both Western and Eastern traditions and nicely emphasizing the under-appreciated contributions of women. With the immense scope of Critchley’s project, we get som...more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 07:24:01 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 07:27:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 09:47:12 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 09:48:53 -0700 2009
As the title reads, "The Book of Dead Philosophers," that is exactly what is included in this rela...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 25 20:09:05 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 20:16:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 08:48:17 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 08:51:00 -0700 2009
I was really dissapointed in this book, and decided to put it aside on page 116, since it was more about philosophy than about dying.]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 13 19:10:47 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 19:14:55 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 10:55:10 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 10:56:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 02 13:17:35 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 13:20:13 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 31 12:25:10 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 24 11:03:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 03 18:36:19 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 18:37:14 -0800 2009